VSOM on a Service Module

[Reid Ditzler]

I have a 2911 router with a Service Module installed and I want to put VSOM on the unit.

Can anyone send reply with a link to do this?

Thanks

[Scott Olsen]

Sure.  Sometimes these documents seem exceptionally hard to locate on Cisco.com.

You're going to want to review the following:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/prod/collateral/vpndevc/ps6918/ps9145/ps9152/data_sheet_c78-703863.html

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps12689/tsd_products_support_general_information.html

Cheers!

[Scott Olsen]

Hmmm... for whatever reason, the forum broke those links (or I messed up embedding them). Here they are raw...

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/prod/collateral/vpndevc/ps6918/ps9145/ps9152/data_sheet_c78-703863.html

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps12689/tsd_products_support_general_information.html

Copy and Paste away.

:-)

Message was edited by: Scott Olsen - Spelling/Grammar

[Reid Ditzler]

Scott,

Thanks for the links but those appear to be for installing VSOM in a virtualized enviorment. I have a 2911 router with a physical service module installed. I was hoping for a document to assist with that.

[Scott Olsen]

What version of VSM do you intend to install?  Unless I'm mistaken, the only valid router deployment is via UCS Express on an SRE module.

If memory serves, there *was* a VSM 4.1/6.1 (?) configuration that was a native instal on an older NME module, but that is long since EOL.

[Reid Ditzler]

That is what I was trying to install, I didn't know it was EoL. That would explain a lot then.

So can VSOM be installed on a 2911 router still using the previous links? Or does that only apply to installing virtually? 

[Reid Ditzler]

I understand that the way I'm trying to do this is EOL but the customer still wants to proceed with install VMSS via service module.

I have read through a few documents and I am trying to use the boot helper and I can see that the file transfers sucessfully transfers and the SM reboots but does go into the install setup like the document said it should. It goes back the "Press *** Begin"

Any thoughts??

Thanks,

Reid

[Scott Olsen]

Not really.  What file are you attempting to transfer?

[mcwalter]

If memory serves the VMSS module are running RHEL4 instead of SUSE10SP1 like the MSP modules. Can you tell us what version you are trying to load on the VMSS?

I installed some of these years ago but nothing recently. Good luck!

[Reid Ditzler]

These are the files I'm trying to load:

vmss-boothelper.sme.6.2.2

vmss-full-k9.sme.6.2.2.prt1

vmss-installer-k9.sme.6.2.2.prt1

vmss-k9.sme.6.2.2.key

vmss-k9.sme.6.2.2.pkg

vmss-k9.sme.6.2.2.pkg.install.sre

vmss-k9.sme.6.2.2.pkg.install.sre.header

Once I TFTP the files and run the "boot helper" command I see the boothelper file fully transfers and module reloads as it should but once is comes back up it, nothing happens. It acts like nothing is on the module.

Any thoughts?

[Reid Ditzler]

Here is exactly what I am getting during/after I run the boothelper command:

Default Helper-file [vmss-boothelper.sme.6.2.2] >vmss-boothelper.sme.6.2.2

Ethernet interface[external|internal] [internal] >

Default Boot [none|disk|diag|chainloader] [disk] >

Default bootloader [primary|secondary] [primary] >

Updating flash with bootloader configuration.

Please wait ................... done.

ServicesEngine boot-loader> boot helper ?

Invalid boot option

Usage: boot

ServicesEngine boot-loader> boot helper

Loading tftp://10.160.97.39/vmss-boothelper.sme.6.2.2 ... done.

Verifying ...

Corrupted helper image detected

Helper image size: 10236616

Helper image sha512sum: 52a35f6023c07bf464d7d4e46d068db1ed8b0a106d95537f2609e21e94ec06609004b42d4b5ce4fb333fa451f5c8b2fdc04c0e1c58542a2a649608e99f4948fc

done.

Starting Kernel.

þ

Initializing memory #1. Please wait...

Initializing memory #2. Please wait...

This may take a minute....

Serial ATA Port 0 : ST9500620NS

Serial ATA Port 1 : ST9500620NS

DDR Memory 4096 MB detected

Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU     L9400  @ 1.86GHz

BIOS SM 3.52.8,  BIOS Build date: 02/08/2011

Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU     L9400  @ 1.86GHz

BIOS SM 3.52.8,  BIOS Build date: 02/08/2011

System now booting...

Please wait...

Please press P to select Primary Boot Loader ...

          or S to select Secondary Boot Loader ...

          or wait to boot from default configuration ...

.......................................................................................................

Now booting from primary boot loader....

Authenticating boot loader....

Primary Boot Loader Authenticated - booting....

Please enter '***' to change boot configuration:

[Scott Olsen]

What is the actual module you are attempting to use in this ISR, Reid?

Perhaps your downloaded image is damaged?

> Loading tftp://10.160.97.39/vmss-boothelper.sme.6.2.2 ... done.

> Verifying ...

> Corrupted helper image detected

Could you calculate an MD5 sum on the file?

Cheers!

[Reid Ditzler]

Scott,

The checksum is correct, I'm starting to think that this could be a physical issue.

I installed this exact same setup at another location using

SM-SRE-700-K9 and it installed perfect but I am trying to use a

SM-SRE-910-K9 have you or anyone else heard of this issues while trying to install VMSS?

Thanks,

Reid

[Scott Olsen]

Unfortunately no, I don't have much experience with the VMSS install, but I did find a Cisco document that appears to confirm it *is* possible on an SRE-900.  I wonder if the 910 just isn't possible?  I don't recall what the big changes were, but perhaps the platform hardware changed too much and the image just isn't able to deal with the hardware?

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/prod/collateral/modules/ps9671/data_sheet_c78_462225.html

... unfortunately I can't find much else.  :-S

Message was edited by: Scott Olsen - Realized the document I linked to mentions the *900* and you are working with a *910*.

[Reid Ditzler]

Scott,

I saw that exact document and that's whats causing all my confusion.

Thanks,