ASA 5506-X after uploading the asa961-smp.k9.bin still in ROMMON mode

[AmmarHermiz14196]

Hi,

I was able to upload the image but still coming up with ROMMON mode. please see below

rommon 54 > tftp
ADDRESS: 10.0.0.3
NETMASK: 255.0.0.0
GATEWAY: 10.0.0.5
SERVER: 10.0.0.5
IMAGE: asa961-smp-k8.bin
MACADDR: a0:93:51:f3:09:bf
VERBOSITY: Progress
RETRY: 40
PKTTIMEOUT: 7200
BLKSIZE: 1460
CHECKSUM: Yes
PORT: GbE/1
PHYMODE: Auto Detect
........................
ARP: address resolution for 10.0.0.5 timed out.
ARP failed with failure code 1. TFTP transfer aborted.

TFTP: Operation terminated prematurely.
rommon 55 > SERVER=10.0.0.2
rommon 56 > ping 10.0.0.2
Sending 10, 32-byte ICMP Echoes to 10.0.0.2 timeout is 4 seconds
!!!!!!!!!!
Success rate is 100 percent (10/10)
rommon 57 > tftp
ADDRESS: 10.0.0.3
NETMASK: 255.0.0.0
GATEWAY: 10.0.0.5
SERVER: 10.0.0.2
IMAGE: asa961-smp-k8.bin
MACADDR: a0:93:51:f3:09:bf
VERBOSITY: Progress
RETRY: 40
PKTTIMEOUT: 7200
BLKSIZE: 1460
CHECKSUM: Yes
PORT: GbE/1
PHYMODE: Auto Detect

Receiving asa961-smp-k8.bin from 10.0.0.2!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
File reception completed.
Boot buffer bigbuf=348bd018
Boot image size = 86704128 (0x52b0000) bytes
[image size] 86704128
[MD5 signaure] f842404ffc537457de61fafdfc1d01ab
rommon 58 > dir
Devices in device table:
id name
disk0: On-board solid-state storage
disk1: External USB drive

[Marvin Rhoads]

The file you uploaded is not valid for the ASA 5506-X. You should be using the one found here:

https://software.cisco.com/download/home/286283326/type/280775065/release/9.16.1

"asa-9-16-1-lfbff-k8.SPA" (or preferably 9.16.2 if you are going with the 9.16 release train).

Note the "SPA" string in the file extension - that indicates it is a digitally signed image which is required for the ASA 5506-X series.

[AmmarHermiz14196]

Hi Marvin,

Thank you for the help. but I can't download it because don't have contract with Cisco.

Ammar 

[Marvin Rhoads]

If you (or your company) don't have a service contract then you are generally not entitled to download and install the software.

[AmmarHermiz14196]

I was able to find online asa9-14-8-lfbff-k8.SPA   it worked but won't save the configurations for some reason. 

If i reboot it or turn it off it lose everything . i mean i will go back to Rommon level so I have to upload the image using TFTP.

As of now it is working but it feels something not right!!

[Marvin Rhoads]

While not endorsing use of unlicensed software, failure to save the config across reboot is generally due to the config-register not being set properly.

Try using "config-register 0x1".