03-26-2024 02:45 AM
Boot Sequencing is not working on Catalyst 2960X series switchBelow are the sequence i have done on the switch :
boot-start-marker
boot system flash:c2960x-universalk9-mz.152-7.E9.bin
boot system flash:c2960x-universalk9-mz.152-7.E7.bin
boot-end-marker
03-26-2024 03:09 AM
Hello @sanjoy74p ,
it's not working as it boots c2960x-universalk9-mz.152-7.E7.bin instead of c2960x-universalk9-mz.152-7.E9.bin ?
can you share the boot sequence from the console and the output from the dir flash: command?
03-26-2024 04:18 AM
Please note that older switches like the 2960 don't show the boot sequence in the config. You can verify the boot sequence with the show boot command:
Switch#show boot
BOOT path-list : flash:2960-lanbasek9-mz.150-2.SE4.bin
Config file : flash:/config.text
Private Config file : flash:/private-config.text
Enable Break : no
Manual Boot : no
HELPER path-list :
Auto upgrade : yes
NVRAM/Config file
buffer size: 65536
03-26-2024 06:02 AM - edited 03-26-2024 06:24 AM
The 2960x is kinda different. If you want to have multiple boot options, you need to list them in the order of preference in a single command. For example (see below);
boot system flash:c2960x-universalk9-mz.152-7.E6.bin;c2960x-universalk9-mz.152-7.E4.bin (see corrected syntax below)
boot system flash:c2960x-universalk9-mz.152-7.E6.bin;flash:c2960x-universalk9-mz.152-7.E4.bin
You won't see them in the running config between the boot start and end markers.
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