I seem to be running into issues with the configuration register working properly on the IE-3200-8P2S switches. I often use a USB stick to transfer images to the switch for staging, but if I leave the USB stick connected during boot, the switch will override my configuration register and boot to the image it finds on the USB stick as well as any startup-config's that are present (it will ignore my startup config on local flash as well in these cases).
I am booting using packages.conf and configuration register set to 0x2102.
I wasn't able to find any specifics regarding USB being prioritized on this model no matter what. Has anyone else experienced this?
Below is the show ver and show boot.
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Switch#show boot
Current Boot Variables:
BOOT variable = flash:/packages.conf;
Boot Variables on next reload:
BOOT variable = flash:/packages.conf;
Config file = flash:/nvram_config
ENABLE_FLASH_PRIMARY_BOOT = no
MANUAL_BOOT variable = no
ENABLE_BREAK variable = yes
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Switch#show ver
Cisco IOS XE Software, Version 17.09.04a
Cisco IOS Software [Cupertino], IE3x00 Switch Software (IE3x00-UNIVERSALK9-M), Version 17.9.4a, RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc3)
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ROM: IOS-XE ROMMON
BOOTLDR: Version 7.1.14 [RELEASE SOFTWARE] crashkernel=64M
USMNWIN3-NSW15 uptime is 16 minutes
Uptime for this control processor is 17 minutes
System returned to ROM by Reload Command at 10:33:05 CST Thu Nov 30 2023
System image file is "flash:/packages.conf"
Last reload reason: Reload Command
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cisco IE-3200-8P2S (ARM) processor (revision V06) with 431117K/6147K bytes of memory.
Processor board ID XXX
1 Virtual Ethernet interface
10 Gigabit Ethernet interfaces
32768K bytes of non-volatile configuration memory.
1968364K bytes of physical memory.
523264K bytes of crashinfo at crashinfo:.
1684480K bytes of Flash at flash:.
Base Ethernet MAC Address : XXX
Motherboard Assembly Number : 73-101446-11
Motherboard Serial Number : XXX
Model Revision Number : V06
Motherboard Revision Number : B
Model Number : IE-3200-8P2S
System Serial Number : XXX
Top Assembly Part Number : 68-101575-06
Top Assembly Revision Number : D0
System FPGA version : 0.89.2
CIP Serial Number : XXX
SKU Brand Name : Cisco
Configuration register is 0x2102
