Error opening tftp://255.255.... on Catalyst 1000 using Putty

[jeroenpr]

Hello,

I'm configuring a dozen C1000's. I'm using putty and there was no problem for the first four switches, at all. But now I'm stuck at switch 5 and 6. They boot up and the only thing I see is this:

%Error opening tftp://255.255.255.255/network-confg (Socket error)
%Error opening tftp://255.255.255.255/cisconet.cfg (Socket error)
%Error opening tftp://255.255.255.255/switch-confg (Socket error)
%Error opening tftp://255.255.255.255/ciscortr.cfg (Socket error)

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*Mar 1 00:00:01.293:
Board SKU ID is (3)

*Mar 1 00:00:20.230: %STACKMGR-4-SWITCH_ADDED: Switch 1 has been ADDED to the stack
*Mar 1 00:00:23.709: %LINEPROTO-5-UPDOWN: Line protocol on Interface Vlan1, changed state to down
*Dec 21 15:18:59.467: %SPANTREE-5-EXTENDED_SYSID: Extended SysId enabled for type vlan
*Dec 21 15:18:59.984: %PNP-6-PNP_DISCOVERY_STARTED: PnP Discovery started
*Dec 21 15:19:21.011: %STACKMGR-5-SWITCH_READY: Switch 1 is READY
*Dec 21 15:19:21.011: %STACKMGR-4-STACK_LINK_CHANGE: Stack Port 1 Switch 1 has changed to state DOWN
*Dec 21 15:19:21.011: %STACKMGR-4-STACK_LINK_CHANGE: Stack Port 2 Switch 1 has changed to state DOWN
*Dec 21 15:19:21.454: %STACKMGR-5-MASTER_READY: Master Switch 1 is READY
*Dec 21 15:19:21.743: %USB_CONSOLE-6-MEDIA_RJ45: Console media-type is RJ45.
*Dec 21 15:19:22.869: %SYS-4-CONFIG_RESOLVE_FAILURE: System config parse from (tftp://255.255.255.255/network-confg) failed
*Dec 21 15:19:22.870: %SYS-4-CONFIG_RESOLVE_FAILURE: System config parse from (tftp://255.255.255.255/cisconet.cfg) failed
*Dec 21 15:19:22.871: %SYS-4-CONFIG_RESOLVE_FAILURE: System config parse from (tftp://255.255.255.255/switch-confg) failed
*Dec 21 15:19:22.871: %SYS-4-CONFIG_RESOLVE_FAILURE: System config parse from (tftp://255.255.255.255/ciscortr.cfg) failed
*Dec 21 15:19:22.872: %SYS-5-RESTART: System restarted --
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*Dec 21 15:19:22.958: %PNP-6-PNP_BEST_UDI_UPDATE: Best UDI [PID:C1000-48P-4X-L,VID:V02,SN:PSZ27101NNQ] identified via (master-registry)
*Dec 21 15:19:22.958: %PNP-6-PNP_CDP_UPDATE: Device UDI [PID:C1000-48P-4X-L,VID:V02,SN:PSZ27101NNQ] identified for CDP
%Error opening tftp://255.255.255.255/network-confg (Socket error)
%Error opening tftp://255.255.255.255/cisconet.cfg (Socket error)
%Error opening tftp://255.255.255.255/switch-confg (Socket error)
%Error opening tftp://255.255.255.255/ciscortr.cfg (Socket error)
*Dec 21 15:19:52.882: %SYS-4-CONFIG_RESOLVE_FAILURE: System config parse from (tftp://255.255.255.255/network-confg) failed
*Dec 21 15:19:52.883: %SYS-4-CONFIG_RESOLVE_FAILURE: System config parse from (tftp://255.255.255.255/cisconet.cfg) failed
*Dec 21 15:19:52.884: %SYS-4-CONFIG_RESOLVE_FAILURE: System config parse from (tftp://255.255.255.255/switch-confg) failed
*Dec 21 15:19:52.884: %SYS-4-CONFIG_RESOLVE_FAILURE: System config parse from (tftp://255.255.255.255/ciscortr.cfg) failed
...

...and so on.

I know, I could try webgui, use "no service config",.... but I can not enter commands. The putty screen doesn't react to input. I'm not succesfull using the webgui because every website about cisco you open says another "standard ip", the trick with setting your ip settings to DHCP doesn't work for me because I don't get a default gateway from the cisco. (read this somewhere too).

Is there something else I could try ?

Thank you very much,

[paul driver]

Hello
It’s not clear how you are trying to connect - if If the switch has no config why are you trying to telnet to it?

If you are trying to connect via console and the switch is in a stack then you need to use the master switches console port no other 

[balaji.bandi · Accepted solution]

 but I can not enter commands. The putty screen doesn't react to input.

This generally shows the problem with cable or client you using (make sure you have parity and flow - set to none)

since you mentioned other switches you staging working, then there may something wrong with switches also.

i would try different cable  / different PC / different terminal clients.

[Leo Laohoo]

I would try using a different machine.

[jeroenpr]

Thank you guys for your replies so far. But today, I'm unexpectedly unable to continue configuring those switches, so I'll continue in the beginning of january.

[Richard Burts]

I am thinking about this message "System config parse from (tftp://255.255.255.255/network-confg) failed". If it can not make the network connection one possible cause would be that the switch interface is not correctly connected. Can you check on that?

[jeroenpr · Accepted solution]

Thank you all for your input. Today I was able to continue, just using another console cable did it ...