ASR 9001 - root password

[magedis0383]

Hello,

We install a news asr 9001 but each time we reload it, it ask us to enter a new root-system password.

an idea why ?

[eduardopozo56]

Which config-reg variable are you using?
Go into Admin mode and execute the command:

"RP/0/RSP0/CPU0:ios(admin)#show variables boot"

You will see the config var there

[magedis0383]

show variables boot
Mon Dec 22 08:06:31.801 UTC
Node 0/RSP0/CPU0:
    BOOT variable = disk0:asr9k-os-mbi-5.2.0/0x100000/mbiasr9k-rp.vm,1;
    CONFREG variable = 0x102

[eduardopozo56]

Variable looks good, is this a fresh install? Everytime you reload, it asks for a new root-system password and the rest of the configuration is saved or it starts with 0 config?

If you do a "show runn" in admin mode, does it shows the user you created with root-system access?

[magedis0383]

Yes it's a fresh install

Everytime we reload, it asks for a new root-system password and the configuration starts with 0 config.

In admin mode sh run :

Building configuration...
!! IOS XR Admin Configuration 5.2.0
username root
 group root-system
 secret 5 $1$7aAk$0BJam36kOo6aktNSWafMG1
!
end

[eduardopozo56 · Accepted solution]

So, neither the admin config nor the normal config are getting saved correctly.

I would recommend 2 steps:

1- Check the

IOX_ADMIN_CONFIG_FILE=

IOX_CONFIG_FILE=

Variables on rommon mode the "set" command gives you all the variables, verify they have a valid path/file

2- Follow the IOS-XR install guide to initialize all devices and services (you can find the install guide on Cisco documentation)

[magedis0383]

Thks !

I fix again the admin config file and now it works