Router Boots on Rommon After Power Down

Ron Timbang · ‎10-20-2013

Hi Guys,

Need some help with my 2801 router. After I power down the router it keeps on booting on rommon mode. I need to type the "reset" on rommon then the router loads the image .. Readonly ROMMON initialized.. then boots the image then user mode.. previous command where save after wr command..

Already set the following:

1. Confreg 0x2102

2. boot system flash:

Didnt encounter this problem on 2600 routers. please help.

Thank you !

Leo Laohoo · ‎10-20-2013

Post the entire bootup process.

The IOS may have been corrupted or you have a hardware failure.

Ron Timbang · ‎10-20-2013

System Bootstrap, Version 12.4(13r)T, RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc1)

Technical Support: http://www.cisco.com/techsupport

PLD version 0x10

GIO ASIC version 0x127

c2801 platform with 393216 Kbytes of main memory

Main memory is configured to 64 bit mode with parity disabled

Readonly ROMMON initialized

program load complete, entry point: 0x8000f000, size: 0xcb80

program load complete, entry point: 0x8000f000, size: 0x3818a00

Self decompressing the image : ####################################################################

###################################################################################################

Smart Init is enabled

smart init is sizing iomem

ID MEMORY_REQ TYPE

0X003AA110 public buffer pools

0X00211000 public particle pools

0X00020000 Crypto module pools

0X00120000 VPM buffer pools

0X004D 0X00000000 Card in slot 0

0X0012 0X00035000 Card in slot 1

0X000021B8 Onboard USB

If any of the above Memory Requirements are

"UNKNOWN", you may be using an unsupported

configuration or there is a software problem and

system operation may be compromised.

Allocating additional 22870050 bytes to IO Memory.

PMem allocated: 369098752 bytes; IOMem allocated: 33554432 bytes

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Cisco IOS Software, 2801 Software (C2801-ADVENTERPRISEK9_IVS-M), Version 15.1(3)T, RELEASE SOFTWARE

Technical Support: http://www.cisco.com/techsupport

Compiled Mon 15-Nov-10 22:25 by prod_rel_team

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Installed image archive

Cisco 2801 (revision 7.0) with 360448K/32768K bytes of memory.

Processor board ID FHK1450F2QL

2 FastEthernet interfaces

2 Serial(sync/async) interfaces

1 Virtual Private Network (VPN) Module

2 Voice FXO interfaces

1 DSP, 8 Voice resources

DRAM configuration is 64 bits wide with parity disabled.

191K bytes of NVRAM.

62720K bytes of ATA CompactFlash (Read/Write)

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

!!By default, the following "voice service voip" !!

!!sub-command is enabled: !!

!! ip address trusted authenticate !!

!! !!

!!The command enables the ip address authentication !!

!!on incoming H.323 or SIP trunk calls for toll fraud !!

!!prevention supports. !!

!! !!

!!Please use "show ip address trusted list" command !!

!!to display a list of valid ip addresses for incoming !!

!!H.323 or SIP trunk calls. !!

!! !!

!!Additional valid ip addresses can be added via the !!

!!following command line: !!

!! voice service voip !!

!! ip address trusted list !!

!! ipv4 [] !!

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Press RETURN to get started!

*Oct 21 05:12:00.343: %LICENSE-6-EULA_ACCEPT_ALL: The Right to Use End User License Agreement is ac

*Oct 21 05:12:27.351: %VPN_HW-6-INFO_LOC: Crypto engine: onboard 0 State changed to: Initialized

*Oct 21 05:12:27.355: %VPN_HW-6-INFO_LOC: Crypto engine: onboard 0 State changed to: Enabled

*Oct 21 05:12:29.551: %LINEPROTO-5-UPDOWN: Line protocol on Interface VoIP-Null0, changed state to

*Oct 21 05:12:29.551: %LINK-3-UPDOWN: Interface Serial0/1/0, changed state to up

*Oct 21 05:12:29.555: %LINK-3-UPDOWN: Interface Serial0/1/1, changed state to down

*Oct 21 05:12:30.551: %LINEPROTO-5-UPDOWN: Line protocol on Interface Serial0/1/0, changed state to

*Oct 21 05:12:30.555: %LINEPROTO-5-UPDOWN: Line protocol on Interface Serial0/1/1, changed state to

*Oct 21 05:12:31.175: %LINEPROTO-5-UPDOWN: Line protocol on Interface FastEthernet0/0, changed stat

*Oct 21 05:12:31.175: %LINEPROTO-5-UPDOWN: Line protocol on Interface FastEthernet0/1, changed stat

*Oct 21 05:12:32.855: %SYS-5-CONFIG_I: Configured from memory by console

*Oct 21 05:12:33.815: %LINEPROTO-5-UPDOWN: Line protocol on Interface Loopback0, changed state to u

*Oct 21 05:12:34.635: %LINK-5-CHANGED: Interface FastEthernet0/0, changed state to administratively

*Oct 21 05:12:34.635: %LINK-5-CHANGED: Interface FastEthernet0/1, changed state to administratively

*Oct 21 05:12:37.551: %SYS-5-RESTART: System restarted --

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*Oct 21 05:12:37.559: %SNMP-5-COLDSTART: SNMP agent on host R1 is undergoing a cold start

