Re: Crashed AP350:IOS or VxWorks ?

amitubale · ‎02-23-2004

Hi,

I have a AP350 that boots up with the following

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Testing DRAM...

(press <esc> to bypass)

DRAM OK

Power-on reset.

System ID: 00409654C3E3

Motherboard: MPC855 50MHz, 8192KB FLASH, 16384KB DRAM, Revision B0

Bootstrap Ver. 1.09: FLASH, CRC 710B6415 (OK)

Initialization: OK

Memory Bank total used left

DRAM 16738168 0 16738168

Config 524288 532 523756

FLASH 7733248 0 7733248

Memory Bank:File address size encoding type flags

a) Config:AP Installation Key FE020000 64 none Key 0000

b) Config:VAR Installation Key FE020040 52 none Key 0000

c) Config:AWC_ConfigDB FE020074 416 AiroDB1 Data 0000

Socket Controller Error: No FPGA file!

System ID: 00409654C3E3

Motherboard: MPC855 50MHz, 8192KB FLASH, 16384KB DRAM, Revision B0

Bootstrap Ver. 1.09: FLASH, CRC 710B6415 (OK)

Initialization: Improper Motherboard Config

Type '=' for main menu.

c -- Copy file

f -- File dir

l -- downLoad file into DRAM

u -- Upload file

p -- xfer Protocol

n -- coNsole

r -- Run

s -- System info.

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I am not bale to determine if its a VxWorks or a IOS ?

I have tryied to upgrade some of the AP350 using the WLSE, so the above AP may have crashed during the upgrade procedure. Before I could feed the firmware using xmodem, I want to make sure what version (Vxworks or IOS) should I use to recover the device.

Thanks in advance.

travis-dennis_2 · ‎02-23-2004

This is a Vxworks bootloader menu. Looks like this failed on the IOS upgrade. Here is a link on how to procede and get you up onto IOS.

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/wireless/ps430/products_tech_note09186a008019fea0.shtml

Look about 3/4 of the way down on the page. You should see something very similar to what you have posted here and the instructions on what to do next.

Hope this helps.

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jnennemann · ‎03-22-2004

I have had this same problem and have followed the instructions, but I get a 'Flash Write Error' every time I try to copy the files from DRAM to Flash.

travis-dennis_2 · ‎03-22-2004

PLease verify that you have an IOS image that you are trying to upload and also re-download that image if it is IOS to check for a corrupt file.

HTH

jnennemann · ‎03-23-2004

Got It!!!!

Much thanks to Simon Torm as he sent me a pdf with the instructions. Very similar to what you had posted Travis-Dennis but I had missed the step where you have to ctrl-z to get the hidden format menu and erase the flash first (even though it says that it is empty)

Thanks to you too!

bs2168 · ‎08-02-2004

Just in case the install key was erased. Is there any way besides contact Cisco for the install key?

Can the key be downloaded via xmodem from another ap and then uploaded via xmodem to the ap that is missing the install key?