Dear community members,
I´m Reinhard and new in the Cisco community and hope, someone can help me by the issue below:
I have two cisco IE3300 8T2S switches.
For testing I have update the switches with the IOS XE 17.07.01
At the first switch the update works goes well.
But on the second switch I have some issues.
The ssecond Switch was running with 16.11.01a und the boot loader 6.1.7
I have copied the 17.07.01 on the sdflash and plugged into the switch again and modified the boot option to load by the next reboot the new IOS.
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Switch_2(config)#boot system sdflash:/ie3x00-universalk9.17.07.01.SPA.bin
Switch_2(config)#end
Switch_2#
Switch_2#
Switch_2#sh boot
Current Boot Variables:
BOOT variable = sdflash:/ie3x00-universalk9.17.07.01.SPA.bin;
Boot Variables on next reload:
BOOT variable does not exist
Config file = sdflash:/nvram_config
ENABLE_FLASH_PRIMARY_BOOT = no
MANUAL_BOOT variable = no
ENABLE_BREAK variable = yes
Switch_2#wr me
Building configuration...
[OK]
Switch_2#reload
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At the reboot the boot loader was updated from 6.1.7 to 7.1.8. This was successfully.
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reboot: Restarting system
Initializing disk drivers...
Initializing file systems...
************************************************************
* Rom Monitor for IE3x00 *
* Copyright (c) 2017-2020 by Cisco Systems, Inc. *
* All rights reserved. *
************************************************************
* Version: 6.1.7
* Compiled: Tue 28-Jan-20 22:52 [RELEASE SOFTWARE]
* Boot Partition: qspi-upgrade-bootloader
* Reset Reason: Soft Reset
WARNING: DEV key installed
Loading "sdflash:/ie3x00-universalk9.17.07.01.SPA.bin" to memory...
Verifying image "sdflash:/ie3x00-universalk9.17.07.01.SPA.bin"...
Image passed digital signature verification
Checking for Bootloader upgrade...
New version = 7.1.8, Current version = 6.1.7
Erasing 4063232 bytes ..............................................................
Writing 703040 bytes ...........
Verifying 703040 bytes ...........
Erasing 4063232 bytes ..............................................................
Writing 727616 bytes ............
Verifying 727616 bytes ............
Bootloader upgrade successful
Resetting...
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After the reboot the switch try to load the new IOS, but an error occurs, the new IOS ist not a valid boot file.
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Initializing disk drivers...
Initializing file systems...
************************************************************
* Rom Monitor for IE3x00 *
* Copyright (c) 2017-2021 by Cisco Systems, Inc. *
* All rights reserved. *
************************************************************
* Version: 7.1.8
* Compiled: Mon 13-Sep-21 11:43 [RELEASE SOFTWARE]
* Boot Partition: qspi-upgrade-bootloader
* Reset Reason: Soft Reset
WARNING: DEV key installed
Error: sdflash:/ie3x00-universalk9.17.07.01.SPA.bin is not a valid boot file
Error: Unsupported SW release
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Ok. So I wanted go back to the previous one. I get the same error.
All IOSen if I tried (16.11.01a, 17.02.01,17.03.05), the switch has the some error: XXXX.bin is not a valid boot file
It doesn't matter whether the attempt is made to load the IOS from flash or sdflash. It comes always the some error.
The switch startet into the Rom Monitor state.
Have some body the same issues in the past or can someone to help me?
The only different if I found between the two switches, is the Warning on the second switch "WARNING: DEV key installed" is displayed by the boot sequenz.
Thanks a lot.
Best regards,
Reinhard
