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ME3600 switch lost flash during IOS upgrade

Shadow-82
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Level 1

Hi!

During upgrade attempt on ME-3600X-24CX-M C03 we've lost flash.

Is it a topic for RMA or could we do something with it?

Switch#$xxxx@xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx/me360x_t-universalk9-tar.155-3.S3.tar
Copy in progress...C
mifs[5]: 0 files, 1 directories
mifs[5]: Total bytes     : 4386816  
mifs[5]: Bytes used      : 1024     
mifs[5]: Bytes available : 4385792  
mifs[5]: mifs fsck took 0 seconds.

Filesystem ucode0: formatted
Copy in progress...C
mifs[9]: 0 files, 1 directories
mifs[9]: Total bytes     : 65802240 
mifs[9]: Bytes used      : 1024     
mifs[9]: Bytes available : 65801216 
mifs[9]: mifs fsck took 0 seconds.

Ramdisk creation successful, status = 0
flashfs[25]: 0 files, 1 directories
flashfs[25]: 0 orphaned files, 0 orphaned directories
flashfs[25]: Total bytes: 72124416
flashfs[25]: Bytes used: 1024
flashfs[25]: Bytes available: 72123392!!!!!!!!!
*Sep  9 15:59:52.179: Loading me360x_t-universalk9-tar.155-3.S3.tar !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
[OK - 71055360/4096 bytes]
!!!!!!!!
*Sep  9 16:00:39.391: Loading me360x_t-universalk9-tar.155-3.S3.tar !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Please wait till you receive the "Image Extraction Done" success message, or any other message reporting Failure !!!!!

examining image...
extracting info (91 bytes)
extracting me360x_t-universalk9-mz.155-3.S3/info (368 bytes)
extracting info (91 bytes)

System Type:             0x00010000
  Ios Image File Size:   0x02721A00
  Total Image File Size: 0x043C3A00
  Minimum Dram required: 0x08000000
  Image Suffix:          universalk9-155-3.S3
  Image Directory:       me360x_t-universalk9-mz.155-3.S3
  Image Name:            me360x_t-universalk9-mz.155-3.S3.bin
  Image Feature:         IP|LAYER_3|PLUS|SSH|3DES|MIN_DRAM_MEG=128

Original_path = flash:/.bin
Backup_path = .bin
Backup_dir = 
Ignoring backup option...
Old image for switch: flash:me360x_t-universal-mz.153-3.S5
  Old image will be deleted before download.

Deleting `flash:me360x_t-universal-mz.153-3.S5' to create required space
Extracting images from archive into flash...
me360x_t-universalk9-mz.155-3.S3/ (directory)
extracting me360x_t-universalk9-mz.155-3.S3/psoc_nile.dld (34378 bytes)
extracting me360x_t-universalk9-mz.155-3.S3/uImage (2549219 bytes)
extracting me360x_t-universalk9-mz.155-3.S3/info (368 bytes)
extracting me360x_t-universalk9-mz.155-3.S3/controlfpga_w2.bin (341628 bytes)
extracting me360x_t-universalk9-mz.155-3.S3/mrt_cisco_w2.exe (34378 bytes)
extracting me360x_t-universalk9-mz.155-3.S3/me360x_t-universalk9-mz.155-3.S3.bin (41025130 bytes)
extracting me360x_t-universalk9-mz.155-3.S3/whales2-handofffpga.bit (3279980 bytes)
extracting me360x_t-universalk9-mz.155-3.S3/psoc_w2.dld (34378 bytes)
me360x_t-universalk9-mz.155-3.S3/html/ (directory)
extracting me360x_t-universalk9-mz.155-3.S3/html/foo.html (0 bytes)
extracting me360x_t-universalk9-mz.155-3.S3/whales2_cfm-handofffpga.bit (3279980 bytes)
extracting me360x_t-universalk9-mz.155-3.S3/whales2board.dtb (24161 bytes)
extracting me360x_t-universalk9-mz.155-3.S3/rootfs.ext2.gz.uboot (20435319 bytes)
extracting info (91 bytes)

Installing (renaming): `ramfs:update/me360x_t-universalk9-mz.155-3.S3' ->
                                       `flash:me360x_t-universalk9-mz.155-3.S3'
Copy in progress...CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCmifs[8]: Error writing sector 39026 error 3

%Error writing flash:me360x_t-universalk9-mz.155-3.S3/me360x_t-universalk9-mz.155-3.S3.bin (I/O error)
Copy unsuccessful
Ignoring backup option...
Ignoring backup option...
Deleting Ramdisk

Switch#dir
%Error opening flash:/ (Invalid argument)

Switch#sh flash:
Directory of flash:/
%Error opening flash:/ (Invalid argument)
No space information available

Switch#dir flash:/
%Error opening flash:/ (Invalid argument)

Switch#dir /all
%Error opening flash:/ (Invalid argument)
Switch#

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Mark Malone
VIP Alumni
VIP Alumni

Hi that does not look good , if the internal flash is gone its most likely an RMA

does it even give you an option to format flash ?

Try this

fsck flash: This checks the filesystem and recovers it

format flash: This reformats the flash

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Mark Malone
VIP Alumni
VIP Alumni

Hi that does not look good , if the internal flash is gone its most likely an RMA

does it even give you an option to format flash ?

Try this

fsck flash: This checks the filesystem and recovers it

format flash: This reformats the flash

Thanks for answer! I was suggesting same steps, but Customer have decided to do RMA. I was curious am I missing something - thanks for opprotunity to doublecheck :) Cheers!
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