IE-2000U does not read full capacity of 1GB SD Card, only shows 134MB

[bwbaty]

I have an IE-2000U-4TS-G that is only showing 134MB of the Cisco 1GB SD Card.

Switch#dir
Directory of flash:/

No files in directory

134086656 bytes total (134078464 bytes free)

Switch#sh plat sdflash
SD Flash Manufacturer : SMART MODULAR (ID=27h)
Size : 972MB
Serial number : 6D326BA7
Revision : 3.0
Manufacturing date: 4/2017

I have done a format /recursive flash: and then performed an fsck

Switch#fsck
Fsck operation may take a while. Continue? [confirm]
mifs[10]: 0 files, 1 directories
mifs[10]: Total bytes : 134086656
mifs[10]: Bytes used : 8192
mifs[10]: Bytes available : 134078464
mifs[10]: mifs fsck took 0 seconds.

Fsck of flash: complete

Any assistance would be much appreciated.

[marce1000]

 - Does this also happen when the SD Card is used on another platform ?

 M.

[bwbaty]

Just tried it in an IE-2000-16TC-G and it shows the full capacity:

Switch#dir sdflash:
Directory of sdflash:/

1 -rw- 159 Jul 21 2022 08:21:56 -05:00 env_vars

1018822656 bytes total (1018609664 bytes free)

[bwbaty]

I put it back into the IE-2000U and it still only shows 134MB. So, it seems to be IE-2000U specific. When I put it in a CGS-2520 it does the same thing... only shows 134MB.

[marce1000]

 - Use CISCO supported SD cards only , also use latest advisory release on  the IE-2000U (if applicable) : https://software.cisco.com/download/home/285974825/type/280805680/release/15.2.7E2

[bwbaty]

Copy that, it's a Cisco 1GB SD Card(MEM-SD-1GB-RGD)...

Also, I am on ie2000u-lanbasek9-mz.152-8.E2... just to make sure there wasn't any crazy going on at the earlier versions.

[Leo Laohoo]

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@bwbaty wrote:

Switch#dir
Directory of flash:/

No files in directory

134086656 bytes total (134078464 bytes free)

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I do not see anything wrong here. 

• The on-board flash is showing 134 Mb capacity.
• The SD Flash has a capacity of 1 Gb.  

[bwbaty]

This is what I get when i do a dir sdflash:

Switch#dir sdflash:
^
% Invalid input detected at '^' marker.

[Leo Laohoo]

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@bwbaty wrote:

This is what I get when i do a dir sdflash:

Switch#dir sdflash:
^
% Invalid input detected at '^' marker.

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IF the switch does not have an SD installed, this command will never work. 

[bwbaty]

Gotcha, but the SD Card IS in the IE-2000U and has been in the switch while giving all the information above. It was only out if I was testing it in another switch. I have always placed it back in and checked it again before giving any further information.

[Leo Laohoo]

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@bwbaty wrote:

the SD Card IS in the IE-2000U and has been in the switch while giving all the information above. It was only out if I was testing it in another switch.

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The SD card are optional purchase. 

Maybe one unit has an SD card and another unit does not.  

[bwbaty]

All the switches have their own SD Card and all of the SD Cards that are in the switches are Cisco SD Cards(SD-IE-1GB).

[marce1000]

                 >...I have always placed it back in and checked it again before giving any further information.

    When you place it back , check the logs (show logging) , check if anything unusual is being reported

 M.

[bwbaty]

Hey marce1000, the log shows the following when I take the SD Card out and put it back in.

000378: Jul 22 2022 07:20:03.374: %FLASH-1-DEVICE_REMOVED: Flash device removed
000379: Jul 22 2022 07:20:05.715: %FLASH-6-DEVICE_INSERTED: Flash device inserted

Even went into yesterday's log and saw the same...

000097: Jul 21 2022 08:23:47.204: %FLASH-1-DEVICE_REMOVED: Flash device removed
000098: Jul 21 2022 08:23:49.209: %FLASH-1-DEVICE_REMOVED: Flash device removed
000099: Jul 21 2022 08:23:51.508: %FLASH-6-DEVICE_INSERTED: Flash device inserted
000100: Jul 21 2022 09:06:19.846: %FLASH-1-DEVICE_REMOVED: Flash device removed

I just took the SD Card out of the IE-2000U, put it in the IE-2000, did a format sdflash:, and when I put it back in the IE-2000U the following happened:

mifs[10]: Invalid dir sctr=1
mifs[10]: directory[1] is corrupted! Attempting to restore it
mifs[10]: 0 files, 1 directories
mifs[10]: Total bytes : 134086656
mifs[10]: Bytes used : 8192
mifs[10]: Bytes available : 134078464
mifs[10]: mifs fsck took 1 seconds.

but the log just shows the normal "removed and inserted" information.

000526: Jul 22 2022 07:59:00.630: %FLASH-1-DEVICE_REMOVED: Flash device removed
000527: Jul 22 2022 07:59:03.004: %FLASH-6-DEVICE_INSERTED: Flash device inserted

[marce1000]

                     - Try fsck sdflash:

 M.