Problem loading AIM-VPN/HPII on C3745

[sharan]

I tried latest mainline and T train with no success.  Getting the following errors on two identical 3745 routers with 2 identical AIM modules:

on 12.3

*Mar  1 00:01:07.419: %VPN_HW-1-INITFAIL: Slot 1: No ACK for command.., 0x80000000(50000 ms)

*Mar  1 00:01:07.419: %VPN_HW-1-INITFAIL: Slot 1: Making mini_omq failed: 00180010

*Mar  1 00:01:07.419: %VPN_HW-1-INITFAIL: Slot 1: microcode download failure

on 12.4

*Mar  1 00:01:09.995: %VPN_HW-1-INITFAIL: Slot 1: No ACK for command.., 0x80000000(50000 ms)

*Mar  1 00:01:09.995: %VPN_HW-1-INITFAIL: Slot 1: Making mini_omq failed: 00180010After mbox fail:

*Mar  1 00:01:09.995: register base address is: 3A800000

*Mar  1 00:01:09.995: versionid = 00140002

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

AIM Module in slot: 1

        Hardware Revision        : 1.0

        Top Assy. Part Number    : 800-18028-01

        Board Revision           : C0

        Deviation Number         : 0-0

        Fab Version              : 03

        PCB Serial Number        : FOC08101AN8

        RMA Test History         : 00

        RMA Number               : 0-0-0-0

        RMA History              : 00

        Product (FRU) Number     : AIM-VPN/HPII

        Version Identifier       : v01

        EEPROM format version 4

        EEPROM contents (hex):

          0x00: 04 FF 40 03 0B 41 01 00 C0 46 03 20 00 46 6C 01

*Mar  1 00:01:09.995: %VPN_HW-1-INITFAIL: Slot 1: No ACK for command.., 0x80000000(50000 ms)
*Mar  1 00:01:09.995: %VPN_HW-1-INITFAIL: Slot 1: Making mini_omq failed: 00180010After mbox fail:
*Mar  1 00:01:09.995: register base address is: 3A800000
*Mar  1 00:01:09.995: versionid = 00140002

[PAVEL SHEVELEV · Accepted solution]

Check DRAM, I met this problem if memory modules have different capacity.

[olpeleri]

Hello,

Bad news: Hardware is end of support since 2012. See the URL below.

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/prod/collateral/routers/ps282/prod_end-of-life_notice0900aecd80444877.html

You should not try any new software on such kind of ancient device.... Most likely the support has been removed on latest code.

Cheers,

[sharan]

Forgot about this posting, it's been a year.  I can confirm mismatching memory caused the issue for me as well, I should have posted a reply back then, sorry.

As far as out of support, yes, I think we all know this.  My car is from 2005, it's also out of support, I probably should replace that as well ;-/.