CAT 6509,720 SUP-ENG boot prob, sos

gopal_voip · ‎10-05-2004

Dear all,

I have a catalyst 6509 switch, with 2 720 sup-eng, when I boot the switch in the morning both the sup- engs come to the rommon mode, I need to allways boot then from the rommon mode after which the redundancy works fine between the sups- engs. Plese advice on how to get the normal boot operations.

Cheers

Shukla

ali-franks · ‎10-05-2004

If there is no boot statement in the config but the IOS image is on the Sup 720, it will boot to RP ROMMON. If so type "boot" and it will load the image

Be sure that you have the correct boot statement in the config - something like :

boot system flash sup-bootflash:(filename)

If I remember rightly, if you only have 1 image in the sup-bootflash, you can omit the filename from the above statement

HTH

Ali

gopal_voip · ‎10-06-2004

hi ali

thats not the issue , its all there , but still the switch goes to rommon mode.

pls do advice if u get anything.

thanx

shukla

Kevin Dorrell · ‎10-06-2004

What is your config register setting? Please could you post a show vers?

Kevin Dorrell

Luxembourg

gopal_voip · ‎10-08-2004

hi kevin pls find my show ver output , pls feel very free to advice

thanx

shukla

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COMCEN6509#sh ver

Cisco Internetwork Operating System Software

IOS (tm) s72033_rp Software (s72033_rp-PSV-M), Version 12.2(17b)SXA2, RELEASE S

OFTWARE (fc1)

Technical Support: http://www.cisco.com/techsupport

Compiled Wed 21-Apr-04 03:15 by dchih

Image text-base: 0x40008FBC, data-base: 0x41C68000

ROM: System Bootstrap, Version 12.2(14r)S9, RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc1)

BOOTLDR: s72033_rp Software (s72033_rp-PSV-M), Version 12.2(17b)SXA2, RELEASE S

OFTWARE (fc1)

COMCEN6509 uptime is 3 hours, 11 minutes

Time since COMCEN6509 switched to active is 3 hours, 10 minutes

System returned to ROM by power-on (SP by power-on)

System image file is "sup-bootflash:s72033-psv-mz.122-17b.SXA2.bin"

cisco WS-C6509 (R7000) processor (revision 3.0) with 458752K/65536K bytes of mem

ory.

Processor board ID SAL0807U7SQ

SR71000 CPU at 600Mhz, Implementation 0x504, Rev 1.2, 512KB L2 Cache

Last reset from power-on

X.25 software, Version 3.0.0.

Bridging software.

29 Virtual Ethernet/IEEE 802.3 interface(s)

60 Gigabit Ethernet/IEEE 802.3 interface(s)

1917K bytes of non-volatile configuration memory.

8192K bytes of packet buffer memory.

65536K bytes of Flash internal SIMM (Sector size 512K).

Configuration register is 0x2102

COMCEN6509#

gopal_voip · ‎10-10-2004

hi guys im still waiting for a reply its very urgent, my client will actually eat me up.

thanx in advance

shukla

Kevin Dorrell · ‎10-10-2004

Sorry for not replying yet, but I didn't see anything wrong, so I was hoping that someone else would step in. But in the absence of other replies, I can at least walk it through with you.

OK, I can see that the config register is 0x2102, which is what I would expect. I don't think the 720 has anything strange about its config register settings. However, in trying to find out about this, I looked at the password recovery document:

http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/473/720bug_passwd_45681.html

This mentions an interesting bug that just might be related to your problem; the version numbers are close enough:

http://www.cisco.com/cgi-bin/Support/Bugtool/onebug.pl?bugid=CSCec36997&Submit=Search

Compare with:

http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/474/pswdrec_6000IOS.html

You didn't recently change from CatOS to IOS did you? Because there are special procedures for that (which I haven't read, but here they are FWIW):

http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/473/80.shtml

http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/473/81.html

I can see that your system image file is the same as expected, and you were able to boot it manually from the rommon. You could check that the filename is the same in flash as it is in your boot command. Just for good measure, you could "no" the boot system command then put it back again. Not only will this ensure that there are no hidden characters somewhere, but it will also warn you if you have entered an image name that it will not find in flash.

That's it for now. I'll post again if I think of anything more. Let us know if you find anything.

Kevin Dorrell

Luxembourg

vguntinas · ‎10-11-2004

Hi,

You are writting the command "show boot" or "show bootvar"? This command say me with that IOS the Catalyst turn on..

gopal_voip · ‎10-13-2004

hi guys

that doc file is out my reach , still im trying hard will be in touch on saturday after discussing with my boss, so this discussion will remain open till either the issue is solved or we have a nuclear holocaust.

shukla

galaer · ‎10-14-2004

I did this before:

pull out one engine, boot , change the boot setting, verify if it can boot correct.

the pull out it, change another engine, do it again.

gopal_voip · ‎10-27-2004

im still trying teh query is still open

Prashanth Krishnappa · ‎10-28-2004

Probably your SP config-register is not 0x2102. Issue a

W2S-5.6-6506#remote command switch show bootvar

BOOT variable =

CONFIG_FILE variable =

BOOTLDR variable =

Configuration register is 0x2100 <<----

If it is anything other than 0x2102, change it

W2S-5.6-6506#conf t

Enter configuration commands, one per line. End with CNTL/Z.

W2S-5.6-6506(config)#config-register 0x2102

W2S-5.6-6506(config)#end

W2S-5.6-6506#wr mem

Issue the "remote command switch show bootvar" to check if it says it will be 0x2102 at next reload and reboot the switch and see what happens.

Hope this helps.

gopal_voip · ‎10-29-2004

thanx , ill make a check and keep u posted.

shukla