4507 wont boot after password recovery

[netacaduser575395547]

Hi there

I have recovered many Cisco switches passwords. however, this time i recovered 4507re same process with other 4500 and it was a success. but a month later there was an electric outage and then the core switch was reset back to default. I managed to do

configure memory

and got the configuration back. but now whenever I restart the switch, it goes to common 0. and it does not see the boot I think. I  boot manually and it boots up. When I restarted the switch, it got back to common 0.

How do I let the switch boot automatically? and why this issue happened.

[marce1000]

  >...I have configured the boot system flash: flash name and it booted, copied the configurations, and reloaded. now its on rommon again.
  That is incorrect the wording just  before the image name must be bootflash:

 M.

[netacaduser575395547]

rommon 5 >boot bootflash:cat4500es8-universal.SPA.03.11.00.E.152-7.E.bin
Loading image !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Checking digital signature....
[mem:/cat4500es8-firmware]
Digitally Signed Release Software with key version A

Rommon reg: 0x00084F80
Reset2Reg: 0x0C200000
#############
Conan controller 0x37C9CABC..0x3828F6F6 Size: 0x011DDF9C @
####
Radtrooper controller 0x37B00F20..0x37C9CABA Size: 0x00661EDC @
Link: 0x00000080-0x16000000
Program Done!

Checking digital signature....
[mem:/cat4500es8-base]
Digitally Signed Release Software with key version A

############
pci 0000:00:00.0: ignoring class b20 (doesn't match header type 01)
pci 0001:02:00.0: ignoring class b20 (doesn't match header type 01)
pci 0002:04:00.0: ignoring class b20 (doesn't match header type 01)
audit: cannot initialize inotify handle
All packages are Digitally Signed
Starting System Services
devpts /dev/pts devpts rw,nosuid,noexec,relatime,gid=4,mode=600,ptmxmode=000 0 0

diagsk10-post version 6.3.0.0

prod: WS-X45-SUP9-E part: 73-101196-02 serial: CAT2306L00U

Power-on-self-test for Module 3: WS-X45-SUP9-E

CPU Subsystem Tests ...
seeprom: Pass

Traffic: L3 Loopback ...
Test Results: Pass

Traffic: L2 Loopback ...
Test Results: Pass
post done(63 secs)
Exiting to ios...

Continuing with IOS boot..
Loading gsbu64atomic as gdb64atomic
Loading pds_kc_flowcntl for kstack
loading kstack module
Loading container module
Using 3 for MTS slot
Platform Manager: starting in standalone mode (active)
Subsystem wcm_iosd_ha doesn't belong to the class Management
Subsystem wcm_iosd_ha couldn't be found

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cisco WS-C4507R+E (P5040) processor (revision 2) with 4194304K bytes of physical memory.
Processor board ID FXS2314Q04G
P5040 CPU at 2.2GHz, Supervisor 9-E
Last reset from Reload
1 Virtual Ethernet interface
48 Gigabit Ethernet interfaces
20 Ten Gigabit Ethernet interfaces
511K bytes of non-volatile configuration memory.

Press RETURN to get started!

*Sep 10 06:56:04.808: %C4K_IOSSYS-6-IMAGELEVEL: Supervisor booting in image level 'entservices'
*Sep 10 06:56:04.860: %C4K_REDUNDANCY-6-INIT: Initializing as ACTIVE supervisor
*Sep 10 06:56:12.059: %C4K_SWITCHINGENGINEMAN-6-BFDINVALIDPACKETACLAPPLIED: Control plane protection against invalid BFD packets is applied
*Sep 10 06:57:44.296: %SPANTREE-5-EXTENDED_SYSID: Extended SysId enabled for type vlan
*Sep 10 06:57:45.891: %C4K_IOSMODPORTMAN-6-MODULEONLINE: Module 1 (WS-X4748-12X48U+E S/N: CAT2250L1CK
Switch>Hw: 1.1) is online
*Sep 10 06:57:45.891: %C4K_SUPERVISOR-6-FPGAUPGRADE: Slot: 1: Latest FPGA revision found!!.. Upgrade Not Required..
*Sep 10 06:57:46.258: %C4K_IOSMODPORTMAN-6-MODULEONLINE: Module 2 (WS-X4712-SFP-E S/N: CAT2314L2HB Hw: 1.0) is online
*Sep 10 06:57:46.258: %C4K_IOSMODPORTMAN-6-MODULEONLINE: Module 3 (WS-X45-SUP9-E S/N: CAT2306L00U Hw: 1.0) is online
*Sep 10 06:57:47.518: %SYS-6-STARTUP_CONFIG_IGNORED: System startup configuration is ignored based on the configuration register setting.System has been configured

