Cisco catalyst 3500xl (24 port) bad console

The Cisco Catalyst 2960-48PST-L can support 48 PoE ports with total PoE power output capacity at 370W. Taking advantage of Cisco Catalyst Intelligent Power Management, the Cisco Catalyst 2960-48PST-L configuration can deliver the necessary power to support 24 ports at 15.4W, 48 ports at 7.7W, or any combination in between.

The Cisco Catalyst 2960-24PC-L can support 24 simultaneous full-powered PoE devices at 15.4W for maximum powered-device support.

The Cisco Catalyst 2960-24LT-L can support eight PoE devices at 15.4W
Cisco Catalyst 2960 Switches for the details

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Read this: http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/docs/switches/catalyst-2950-series-switches/12040-pswdrec-2900xl.html

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You can only reset password this way:
1.
Attach a terminal or PC with terminal emulation (for example, Hyper Terminal) to the console port of the switch.
Use the following terminal settings:

• Bits per second (baud): 9600
• Data bits: 8
• Parity: None
• Stop bits: 1
• Flow Control: Xon/Xoff

2.Unplug the power cable.
3. Hold down the mode button located on the left side of the front panel, while you reconnect the power cable to the switch
4. Release the Mode button when the SYST LED blinks amber and then turns solid green. When you release the Mode button, the SYST LED blinks green.
5. switch: flash_init
6. switch: load_helper
7. switch: dir flash:
8. switch: rename flash:config.text flash:config.old
Rename config.text to config.old. In that file the password is stored.
9. switch: boot
10. Enter "n" at the prompt to abort the initial configuration dialog
11. Type en to enable
12. Switch#rename flash:config.old flash:config.text
13. Switch#copy flash:config.text system:running-config
14. Overwrite the current passwords:
conf term
enable secret <new pass>
enable password <new pass>
line vty 0 15
password <new pass>
login
line con 0
password <new pass>

15. write memory
16. copy run start

Due to the length of the solution I have provided you with a link to the Cisco site on how to reset catalyst switches.

It is not a simple process and you need to read the instructions carefully.

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/switches/ps607/products_tech_note09186a00800c4546.shtml

HyperTerminal sucks. Use PuTTY and make sure you have the correct baud rate of 9600 set.

Putty Link:
http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/download.html

It's possible that the management port is on another VLAN or is not enabled. Your most reliable bet is to try a serial connection to console in.

Alternatively, there is a procedure that will work even if you don't know the password:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/switches/lan/catalyst2900xl_3500xl/release12.0_5_wc5/swg/swtrbl.html#wp1028958

password recovery procedure 3550 catalyst cisco switch
1>Attach a terminal or PC with terminal emulation (for example, Hyper Terminal) to the console port of the switch. Use the following terminal settings: ¨ Bits per second (baud): 9600 ¨ Data bits: 8 ¨ Parity: None ¨ Stop bits: 1 2>Unplug the power cable. 3>Power the switch and bring it to the switch: prompt 4>Issue the flash_init command 5>Issue the load_helper command. switch: load_helper switch: 6>Issue the dir flash: command. Note: Make sure to type a colon ":" after the dir flash.
7>Type rename flash:config.text flash:config.old to rename the configuration file. 8>Issue the boot command to boot the system. switch: boot Loading "flash:c3500xl−c3h2s−mz.120−5.WC7.bin"...############################### ################################################################################ ###################################################################### 9>Enter "n" at the prompt to abort the initial configuration dialog. −−− System Configuration Dialog −−− At any point you may enter a question mark '?' for help. Use ctrl−c to abort configuration dialog at any prompt. Default settings are in square brackets '[]'. Continue with configuration dialog? [yes/no]: n !−−− Type "n" for no. Press RETURN to get started. !−−− Press Return or Enter. Switch> !−−− The Switch> prompt is displayed. 10>At the switch prompt, type en to enter enable mode. Switch>en Switch# 11>Type rename flash:config.old flash:config.text to rename the configuration file with its original name. Switch#rename flash:config.old flash:config.text Destination filename [config.text] !−−− Press Return or Enter. Switch# 11. Copy the configuration file into memory. Switch#Type rename flash:config.old flash:config.text to rename the configuration file with its original name. Switch#rename flash:config.old flash:config.text Destination filename [config.text] !−−− Press Return or Enter. Switch# 11. Copy the configuration file into memory. Switch#copy flash:config.text system:running−config Destination filename [running−config]? !−−− Press Return or Enter. 1131 bytes copied in 0.760 secs Sw1# The configuration file is now reloaded.
Destination filename [running−config]? !−−− Press Return or Enter. 1131 bytes copied in 0.760 secs Sw1# The configuration file is now reloaded. 12>Overwrite the current passwords that you do not know. Choose a strong password with at least one capital letter, one number, and one special character. Note: Overwrite the passwords which are necessary. You need not overwrite all of the mentioned passwords. Sw1# conf t !−−− To overwrite existing secret password Sw1(config)#enable secret <new_secret_password> 13>!−−− To overwrite existing enable password Sw1(config)#enable password <new_enable_password> !−−− To overwrite existing vty password Sw1(config)#line vty 0 15 Sw1(config−line)#password <new_vty_password> Sw1(config−line)#login !−−− To overwrite existing console password Sw1(config−line)#line con 0 Sw1(config−line)#password <new_console_password> Write the running configuration to the configuration file with the write memory command. Sw1#write memory Building configuration... [OK]

Cisco switches dont have a default password.
You will have to perform a password recovery process that is quite extensive.
You need to console into the switch using hyperterminal or teraterm and follow these instructions located at: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/switches/ps628/products_password_recovery09186a0080094184.shtml

What Model Series do you have?