CAM ASIC of switch generates a fault below when POST testing.
You can found out the fail under booting log.
flashfs[1]: 9 files, 1 directories
flashfs[1]: 0 orphaned files, 0 orphaned directories
flashfs[1]: Total bytes: 15998976
flashfs[1]: Bytes used: 7788032
flashfs[1]: Bytes available: 8210944
flashfs[1]: flashfs fsck took 8 seconds.
flashfs[1]: Initialization complete.
...done Initializing flashfs.
POST: CPU Buffer Tests : Begin
POST: CPU Buffer Tests : End, Status Passed
POST: CPU Interface Tests : Begin
POST: CPU Interface Tests : End, Status Passed
POST: Switch Core Tests : Begin
POST: Switch Core Tests : End, Status Passed
POST: CPU Interface 2nd Stage Tests : Begin
POST: CPU Interface 2nd Stage Tests : End, Status Passed
POST: CAM Subsystem Tests : Begin
INIT: failed CAM ASIC initializationcisco WS-C3550-24-PWR (PowerPC) processor (revision J0) with 65526K/8192K bytes of memory.
Processor board ID CAT0836K13Q
Last reset from warm-reset
Running Layer2/3 Switching Image
I know that this switch has a hardware fault.
But I have some questions.
1. Does the C3550 have TCAM as well as CAM ?
2. What is the CAM Subsystem ?
3.
