3850-48 XS Boot Issue

[johnmike]

I have a 3850-48XS switch that is currently in Install Mode and it everytime the switch is rebooted it comes up to

the switch: mode and I have to enter the boot command to boot the IOS image. Do I need to convert the switch to Bundle Mode and download a .bin IOS image so the switch boots to the # prompt? Right now the boot variable is boot system flash: packages.conf. I appreciate any feedback/assistance.

[luis_cordova]

Hi @johnmike,

You could share the result of the  command:

#show version

Regards

[johnmike]

Switch#sh ver
Cisco IOS Software [Denali], Catalyst L3 Switch Software (CAT3K_CAA-UNIVERSALK9-M), Version 16.3.7, RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc4)
Technical Support: http://www.cisco.com/techsupport
Copyright (c) 1986-2018 by Cisco Systems, Inc.
Compiled Fri 03-Aug-18 23:49 by mcpre


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ROM: IOS-XE ROMMON
BOOTLDR: CAT3K_CAA Boot Loader (CAT3K_CAA-HBOOT-M) Version 3.58, RELEASE SOFTWARE (P)

Switch uptime is 1 minute
Uptime for this control processor is 5 minutes
System returned to ROM by reload
System image file is "flash:cat3k_caa-universalk9.16.03.07.SPA.bin"
Last reload reason: Reload Command



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Technology Package License Information:

-----------------------------------------------------------------
Technology-package                   Technology-package
Current             Type             Next reboot
------------------------------------------------------------------
ipservicesk9        Permanent        ipservicesk9

cisco WS-C3850-48XS (MIPS) processor (revision G0) with 865683K/6147K bytes of memory.
Processor board ID FOC2106Z2UE
1 Virtual Ethernet interface
64 Ten Gigabit Ethernet interfaces
4 Forty Gigabit Ethernet interfaces
2048K bytes of non-volatile configuration memory.
8388608K bytes of physical memory.
256091K bytes of Crash Files at crashinfo:.
7284411K bytes of Flash at flash:.
0K bytes of  at webui:.

Base Ethernet MAC Address          : 2c:ab:eb:21:ba:00
Motherboard Assembly Number        : 73-16622-05
Motherboard Serial Number          : FOC21023HET
Model Revision Number              : G0
Motherboard Revision Number        : A0
Model Number                       : WS-C3850-48XS
System Serial Number               : FOC2106Z2UE


Switch Ports Model              SW Version        SW Image              Mode
------ ----- -----              ----------        ----------            ----
*    1 68    WS-C3850-48XS      16.3.7            CAT3K_CAA-UNIVERSALK9 BUNDLE


Configuration register is 0x142 (will be 0x102 at next reload)

Switch#

[luis_cordova]

Hi @johnmike,

Your register when restarting is 0x102 and the appropriate register is 0x2102

If it is a register problem, check this link:

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/docs/routers/10000-series-routers/50421-config-register-use.html

Regards

[karthikeyandrk]

Change your switch's confreg value to 0x2102, save it and reload again to check

[Leo Laohoo]

---

@johnmike wrote:

Configuration register is 0x142 (will be 0x102 at next reload)

---

0x142 means password recovery mode.  

Enter the following commands in enable mode: 

• no system ignore startupconfig switch all
• system disable password recovery switch all

---

@johnmike wrote:

*    1 68    WS-C3850-48XS      16.3.7            CAT3K_CAA-UNIVERSALK9 BUNDLE

---

Next problem.  The switch has boot up in Bundle Mode.  While running 16.3.7.  

Please convert to Install Mode because there will be some functional limitation when the switch operates in Bundle Mode.

[johnmike]

I have changed the Mode from Bundle to Install and changed the
config-register but the 3850 still only boots up to switch:....as indicated
below it says the system is not configured to boot automatically. I
appreciate any additional suggestions/feedback.

The system is not configured to boot automatically. The
following command will finish loading the operating system
software:

boot


switch: boot

Getting rest of image
Reading full image into memory...Check base package header ...: done = 16384
Getting rest of image
Reading full image into memory....done
Reading full base package into memory...: done = 81992312
Bundle Image
--------------------------------------
Kernel Address : 0x5343034c
Kernel Size : 0x3fb4ba/4175034
Initramfs Address : 0x5382b808
Initramfs Size : 0xd47a6e/13924974
Compression Format: .mzip

Bootable image at @ ram:0x5343034c
Bootable image segment 0 address range [0x81100000, 0x820b0000] is in range
[0x80180000, 0x90000000].
@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@boot_system:
377
Loading Linux kernel with entry point 0x816734a0 ...
Bootloader: Done loading app on core_mask: 0x3f

[Leo Laohoo]

Post the complete output to the command "sh version".

[Patrick.Williams]

Installed Boot Mode

You can boot your switch in installed mode by booting the software package provisioning file that resides in

flash.

switch: boot flash:packages.conf

The provisioning file contains a list of software packages to boot, mount, and run.

Bundle Boot Mode

You can boot your switch in bundle boot mode by booting the bundle (.bin) file:

switch:

boot flash:cat3850-universalk9.SSA.03.08.83.EMD.150-8.83.EMD.bin

The provisioning file contained in a bundle is used to decide which packages to boot, mount, and run. Packages

are extracted from the bundle and copied to RAM. The ISO file system in each package is mounted to the

root file system. Unlike install boot mode, additional memory that is equivalent to the size of the bundle is used when booting

in bundle mode.