Need help bootvar with new IOS name on 6506

[viett]

    Hi everybody,

I upgraded the IOS on 6506E, SUP 720-10GE, non-redundant, to a new one, rebooted OK. Switch seems to work fine but "show bootvar" shows the previous IOS name instead of the new one: s72033-advipservicesk9_wan-mz.122-33.SXJ3.bin

Removed the old IOS name on "boot var", gave it new IOS name, "show bootvar" now has correct new IOS name, write mem again and reloaded  switch.

It booted up OK but "show bootvar" still has the old IOS:  "s72033-ipbasek9-mz.122-33.SXI2a.bin"      

According to IOS upgrade procedure, after all the upgrade IOS steps done, then just "write mem" then the "bootvar: will have the new IOS name, but on my switch it is always has the old IOS name ??

How can I set the bootvar to new IOS name?

Please, help. 

Thanks     

[Raju Sekharan]

Paste the following outputs

1. Show ver

2. Show run | inc boot

3. Show bootvar

Thanks

Raju

[viett]

Hi Raju,

Info below. 

Thanks.

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1. sh ver

Cisco IOS Software, s72033_rp Software (s72033_rp-ADVIPSERVICESK9_WAN-M), Version 12.2(33)SXJ3, RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc1)
Technical Support: http://www.cisco.com/techsupport
Copyright (c) 1986-2012 by Cisco Systems, Inc.
Compiled Mon 16-Apr-12 16:12 by prod_rel_team

ROM: System Bootstrap, Version 12.2(17r)SX5, RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc1)

MAP-MDF-ADMIN-6506 uptime is 16 hours, 0 minutes
Uptime for this control processor is 16 hours, 1 minute
Time since MAP-MDF-ADMIN-6506 switched to active is 16 hours, 0 minutes
System returned to ROM by reload at 14:55:39 PST Thu Dec 20 2012 (SP by reload)
System restarted at 15:55:42 PST Thu Dec 20 2012
System image file is "sup-bootflash:s72033-advipservicesk9_wan-mz.122-33.SXJ3.bin"
Last reload reason: Reload Command

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cisco WS-C6506-E (R7000) processor (revision 1.2) with 983008K/65536K bytes of memory.
Processor board ID SAL1324S9K7
SR71000 CPU at 600Mhz, Implementation 0x504, Rev 1.2, 512KB L2 Cache
Last reset from s/w reset
20 Virtual Ethernet interfaces
51 Gigabit Ethernet interfaces
18 Ten Gigabit Ethernet interfaces
1917K bytes of non-volatile configuration memory.
8192K bytes of packet buffer memory.

65536K bytes of Flash internal SIMM (Sector size 512K).
Configuration register is 0x2102

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2.

MAP-MDF-ADMIN-6506#sh run | inc boot
boot-start-marker
boot system sup-bootflash:s72033-advipservicesk9_wan-mz.122-33.SXJ3.bin
boot-end-marker
diagnostic bootup level minimal

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3

MAP-MDF-ADMIN-6506#sh bootvar
BOOT variable = bootflash:s72033-ipservicesk9_wan-mz.122-33.SXH5.bin,1;
CONFIG_FILE variable does not exist
BOOTLDR variable does not exist
Configuration register is 0x2102

Standby not ready to show bootvar

MAP-MDF-ADMIN-6506

[Arumugam Muthaiah]

Hi,

Did you get any chance to verify the bootvarible on the SP process, please check the below command,

#remote command switch show bootvar - This will share the bootvar from SP

Its looks like this issue matching with the known bug, please see the detail below,

CSCsv03353 - "Show boot" display old boot string value after reset intermittently

Symptom: "show bootvar" may show an old boot statement after reload on a Cisco Catalyst 6500.

Conditions: This is seen intermittently

Workaround: After upgrading the image on IOS systems, reload and Boot IOS/ION image to make upgrade Succesful.
During next reload from RP rommon clean the hybrid nvram area

rommon 1 > priv
You now have access to the full set of monitor commands.
Warning: some commands will allow you to destroy your
configuration and/or system images and could render
the machine unbootable.
rommon 2 > nvram_erase
Enter in hex the start address [0xbe020000]: 0xbe020000
Enter in hex the test size or length in bytes [0x200]: 10000
rommon 3 >

For Earlier versions including 12.2(17r)SX5 , follow steps rommon 1 & 2 and shouldn't modify config-register value from cli after cleaning nvram. if the value is modified from cli above procedure needs to be repeated.

Further information: This problem is cosmetic. "show bootvar" returns the boot variable for the routing processor while it is the one on the switching processor that determines the image to boot.

Regards,

Aru

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[viett]

Thanks for all your help.

Problem was corrected by running command:  confreg 0x2102.  Re-start switch, the bootvar shows new IOS name.