2 Catalyst 6500 ; 2 problems

[Free Bird]

I have depoloyed 2 catalyst 65k as a single entity VSS ; m getting the following error when saving the configration on the primary/local player.

Dec  4 23:15:16.971: %PFREDUN-SW1-4-BOOTSTRING_INVALID: The bootfile s2t54-ipse
rvicesk9-mz.SPA.151-2.SY2.bin is present on the active supervisor but not on the
 standby


the bootfile reside on the standyby as well with the exact same name and version , but this error pops up everytime upon saving the config.

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2nd problem is regarding the VSS redundancy :

I am testing the standby part taking over as active player.

for verifying this I took out the VSL links from the active switch. (switchA).

the switchB takes place as active but the SwitchA goes into RECOVERY and when i see '.'show virtual switch role' on SwitchB ; it shows  both switches in ACTIVE state.

after a while i reloaded SwitchA and ran ''show virtual switch role' on SwitchB then it showed switchA as HOT STANDBY..

the bottomline is that I want to make the SwitchA go directly into HOT STANDBY mode when I plug out the VSL link.

kindly suggest what to do.

P.S. : (total 4 ports working as fast-hello , 2VSL ones ; and 2 2-gig ones.) I only took out the VSL links.

[Vinit Jain]

Could you please check the boot statement on both the switches. Please share the below outputs:

- show run | in boot
- show version | in image
- show redundancy

Thanks

Vinit

[Free Bird]

HERE GOES YOUR REQUESTED OUTPUTS!!

show run | in boot
boot-start-marker
boot bootstrap tftp s2t54-ipservicesk9-mz.SPA.151-2.SY2.bin 255.255.255.255
boot system flash s2t54-ipservicesk9-mz.SPA.151-2.SY2.bin
boot-end-marker
diagnostic bootup level minimal
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show version | in image
System image file is "bootdisk:s2t54-ipservicesk9-mz.SPA.151-2.SY2.bin"

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show redundancy                           
Redundant System Information :                              
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       Available system uptime = 1 week, 1 day, 23 hours, 19 minutes                                                                    
Switchovers system experienced = 2                                  
              Standby failures = 0
        Last switchover reason = active unit removed

                 Hardware Mode = Simplex
    Configured Redundancy Mode = sso
     Operating Redundancy Mode = sso
              Maintenance Mode = Disabled
                Communications = Down      Reason: Failure

Current Processor Information :
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               Active Location = slot 1/7
        Current Software state = ACTIVE
       Uptime in current state = 17 hours, 22 minutes
                 Image Version = Cisco IOS Software, s2t54 Software (s2t54-IPSER
VICESK9-M), Version 15.1(2)SY2, RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc3)
Technical Support: http://www.cisco.com/techsupport
Copyright (c) 1986-2014 by Cisco Systems, Inc.
Compiled Wed 26-Feb-14 16:03 by prod_rel_team
                          BOOT = s2t54-ipservicesk9-mz.SPA.151-2.SY2.bin,1;
                   CONFIG_FILE =
                       BOOTLDR =
        Configuration register = 0x2102
Peer (slot: unavailable) information is not available because it is in 'DISABLED
' state