Cisco 4948 Switch no enabling IP Routing

[kelvin4]

I have a 4948 switch which does not want to enable IP Routing.

It is running bootflash:cat4000-i5k9ls-mz.122-25.EWA7.bin.

It seems to perform normally in all other functions.

I would value very much any help you may have to get this switch working.

[Iulian Vaideanu]

Not necessarily related to your IP routing problem, but your IOS version is way too old, not to mention deferred (pulled back by Cisco because of serious issues) - if you want to stick to IOS 12 I'd choose 12.2.53-SG11.

This is the deferral reason for 12.2(25)EWA7 (depending on what you mean by "does not want to enable IP routing", this may actually be related to your issue):

https://bst.cloudapps.cisco.com/bugsearch/bug/CSCsh25687

[kelvin4]

Thanks. I am trying to find a newer version.

[devils_advocate]

Do you get an error when trying to enable routing?

[kelvin4]

I have finally managed to get the switch up to the latest os

 Cisco IOS Software, Catalyst 4500 L3 Switch Software (cat4500-ENTSERVICESK9-M), Version 15.0(2)SG10, 

I have entered the "IP routing" command and although it looks like it is starting the service it does not appear in the running config.

When I enter the "IP routing" command I do not receive any error messages.

The battle continues.

All help is most welcome.

[Jon Marshall]

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[Iulian Vaideanu]

I think the IP routing is enabled by default - that is, you would see "no ip routing" in the running config, but not "ip routing"...

[kelvin4]

Thanks to the advice on all on here I can now confirm that IP routing is running and the the IOS is good.

Many thanks to you all.