05-18-2018 01:00 PM - edited 03-20-2019 10:09 PM
I have 4 brand new ASA 5508-X firewalls all experiencing this bug.
I have tried the following OS versions and am experiencing the write erase bug with all of them.
asa991-lfbff-k8.SPA
asa982-33-lfbff-k8.SPA
asa982-28-lfbff-k8.SPA
asa982-lfbff-k8.SPA
asa981-lfbff-k8.SPA
asa971-4-lfbff-k8.SPA
asa964-lfbff-k8.SPA
I have 4 brand new out of the box ASA's all with this bug.
I have 4 ASA's running these OS's in production that did not experience this when I prepped them for deployment (my first command is a write erase).
It is my concern this is a hardware issue.
I have a TAC case open and have requested that they investigate this possibility.
05-21-2018 12:02 PM
Error duplicated with exact behavior. write erase causes system panic.
ciscoasa# wr er
Erase configuration in flash memory? [confirm]
Panic: ci/console - fwhsec_burn_internal: Cannot span sectors - 0x470000 0x400 0xfc00 0x1000
...
Workaround: (until TAC comes back with a response/fix)
ciscoasa(config)# clear configure all
Other actions taken with same result (save yourself the time):
05-21-2018 12:23 PM
05-21-2018 12:50 PM
07-02-2018 01:47 PM - edited 07-02-2018 01:48 PM
You can only upgrade rommon to a new version; you cannot downgrade. To see your current version, enter the show module command and look at the Fw Version
Reference link:
05-22-2018 07:23 AM
Support has advised the current work around is to use ciscoasa(config)# clear configure all
as opposed to write erase. I have confirmed this does not cause the firewall to crash.
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