*Oct 21 05:12:37.711: %SYS-6-BOOTTIME: Time taken to reboot after reload = 199 seconds

*Oct 21 05:12:37.927: %CRYPTO-6-ISAKMP_ON_OFF: ISAKMP is OFF

*Oct 21 05:12:37.927: %CRYPTO-6-GDOI_ON_OFF: GDOI is OFF

*Oct 21 05:12:37.927: %CRYPTO-6-ISAKMP_ON_OFF: ISAKMP is OFF

*Oct 21 05:12:37.927: %CRYPTO-6-GDOI_ON_OFF: GDOI is OFF

*Oct 21 05:12:38.987: %DSPRM-5-UPDOWN: DSP 5 in slot 0, changed state to up

*Oct 21 05:12:39.175: %LINK-3-UPDOWN: Interface Foreign Exchange Office 0/0/0, changed state to up

*Oct 21 05:12:39.447: %LINK-3-UPDOWN: Interface Foreign Exchange Office 0/0/1, changed state to up

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Leo Laohoo · ‎10-20-2013

Looks fine, Ron.

Ron Timbang · ‎10-20-2013

Hi Sir Leo,

After a restart or shutdown , router boots back to rommon then I have to issue a reset command then router boots to user mode..

Thanks..

Arumugam Muthaiah · ‎10-20-2013

Hi Ron,

I understood that you already set the confreg as 0x2102. Could you verify the below and ensure that you have right cofig register and boot sequence

#show version

#show run | include boot

#dir flash:

Remove irrelevant boot statement and ensure that you configure the right boot statement

example:

2600#configure terminal

Enter configuration commands, one per line. End with CNTL/Z.

2600(config)#no boot system

2600(config)#boot system flash:c2600-adventerprisek9-mz.124-12.bin

2600(config)#^Z

Remove the previous IOS image from flash if any

Verify the IOS image

2600#verify flash:c2600-adventerprisek9-mz.124-12.bin

I am not seeing any known behavior on this issue, its strange the it didnt give any error message while it is going into Rommon.

Please share #show tech as well to understand the behavior.

Regards,

Aru

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Ron Timbang · ‎10-20-2013

Hi Sir,

R1#sh run | include boot

boot-start-marker

boot system flash:c2801-adventerprisek9_ivs-mz.151-3.T.bin

boot-end-marker

R1#verify flash:c2801-adventerprisek9_ivs-mz.151-3.T.bin

Verifying file integrity of flash:c2801-adventerprisek9_ivs-mz.151-3.T.bin..

....................................................................................................................................

.............................................................................................................................Done!

Embedded Hash MD5 : 067B7579DA60A91245F41343D3B6341E

Computed Hash MD5 : 067B7579DA60A91245F41343D3B6341E

CCO Hash MD5 : 3309D403683344906397D0A266A594A9

Embedded hash verification successful.

Thanks Sir!

Ron Timbang · ‎10-20-2013

R1#sh flash

-#- --length-- -----date/time------ path

1 58821536 Sep 16 2013 10:52:20 +00:00 c2801-adventerprisek9_ivs-mz.151-3.T.bin

5173248 bytes available (58822656 bytes used)

Thanks!

Ron Timbang · ‎10-21-2013

Any update guys. Thanks..

johnlloyd_13 · ‎10-21-2013

hi ron,

have you tried reseating the CF card and/or replaced it?

Arumugam Muthaiah · ‎10-22-2013

Hi Ron,

If possible, format the flash: then copy the image again. Then verify the performance and share the detail,

If it is Class B file system, please do #erase flash:
If it is Class C file system, plese do #format flash:

To determine the file system of a CF memory card, enter the show flash: all

If geometry and format information does not appear in the output, the card is formatted with a Class B flash file system.

Router# show flash: all

Partition Size Used Free Bank-Size State Copy

Mode

1 125184K 20390K 104793K 0K Read/Write

Direct

System Compact Flash directory:

File Length Name/status

addr fcksum ccksum

1 6658376 c28xx-i-mz

0x40 0xE0FF 0xE0FF

2 14221136 c2800-telcoent-mz

0x6599C8 0x5C3D 0x5C3D

[20879640 bytes used, 107308776 available, 128188416 total]

125184K bytes of ATA System Compact Flash (Read/Write)

Chip information NOT available.

If geometry and format information appears in the output, the card is formatted with a Class C flash file system.

Router# show flash: all

-#- --length-- -----date/time------ path

1 6658376 Mar 01 2004 04:27:46 c28xx-i-mz

25268224 bytes available (6664192 bytes used)

******** ATA Flash Card Geometry/Format Info ********

ATA CARD GEOMETRY

Number of Heads: 4

Number of Cylinders 490

Sectors per Cylinder 32

Sector Size 512

Total Sectors 62720

ATA CARD FORMAT

Number of FAT Sectors 31

Sectors Per Cluster 8

Number of Clusters 7796

Number of Data Sectors 62560

Base Root Sector 155

Base FAT Sector 93

Base Data Sector 187

Refer:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/routers/access/1800/1841/software/configuration/guide/b_cflash.html#wp38723

Regards,

Aru

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