Re: unable to boot ios in 3560 switch

rakeshmurarikar · ‎06-01-2018

I am unable to boot ios in catalyst 3560 switch

switch:
Boot Sector Filesystem (bs) installed, fsid: 2
Base ethernet MAC Address: 00:19:aa:b5:74:80
Xmodem file system is available.
The password-recovery mechanism is enabled.
Initializing Flash...
flashfs[0]: 0 files, 1 directories
flashfs[0]: 0 orphaned files, 0 orphaned directories
flashfs[0]: Total bytes: 32514048
flashfs[0]: Bytes used: 1024
flashfs[0]: Bytes available: 32513024
flashfs[0]: flashfs fsck took 12 seconds.
...done Initializing Flash.
done.
Loading "flash:/c3560-advipservicesk9-mz.122-44.SE6.bin"...flash:/c3560-advipser
vicesk9-mz.122-44.SE6.bin: no such file or directory

Error loading "flash:/c3560-advipservicesk9-mz.122-44.SE6.bin"

Interrupt within 5 seconds to abort boot process.
Boot process failed...

The system is unable to boot automatically. The BOOT
environment variable needs to be set to a bootable
image.

switch: dir flash:
Directory of flash:/

32513024 bytes available (1024 bytes used)

when doing xmodem file transfer iam getting error message " NO RESPONSE FROM REMOTE SYSTEM"

Georg Pauwen · ‎06-01-2018

Hello,

looks like there is no file in your flash. Does your switch have an USB port ?

rakeshmurarikar · ‎06-03-2018

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rakeshmurarikar · ‎06-03-2018

There is no usb drive

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Diana Karolina Rojas · ‎06-06-2018

Hello,

If the device don't have a usb you have to use TFTP server (using the tftpdnld ROMmon command recovery) in order to load a new image for the device.
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kvanguru@cisco.com · ‎10-03-2018

unable to boot ios in 3560 switch

Diana Karolina Rojas · ‎06-01-2018

Hello!

Do you know If the "boot system flash:" command is in your configuration? You have to in into the rommon mode to see If you have an image in your flash if don't so you have to load one using a usb (like Georg suggested you) or use a TFTP server (using the tftpdnld ROMmon command recovery).
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rajugeorge · ‎05-17-2020

Hi Diana,

Please advise from where can i download iOS for Catalyst 3560 PoE-48

This is for study purpose , and for my home lab

I'm unable to download from Cisco site, it says to update Profile, which i did and it goes in circles

Appreciate any assistance

Thanks

Raj

Diana Karolina Rojas · ‎05-18-2020

Hello @rajugeorge,

Unfortunately the only way you can download an IOS from Cisco is by having a device support contract attached to your CCO. If you want to use a specific IOS you need to have a device of that model under support with cisco, if it is just for study purpouses (you are making a virtual LAB) you can download the free images for GNS3 (but they don't have all devices models and versions), and test the feature you want to.

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rajugeorge · ‎05-19-2020

Hi Diana,

Thanks for your email, please advise how to figure out which iOS best suits
Catalyst 3560 series PoE 48

Im new to Cisco and i see there are many iOS versions for this model ,
such as ipbase , ipservices and ipadvservices

Which one should i be using, i would like to use all available features of
this hardware

Appreciate your cooperation

Thanks

Raju George

Diana Karolina Rojas · ‎05-20-2020

Hello @rajugeorge

In order to use all the features I recommend you to use ipadvservices which provides you with all the configuration suite for switching and routing features.

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