*Sep 10 06:57:49.324: %SYS-5-RESTART: System restarted --
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*Sep 10 06:57:54.398: %PNP-6-PNP_DISCOVERY_STOPPED: PnP Discovery stopped (Startup Config Present)
*Sep 10 06:57:54.634: %C4K_ETHPHY-4-LINKSPEEDDOWNSHIFT: Downshifting to 2500 Mbps speed on port Te1/1 because of Cabling /Channel quality
Switch>

after configure memory: sh run:

!
boot-start-marker
boot system flash:cat4500es8-universal.SPA.03.11.00.E.152-7.E.bin
boot-end-marker
!

after wr and reload:

************************************************************
* *
* Rom Monitor *
* Copyright (c) 2012-2018 by cisco Systems, Inc. *
* All rights reserved. *
* *
************************************************************

Rom Monitor (P) Version 15.1(1r)SG17
Compiled Tue 18-Sep-18 20:39 [RLS]

System : WS-X45-SUP9-E Slot [3] Peer [4]
Chassis : WS-C4507R*E Mod [1][2]
Revision : CPU 2.1 BOARD 4.0 FPGA 5.68F8.13B8
Memory : 4096 MB
Date : Tue Sep 10 07:04:47 2024

***** The system will autoboot in 5 seconds *****

Type Control-C to prevent autobooting....
. . . . .

config-register = 0x2142
Autobooting using BOOT variable specified file.....

Current BOOT file is --- flash:cat4500es8-universal.SPA.03.11.00.E.152-7.E.bin
Invalid filename flash:cat4500es8-universal.SPA.03.11.00.E.152-7.E.bin. It must begin with device name.
Type 'boot -help' for details.

The switch will automatically reboot now...

Verifying FPGA (P) Signature ....................... PASSED
Verifying ROMMON (P) Signature ......... PASSED

************************************************************
* *
* Rom Monitor *
* Copyright (c) 2012-2018 by cisco Systems, Inc. *
* All rights reserved. *
* *
************************************************************

Rom Monitor (P) Version 15.1(1r)SG17
Compiled Tue 18-Sep-18 20:39 [RLS]

System : WS-X45-SUP9-E Slot [3] Peer [4]
Chassis : WS-C4507R*E Mod [1][2]
Revision : CPU 2.1 BOARD 4.0 FPGA 5.68F8.13B8
Memory : 4096 MB
Date : Tue Sep 10 07:05:05 2024

***** The system will autoboot in 5 seconds *****

Type Control-C to prevent autobooting....
. . . . .

config-register = 0x2142
Autobooting using BOOT variable specified file.....

Could not find a valid file in BOOT environment variable.
BOOT variable can be set from IOS. To find currently set
Rom Monitor variables, please type 'set' command.

For help on choosing a boot method, type 'confreg' command.
rommon 0 >

[marce1000 · Accepted solution]

  - You are on a good path  , try booting manually again  but the setting in the running configuration must be corrected
        boot system flash:cat4500es8-universal.SPA.03.11.00.E.152-7.E.bin
   I think that needs to be :   boot system flash bootflash:cat4500es8-universal.SPA.03.11.00.E.152-7.E.bin
                           or            boot system  bootflash:cat4500es8-universal.SPA.03.11.00.E.152-7.E.bin

                Don't forget to save the running configuration to startup config !                                     

  We also keep seeing : config-register = 0x2142

 M.

[netacaduser575395547]

should I change the config-register to  0x2102 at the same time?

thank you

[lesterbettyann]

i am also facing the same error!

[netacaduser575395547]

and thats the set value:

rommon 2 >set
PS1=rommon ! >
RommonVer=15.1(1r)SG17
Fa1Enable=1
DiagMonitorAction=Normal
LinecardMode=▒8▒Ymc'▒:▒
ConfigReg=0x2142
BOOT=flash:cat4500es8-universal.SPA.03.11.00.E.152-7.E.bin,12;
ConsecPostPassedCnt=70
RET_2_RTS=07:03:31 UTC Tue Sep 10 2024
RET_2_RCALTS=1725951811
BootedFileName=flash:cat4500es8-universal.SPA.03.11.00.E.152-7.E.bin
rommon 3 >

[marce1000]

  >...BOOT=flash:cat4500es8-universal.SPA.03.11.00.E.152-7.E.bin,12;
   Try to set in the running config first as explained and corrected in my previous reply ,

 M.

[netacaduser575395547]

thank you so much

I used boot system flash bootflash:

everything is back to normal

[netacaduser575395547]

@marce1000I am just wondering why this happened. is it because I have not configured the config-register ?

[marce1000]

  - Difficult to determine now , in the context of all that was done in the context of the password recovery , 

 M.

[Leo Laohoo]

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@netacaduser575395547 wrote:

@marce1000I am just wondering why this happened. is it because I have not configured the config-register ?

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Because the original supervisor card usually comes with a config-registry of 0x2101.