Cisco Catalyst 6807-XL

[Manuel25]

Hi there,

where can i see which rommon version is standard to use for a line card? 

Is it the primary or golden rommon image for a line card?

Many thanks!

[balaji.bandi]

show modules can give you what hw version of module card using.,

Line card you mean Supervisor card, then show module give you what version running.

show version show you what ROMMON version running on that switch.

Is it the primary or golden rommon image for a line card?

these switch can only hold 1 image that was installed, version of code is Golden or Star rated you can view in download section depends on sup module on the chasis.

[M02@rt37]

Hello @Manuel25 

Check Release Notes: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/switches/catalyst-6800-series-switches/products-release-notes-list.html

[Manuel25]

Hm, maybe i need to explain it a bit further.

we have like a 6807 chassis switch with 2 line cards and 1 supervisor. 

If i do "show rom-monitor switch x slot y" it displays that the line card use the gold rommon. And the question is, if its standard that a line card uses the gold rommon and not a primary rommon? (Normally i understand there are 2 rommons: primary which is like editable and gold as a fallback which is read only)

[M02@rt37]

@Manuel25 

It means that primary ROMMON should be corrupted, so the system automatically boots the ROMMON in the golden SPI flash device.

[Leo Laohoo]

That's the FPGA. 

The "Gold" FPGA is read-only.  There is a hidden command to update it. 

Many operators experienced outage when they upgraded the IOS to 15.5(1)SY4 (and later) because Cisco has hidden the information about the manual FPGA upgrade to be performed after the reboot.  Because the document was hidden from public, no one knew so some line cards would not power up.