06-22-2021 10:45 AM
We have in our lab 4 4507R+ CHASSIS, each with SUP8-E. All SUP8's had images on them. However one of the units, a tech formatted the flash either by accident or sheer stupidity. Our other SUP8's are all running cat4500es8-universal.SPA.03.06.00.E.152-2.E.bin
The SUP8 that got formatted, we tried to copy the cat4500es8-universal.SPA.03.06.00.E.152-2.E.bin image onto USB and just load it but we are running into issues. My suspicion is that the rommon is too old as it is running
After doing some research, the SUP has Rommon 15.1(1r)SG1 and it appears that it needs a minimum of 15.1(1r)SG5 in order to take any images with SPA.03.06.00 or higher.
I know that SPA.03.05.XX and older has been deferred so there would be no way of getting it.
We don't have a service contract for the 4500s so we have no way of downloading rommon image 15.1(1r)SG5 or higher.
Is there any workaround or any way to over come this?
06-22-2021 11:05 AM
06-22-2021 11:42 AM
Thanks but that's where I got the info that I probably need to upgrade the rommon which we have no access to get rommon upgrade file version15.1(1r)SG5 or higher
06-22-2021 03:30 PM
Scroll down to the Customers Without Service Contracts section and it states:
Customers who purchase directly from Cisco but do not hold a Cisco service contract and customers who make purchases through third-party vendors but are unsuccessful in obtaining fixed software through their point of sale should obtain upgrades by contacting the Cisco TAC.
Customers should have the product serial number available and be prepared to provide the URL of this advisory as evidence of entitlement to a free upgrade.
IMPORTANT: Do not delay any further. Someone has been progressively removing this provision from past Security Bulletins.
06-23-2021 12:58 AM
Did you try other switches to see if the have the ROMMON file on them and probably copy from them?
Also what Leo suggested you can do that too.
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