Hello everyone,
I have a switch that boots up gives the following message:
Front-end Microcode IMG MGR: Installed 3 image(s) in cache:
Front-end Microcode IMG MGR: found microcode images for 3 devices.
Image for front-end 0: flash:/front_end_ucode_cache/ucode.0
Image for front-end 7: flash:/front_end_ucode_cache/ucode.0
Image for front-end 14: flash:/front_end_ucode_cache/ucode.0
Front-end Microcode IMG MGR: Preparing to program device microcode...
Front-end Microcode IMG MGR: Preparing to program device[0]...29204 bytes.
Front-end Microcode IMG MGR: Programming device 0...rwRr
% Front-end Microcode IMG MGR: address 0, unable to switch to boot loader mode.
% Front-end Microcode IMG MGR: unable to program device: 0
% Front-end Microcode IMG MGR: malformed microcode cache
The only difference I noticed about this particular switch out of our other 4 that does not give the following message is that this troubled switch upon a reload the current Bootloader version of 15.2(4r)3E?
SW1#sh ver
Cisco IOS Software, C2960X Software (C2960X-UNIVERSALK9-M), Version 15.2(7)E3, RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc3)
Technical Support: http://www.cisco.com/techsupport
Copyright (c) 1986-2020 by Cisco Systems, Inc.
Compiled Sun 06-Sep-20 12:56 by prod_rel_team
ROM: Bootstrap program is C2960X boot loader
BOOTLDR: C2960X Boot Loader (C2960X-HBOOT-M) Version 15.2(4r)E3, RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc4)
SW1 uptime is 11 hours, 15 minutes
System returned to ROM by power-on
System restarted at 07:49:20 UTC Thu Dec 31 2020
System image file is "flash:/c2960x-universalk9-mz.152-7.E3/c2960x-universalk9-mz.152-7.E3.bin"
Would anyone know if there is a specific image I need to upgrade that would possibly resolve the Front-end errors? I'm just not sure why my other 4 switches with the same current flash image of 152-7.E3 but not having the Front-end Microcode messages. Thank you in advance for any suggestions.
