Cisco 4948 no ios

helpdesk · ‎03-11-2010

Hi all First time here

we were handed a cisco 4948 switch and after some advice to reset it to factory defaults i issued a clear all/non volatile command. this in turn wiped the IOS and it only boots to rommon

so i followed the recovery guide for a 4500 and now i am stuck i get to this bit

12.
Ping the TFTP server by issuing the ping <tftp_server_ip_address> command to make sure the T
server is reachable, as this example shows:
Switch#ping 172.18.125.3
Type escape sequence to abort.
Sending 5, 100−byte ICMP Echos to 172.18.125.3, timeout is 2 seconds:
.!!!!
Success rate is 80 percent (4/5), round−trip min/avg/max = 8/10/16 ms
13.
If the ping is successful, skip to Step 15. If not, make sure you have a connection to the TFTP serv
from the switch. Typically you have to connect one of the regular 10/100 ports or Gigabit ports to
another switch, or connect the TFTP server installed PC directly to one of the switch interfaces.
14.

in rommon i can ping the tftp server but after the image has booted i cant ping the tftp server so i cant copy the flash over

i am using the cat4500-entservices-mz.122-52.SG.bin file

is there something i am wrong ?

any help would be appreciated.

thanks

Giuseppe Larosa · ‎03-11-2010

Hello,

after your switch has loaded an IOS via TFTP you need to configure a port on it it has probably an empty configuration

example: use the appropriate interface name

int g0/5

no switchport

ip address 172.18.125.254 255.255.255.0

no sh

connect this port the cable towards TFTP server

you should then be able to ping the TFTP server and to issue a copy tftp flash:

Hope to help

Giuseppe

Ganesh Hariharan · ‎03-11-2010

Hi all First time here

we were handed a cisco 4948 switch and after some advice to reset it to factory defaults i issued a clear all/non volatile command. this in turn wiped the IOS and it only boots to rommon

so i followed the recovery guide for a 4500 and now i am stuck i get to this bit

12.
Ping the TFTP server by issuing the ping command to make sure the T
server is reachable, as this example shows:
Switch#ping 172.18.125.3
Type escape sequence to abort.
Sending 5, 100−byte ICMP Echos to 172.18.125.3, timeout is 2 seconds:
.!!!!
Success rate is 80 percent (4/5), round−trip min/avg/max = 8/10/16 ms
13.
If the ping is successful, skip to Step 15. If not, make sure you have a connection to the TFTP serv
from the switch. Typically you have to connect one of the regular 10/100 ports or Gigabit ports to
another switch, or connect the TFTP server installed PC directly to one of the switch interfaces.
14.

in rommon i can ping the tftp server but after the image has booted i cant ping the tftp server so i cant copy the flash over

i am using the cat4500-entservices-mz.122-52.SG.bin file

is there something i am wrong ?

any help would be appreciated.

thanks

Hi,

If you have booted the ios and you are on switch prompt then as suggested Giuseppe configure a interface with ip address and check the connectivity for tftp server.

Hope to help !!

Ganesh.H

helpdesk · ‎03-12-2010

Hi thanks for your replies

i have done the suggested but the switch port does not light up

set port 1/46 to 10.8.2.254

no switchport

no shutdown

Sorry am a bit new to cisco

Giuseppe Larosa · ‎03-12-2010

Hello,

post

sh run int g1/46

or you used really set commands?

post a sh ver to allow us to see what is running on the switch

see

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/switches/lan/catalyst4900/installation/guide/0bQuick.html

Hope to help

Giuseppe

helpdesk · ‎03-12-2010

Hi

I have been reading that document but it still seems something is wrong

i have attached my sh run

Thanks again for your replay..

Giuseppe Larosa · ‎03-12-2010

Hello,

you may need:

conf t

ip routing

! use the default gateway

ip route 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 10.8.2.1

if TFTP server is in another subnet you need to provide a routing path to reach it

also check the state of the interface with

sh interface gi1/46

it should be up/up and ping 10.8.2.254 should be successful

Hope to help

Giuseppe

helpdesk · ‎03-12-2010

Hi Giuseppe

ok done all that and still no link

int gi 1/46 is showing status down no connect

i'll explain my setup

i have 1 laptop ip 10.8.2.2 connected via terminal cable into cosole port( where i am running commands)

the network connection from the laptop goes to a standard procurve switch

there is 1 connection from the 4948 mgmt port that goes to procurve

mgmt ip 10.8.2.3

in rommon i can ping 10.8.2.2 and boot ios

once booted the switch assigns int gi 1/1 as a fastethernet port int fa 1

it is at this point i configure int gi 1/46 with 10.8.2.254

when i attach a cable nothing lights up

Hope this helps

Giuseppe Larosa · ‎03-12-2010

Hello,

sorry my mistake you need to issue also a no shut like in:

Switch1 (config)# ip routing

Switch1 (config)# interface gigabitethernet 24

Switch1 (config-if)# no switchport

>>>> Switch1 (config-if)# no shutdown

Switch1 (config-if)# ip address 10.4.120.106 255.0.0.0

Switch1 (config-if)# exit

see

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/switches/lan/catalyst4900/installation/guide/0bQuick.html#wp1151164

Hope to help

Giuseppe

helpdesk · ‎03-12-2010

Thanks Giuseppe

i have it now bootflash copied over

i am now doing my testing with the config

Just one last question how do i wipe the config without wiping the IOS

Many thanks for your help..

Giuseppe Larosa · ‎03-13-2010

Hello,

it is good that you have been able to copy the IOS in the local flash.

it should be as simple as clear config given in privileged mode.

switch# erase nvram:

>> The erase nvram: command replaces the write erase command and the erase startup-config command.

old command is write erase

Warning:

if you do erase flash: you will delete the IOS image

use dir /all to see all filesystems in your device

you should see nvram:, flash: and other

running-config is in system: that is RAM memory.

it will ask you a confirmation

However, it is difficult you need to do this during lab tests

note: it is handy also the default interface typex/y to reset to default settings a single interface.

you may find out easier to default some interfaces to start a new lab

Hope to help

Giuseppe