08-18-2007 04:40 AM - edited 03-05-2019 05:58 PM
Are there any caveats in formating the file system on a catalyst 2900 series switch?
This switch that I have was given to me, and was passworded and nobody knew the password. I proceeded with the password recovery of the switch, and updated the IOS to c2900xl-c3h2s-tar.120-5.WC17.tar
Now I have ports 1 thru 4 all orange including the system led. On bootup it tells me that ports 1 - 4 "front-end post: port# loop-back packet not received"
It never did this until I updated the IOS
The switch originally was configured with about 20 Vlans.
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08-18-2007 01:05 PM
Hi,
This kind of POST failure usually indicates physical damage to the interface. If an Ethernet Controller that controls four interfaces fails, those ports fail too (1-4 in your case). A common cause of such damage is ESD (Electrostatic Discharge). For Catalyst 2900XL switches, the issue is documented in Cisco bug ID CSCdm13915.
HTH,
Mohammed Mahmoud.
08-18-2007 01:05 PM
Hi,
This kind of POST failure usually indicates physical damage to the interface. If an Ethernet Controller that controls four interfaces fails, those ports fail too (1-4 in your case). A common cause of such damage is ESD (Electrostatic Discharge). For Catalyst 2900XL switches, the issue is documented in Cisco bug ID CSCdm13915.
HTH,
Mohammed Mahmoud.
08-19-2007 12:11 PM
Yeah, thats what I was afraid of, was just hoping it was a corrupt IOS image.
Thank you
Steve
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