ZyXEL Communications GS1900-8HP - Resetting the Switch (All Models Except GS1900-24 EP;GS1900-24 Hpv2;Gs1900-48 Hpv2)

Chapter 3 Hardware Overview
GS1900 Series User’s Guide
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3.4 Re se tting the Switc h (a ll m o de ls e xc e pt G S1900- 24EP/
G S1900- 24HPv2/ G S1900- 48HPv2)
If you lock yourself (and others) from the Switch, or you forget your password, or cannot access the Web
Configurator, you will need to reload the factory-default configuration file. Or use the RESET button at
the front of the device.
This means that you will lose all configurations that you had previously and the default Switch IP address,
user name and password will be reset to 192.168.1.1, admin and 1234 respectively.
If you backed up an earlier configuration file as advised in Section 1.4 on page 21, you will not have to
totally re-configure the Switch after resetting. You can simply restore your last configuration.
Follow the steps below to reset the Switch back to factory defaults.
1 Make sure the SYS LED is steady green (not blinking). Use a pointed instrument such as a pin to access
the RESET button on the front of the Switch as shown in
Section 3.1 on page 28.
2 Press the button for more than 6 seconds. After releasing the button, the SYS LED begins to blink. Wait for
the Switch to restart (the SYS LED will be steady green again). This takes up to 2 minutes.
Note: If you want to access the Switch Web Configurator again, you may need to change
Left Amber On The link to a 10/100 Mbps Ethernet network is up.
Blinking The system is transmitting/receiving to/from a 10/100 Mbps Fiber network.
Green On The link to a 1 Gbps Ethernet network is up.
Blinking The system is transmitting/receiving to/from 1 Gbps Ethernet network.
Table 4 LED Descriptions (continued)(GS1900-8HP (Revision B1) and GS1900-10HP Only)
LED C O LO R STATUS DESCRIPTIO N
LED Descriptions for SFP Port (GS1900-10HP Only)
LED C O LO R STATUS DESCRIPTIO N
Two arrow LEDs for 1G SFP Slots (Fiber Ports)
right/left arrows Amber On The link to a 100 Mbps Fiber network is up.
Blinking The system is transmitting/receiving to/from a 100 Mbps Fiber network.
Green On The link to a 1 Gbps Fiber network is up.
Blinking The system is transmitting/receiving to/from 1 Gbps Fiber network.