Nexus ACI mode to NX-OS mode issue

[uzair.infotech]

Hi,

I install a new Nexus N9K-C9372PX and when i boot it first time, it boot it in ACI mode. I need NX-OS mode but i don't know why it is in ACI mode. There is no NX-OS image on bootflash as well. Now when i trying to copy the image from USB to bootflash there is no USB detected on switch. Please help me. Output is shown below.

(none)# dir /bootflash
CpuUsage.Log               auto-s       disk_log.txt  mem_log.txt
aci-n9000-dk9.12.0.1o.bin  diag_bootup  lxc           mem_log.txt.old.gz
(none)#

(none)# show version
Cisco Nexus Operating System (NX-OS) Software
TAC support: http://www.cisco.com/tac
Documents: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps9372/tsd_products_support_series_home.html
Copyright (c) 2002-2014, Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved.
The copyrights to certain works contained in this software are
owned by other third parties and used and distributed under
license. Certain components of this software are licensed under
the GNU General Public License (GPL) version 2.0 or the GNU
Lesser General Public License (LGPL) Version 2.1. A copy of each
such license is available at
http://www.opensource.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.php and
http://www.opensource.org/licenses/lgpl-2.1.php

Software
  BIOS:      version 07.41
  kickstart: version 12.0(1o) [build 12.0(1o)]
  system:    version 12.0(1o) [build 12.0(1o)]
  PE:        version 2.0(1o)
  BIOS compile time:       10/12/2015
  kickstart image file is: /bootflash/aci-n9000-dk9.12.0.1o.bin
  kickstart compile time:  07/16/2016 20:44:43 [07/16/2016 20:44:43]
  system image file is:    /bootflash/auto-s
  system compile time:     07/16/2016 20:44:43 [07/16/2016 20:44:43]


Hardware
  cisco N9K-C9372PX ("supervisor")
   Intel(R) Core(TM) i3- CPU @ 2.50GHz with 16400384 kB of memory.
  Processor Board ID FDO202313K5

  Device name: none
  bootflash:    62522368 kB

Kernel uptime is 00 day(s), 01 hour(s), 24 minute(s), 00 second(s)

Last reset at 551000 usecs after Wed Aug 31 04:53:28 2016
  Reason: reset-requested-by-cli-command-reload
  System version: 12.0(1o)
  Service:

plugin
  Core Plugin, Ethernet Plugin
(none)#

Regards,

Uzair Hussain

[Robert Burns]

You can manually copy the image (download from CCO) and copy it to the bootflash of the switch in ACI mode using SCP/FTP/SFTP.  Then follow the conversion procedure using bootloader.

Robert

[Ben Jenkins]

I have console connectivity to the new isolated ACI Leaf (not connected to APICs) so I can logon to it.

I also have a mgmt. connection cabled but there is no IP Address used or configured on the ACI leaf.

Is it possible to logon to the ACI leaf directly and configure the mgmt0 interface so I can copy over an nxos image?

Thanks

Ian

[micgarc2 · Accepted solution]

Ian,

If your leaf isn't connected to your APIC and has no mgmt interface and you want to log in you are going to need to use console access. If you can not using the options Robert explained previously, you can also copy the image using a USB drive following these steps:

Note - ** USB stick needs to be formatted with FAT32. 

1. Plug the USB in switch, check the contents using <dir usb1:> or <dir usb2:>

2. Copy the image from USB to switch <copy usb1:(Image Name) bootflash:>

Once the image is manually copied over, to go from ACI back to standalone mode at the loader prompt type:

loader > cmdline recoverymode=1

Then you have to manually boot the n9000 image.

loader >  image name.bin

Now you can reach the boot mode

switch(boot) # init system

Then you need to load the nx-os

switch(boot) # load-nxos

Next, load the specific version

boot nxos bootflash://sup-1/<imagename.bin>

Save your changes

switch(config)#copy run start

Verify:

switch(config) # show boot

Check to see if EPLD and nxos the version is being run:

switch(config) #show install all impact

Let me know if this helps.

Regards,

Michael G.

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