7204VXR with NPE225 boot problem

jtb · ‎02-21-2002

We have a 7204VXR chassis with a NPE225 module together with a C7200-I/O-2FE/E port adaptor that has begun to fail to boot. I've pasted the console output that's displayed at boot below:

System Bootstrap, Version 12.0(19991120:010612) [nlaw-conn_4xe_ECC 112], DEVELOPMENT SOFTWARE

C7200 platform with 131072 Kbytes of main memory

getdevnum warning: device "boot flash" has size of zero

open: read error...requested 0x4 bytes, got 0xffffffff

trouble reading device magic number

boot: cannot open "bootflash:"

boot: cannot determine first file name on device "bootflash:"

System Bootstrap, Version 12.0(19991120:010612) [nlaw-conn_4xe_ECC 112], DEVELOPMENT SOFTWARE

C7200 platform with 131072 Kbytes of main memory

rommon 1 > dir slot0:

File size Checksum File name

1121 bytes (0x461) 0xcf3dc1e6 dst

12090908 bytes (0xb87e1c) 0xf208b7ab c7200-is-mz.122-2.t.bin

rommon 2 >

from reading several relevant Cisco documents I am beginning to feel we are lucky this router has ever booted:

http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/770/fn12932.html

http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/770/fn13061.shtml

The part numbers of our equipment is as follows:

2F/E port adaptor: 800-07114-04-A0 (sticker on outside of adaptor)

2F/E printed ciruit assembly: 73-5003-04-B0

NPE225 processor : 73-3453-04-A0 and 73-4043-02-B0

Thanks for any help any-one can provide...this equipment is not covered by warranty.

Report Inappropriate Content · ‎02-21-2002

1 of 2 things could be causing this.

1. There is no/no valid bootflash image on the flash of the IO controller.

2. There is no FLASH SIMM installed in the IO controller.

You can check this by using "show bootflash". If it reveals nothing then your problem lies there. Otherwise try to perform a format and then copy an image there, failing that a physical inspection will be needed.

HTH

Frank