ā10-19-2011 06:45 AM - edited ā03-11-2019 02:39 PM
Hi, Everyone,
I recently bought one Pix 535 from ebay, it comes with software version 7.22 and I upgraded it to 8.0.4, during booting, this message always comes up: "Failed to enable checksum capability", like the following:
//output copy
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| System BIOS Configuration, (C) 2000 General Software, Inc. |
+---------------------------------------+--------------------------------------+
| System CPU : Pentium III | Low Memory : 637KB |
| Coprocessor : Enabled | Extended Memory : 1023MB |
| Embedded BIOS Date : 11/28/00 | Serial Ports 1-2 : 03F8 02F8 |
+---------------------------------------+--------------------------------------+
Cisco Secure PIX Firewall BIOS (4.1) #0: Tue Dec 5 17:35:26 PST 2000
Platform PIX-535
Flash=i28F640J5 @ 0x300
Use BREAK or ESC to interrupt flash boot.
Use SPACE to begin flash boot immediately.
Reading 123392 bytes of image from flash.
PIX Flash Load Helper
Initializing flashfs...
flashfs[0]: 7 files, 3 directories
flashfs[0]: 0 orphaned files, 0 orphaned directories
flashfs[0]: Total bytes: 16128000
flashfs[0]: Bytes used: 15174656
flashfs[0]: Bytes available: 953344
flashfs[0]: Initialization complete.
.....
Total NICs found: 6
mcwa i82559 Ethernet at irq 12 MAC: 0002.b362.cfb3
mcwa i82559 Ethernet at irq 255 MAC: 0002.b363.188c
BIOS Flash=DA28F320J5 @ 0xD8000 MAC: 000e.0c6f.8efc
i82542 rev03 Gigabit Ethernet @ irq255 dev 7 index 01 MAC: 00d0.b782.b013
i82542 rev03 Gigabit Ethernet @ irq12 dev 6 index 02 MAC: 00d0.b7b9.f579
Initializing flashfs...
flashfs[7]: 7 files, 3 directories
flashfs[7]: 0 orphaned files, 0 orphaned directories
flashfs[7]: Total bytes: 16128000
flashfs[7]: Bytes used: 15174656
flashfs[7]: Bytes available: 953344
flashfs[7]: flashfs fsck took 19 seconds.
flashfs[7]: Initialization complete.
Licensed features for this platform:
Maximum Physical Interfaces : 14
Maximum VLANs : 150
Inside Hosts : Unlimited
Failover : Active/Active
VPN-DES : Enabled
VPN-3DES-AES : Enabled
Cut-through Proxy : Enabled
Guards : Enabled
URL Filtering : Enabled
Security Contexts : 2
GTP/GPRS : Disabled
VPN Peers : Unlimited
This platform has an Unrestricted (UR) license.
Cisco PIX Security Appliance Software Version 8.0(4)
Failed to enable checksum capability
Failed to enable checksum capability
//end of output copy
I did copy startup-config from my existing Pix515E (8.0.4) to this PIX535, I did NOT pay attention if I had the same "failed to enable checksum capability" before image upgrade or startup-config change so I have no idea what this message means ( google doesn't help here), can someone please enlighten me what this message means and how I can get over with it? any suggestions and advices are greatly appreciated
ā10-19-2011 07:00 AM
Hi,
Please interrupt boot process using esc or break and see if your device enters monitor mode. Now check if "fsck disk0:" is available in monitor mode. If yes then run it and check file system on flash.
Boot firewall again to see if this fix this issue or not.
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Anubhav Swami (Anna)
ā10-19-2011 07:07 AM
Thank you Anna,
This PIX doesn't come with fsck, the following is what I did:
//output copy
monitor> fsck disk0:
Invalid or incorrect command. Use 'help' for help.
monitor> fsck
Invalid or incorrect command. Use 'help' for help.
monitor> help
? this help message
address [addr] set IP address of the PIX interface on which
the TFTP server resides
file [name] set boot file name
gateway [addr] set IP gateway
help this help message
interface [num] select TFTP interface
ping
reload halt and reload system
server [addr] set server IP address
tftp TFTP download
timeout TFTP timeout
trace toggle packet tracing
monitor>
ā10-19-2011 07:20 AM
Hi,
Try to reinstal OS from monitor mode:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/vpndevc/ps2030/products_tech_note09186a00804708d8.shtml#t3
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Anubhav
ā10-19-2011 08:56 AM
Thank you Anubhav,
I did install OS serveral times , the same "failed to enable checksum capability" still comes out. Even during RAM boot this message comes out too. It does appear this error hurts nothing though. Becuase I bought from Ebay for $1200 , I need to be sure this PIX is OK before I put it into production.
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