C4507 reboots in rommon

[Jobin Varghese]

Hi

I have a C4507 on which I did a write erase followed by a redundancy reload shelf. I went about configuring however, I forgot to enter username and set logging local on console and had to do reset. 

I pulled out the secondary and went about booting the switch from where in i have been in a continuous rommon mode. Once I issue boot bootflash: I would then be in the IOS. I have to do that on both the supervisor engines. Is there any way I can get this to function properly. 

Directory of bootflash:/

    2  -rwx    18090440  Aug 20 2013 09:11:39 +00:00  cat4500-ipbasek9-mz.150-2.SG7.bin

59244544 bytes total (28751044 bytes free)

Chassis Type : WS-C4507R

Power consumed by backplane : 40 Watts

Mod Ports Card Type                              Model              Serial No.
---+-----+--------------------------------------+------------------+-----------
 1     2  Supervisor V 1000BaseX (GBIC)          WS-X4516           
 2     2  Supervisor V 1000BaseX (GBIC)          WS-X4516           
 3    48  10/100/1000BaseT (RJ45)                WS-X4548-GB-RJ45   
 4     6  SFP, 10/100/1000BaseT (RJ45)V, Cisco/I WS-X4506-GB-T      
 5     6  SFP, 10/100/1000BaseT (RJ45)V, Cisco/I WS-X4506-GB-T      
 6     6  SFP, 10/100/1000BaseT (RJ45)V, Cisco/I WS-X4506-GB-T      
 7     6  SFP, 10/100/1000BaseT (RJ45)V, Cisco/I WS-X4506-GB-T      

 Mod  Redundancy role     Operating mode      Redundancy status
----+-------------------+-------------------+----------------------------------
 1   Active Supervisor   SSO                 Active
 2   Standby Supervisor  SSO                 Standby hot

System Failures:
----------------
Power Supply:   bad/off (see 'show power')

Redundant System Information :
------------------------------
       Available system uptime = 6 minutes
Switchovers system experienced = 0
              Standby failures = 0
        Last switchover reason = none

                 Hardware Mode = Duplex
    Configured Redundancy Mode = Stateful Switchover
     Operating Redundancy Mode = Stateful Switchover
              Maintenance Mode = Disabled
                Communications = Up

Current Processor Information :
-------------------------------
               Active Location = slot 1
        Current Software state = ACTIVE
       Uptime in current state = 5 minutes
                 Image Version = Cisco IOS Software, Catalyst 4500 L3 Switch Software (cat4500-IPBASEK9-M), Version 15.0(2)SG7, RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc2)
Technical Support: http://www.cisco.com/techsupport
Copyright (c) 1986-2013 by Cisco Systems, Inc.
Compiled Wed 01-May-13 17:37 by prod_rel_team
        Configuration register = 0x2102

Peer Processor Information :
----------------------------
              Standby Location = slot 2
        Current Software state = STANDBY HOT
       Uptime in current state = 4 minutes
                 Image Version = Cisco IOS Software, Catalyst 4500 L3 Switch Software (cat4500-IPBASEK9-M), Version 15.0(2)SG7, RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc2)
Technical Support: http://www.cisco.com/techsupport
Copyright (c) 1986-2013 by Cisco Systems, Inc.
Compiled Wed 01-May-13 17:37 by prod_r
                          BOOT =
        Configuration register = 0x2102

BOOT variable does not exist
CONFIG_FILE variable does not exist
BOOTLDR variable does not exist
Configuration register is 0x2102

Standby BOOT variable =
Standby CONFIG_FILE variable does not exist
Standby BOOTLDR variable does not exist
Standby Configuration register is 0x2102

[marce1000]

 1) Could you check the conf-register value 2) Is there a valid boot image specified in the start-up config ?

  M.

[balaji.bandi · Accepted solution]

BOOT variable does not exist
CONFIG_FILE variable does not exist
BOOTLDR variable does not exist

Follow the below steps after booting :

config t

Switch(config) boot system flash bootflash:cat4500-ipbasek9-mz.150-2.SG7.bin

end

write mem

check 

#show bootvar

reload and let us know.

[Leo Laohoo]

Balaji is correct.
A missing boot variable string in the config will instruct the system to boot into ROMMON.

[Jobin Varghese]

Thank you all for the support.