03-06-2014 06:04 AM - edited 03-07-2019 06:33 PM
I have two WS-X6K-2SU-MSFC2 both with 256megs of RAM
These cards are identical in every way (that I know) except for one have a bootstrap verison 6.1(4) and the other have verison 7.1(1)
I have two 64 meg flash cards loaded with s222-advipservicesk9_wan-mz.122-18.SXF17b.bin
When I slide the SUP2 card in with the bootstrap verison 7.1(1), it boots fine from either flashcard.
When install the SUP2 card with the bootstrap verison 6.1(4), it does not boot from slot0: but I get the following error:
System Bootstrap, Version 6.1(4)
Copyright (c) 1994-2001 by cisco Systems, Inc.
c6k_sup2 processor with 262144 Kbytes of main memory
Autoboot excuting command: "boot slot0:/s222-advipservicesk9_wan-mz.122-18.SXF17b.bin"
PCMCIA slot0 device is not intialized
open: read error...requested 0x4 bytes, got 0x0
trouble reading device magic number
loadprog: error on file open
boot cannot load "boot slot0:/s222-advipservicesk9_wan-mz.122-18.SXF17b.bin"
The switch goes into a endless loop.
I am able break out of it with a control-break which drops me into ROMMON.
From ROMMON I can boot the switch from a really old IOS image that is stored on the bootflash:
When booted into this older IOS, I can perform a dir in disk0: and the new IOS iamge is there, happy has can be.
I have reformating the the flashcard and tftped the 50ish meg file on the flashcard.
No joy on booting.
I've read some places about a different formats on the flashcard, but the only place I know to format the card is in IOS
The only differences that I can tell are the bootstrap verison.
Help me understand what I am missing and kindly educate me to what I need to correct.
Suggestions, comments, opinons and flames are welcome!
Bryan Smith
Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA
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03-06-2014 07:35 AM
Apologies Brian i should have been more specific.
I meant the part number for the memory cards.
If i remember a "sh ver" should show you the memory cards in use.
Jon
03-06-2014 08:21 AM
The internal flash is used to for storing the IOS and other files so i don't think that is the issue.
I think the problem you are facing is the one you identified in your original post but i was trying to confirm it. From the 6000 release notes -
Supervisor Engine 2 ROMMON software release 7.1(1) introduces support for the MEM-C6K-ATA-1-64M= (64MB) PCMCIA ATA FlashDisk device
http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/switches/lan/catalyst6500/hardware/Config_Notes/78_13488.html
So i think you need to upgrade your ROMMON code ie. your working switch has the right version but your non working switch does not.
I really doubt that it would work but have you tried booting from disk0 ?
Jon
03-06-2014 08:57 AM
Bryan
The instructions as to how to do it are in the link i posted.
Make sure you read it all through before trying the upgrade.
Jon
03-07-2014 10:53 AM
"upgrade rom-monitor slot 1 rp file [...]c6msfc2-rm2.srec.122-17r.S1" updated the MSFC2 (the route processor). In order to update the ROMMON of the SUP itself to 7.1(1) you need to "upgrade rom-monitor slot 1 sp file [...]cat6000-sup2-rm2.7-1-1.srec"
And, since the MSFC ROMMON came up, the latest version is 122-17r.S5 - release notes here:
http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/switches/lan/catalyst6500/rommon/OL_2440.html
03-06-2014 06:53 AM
Bryan
No need for flames
Do you know the part number for your cards ?
Jon
03-06-2014 07:32 AM
Thank you Jon for your reply and your kindness.
I do not know the exact part numbers for these two SUP2 cards.
I know the model number and the serial numbers for both the SUP2 card and the MSFC daughter card.
Show Module provides the same information.
There are a bunch numbers on these cards/daughter cards and I have no idea whice one is a part number.
What does a part number look like?
What would they start with?
What are they normally found?
Thank you
Bryan
03-06-2014 07:35 AM
Apologies Brian i should have been more specific.
I meant the part number for the memory cards.
If i remember a "sh ver" should show you the memory cards in use.
Jon
03-06-2014 07:41 AM
Here is the sh ver from the SUP2 card that does not boot to disk0:
Would it be helpful to see a sh ver from the SUP2 card that does boot from disk0:
Router#sh ver
Cisco Internetwork Operating System Software
IOS (tm) c6sup2_rp Software (c6sup2_rp-DSV-M), Version 12.1(26)E4, RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc1)
Technical Support: http://www.cisco.com/techsupport
Copyright (c) 1986-2005 by cisco Systems, Inc.
Compiled Sat 15-Oct-05 00:09 by hqluong
Image text-base: 0x40008F90, data-base: 0x418EA000
ROM: System Bootstrap, Version 12.1(4r)E, RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc1)
BOOTLDR: c6sup2_rp Software (c6sup2_rp-DSV-M), Version 12.1(26)E4, RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc1)
Router uptime is 19 minutes
Time since Router switched to active is 18 minutes
System returned to ROM by power-on (SP by power-on)
System image file is "sup-bootflash:/c6sup22-dsv-mz.121-26.E4.bin"
cisco WS-C6506 (R7000) processor (revision 3.0) with 458752K/65536K bytes of memory.
Processor board ID SAL08414PVV
R7000 CPU at 300Mhz, Implementation 39, Rev 2.1, 256KB L2, 1024KB L3 Cache
Last reset from power-on
Bridging software.
X.25 software, Version 3.0.0.
2 Virtual Ethernet/IEEE 802.3 interface(s)
48 FastEthernet/IEEE 802.3 interface(s)
18 Gigabit Ethernet/IEEE 802.3 interface(s)
381K bytes of non-volatile configuration memory.
16384K bytes of Flash internal SIMM (Sector size 512K).
Configuration register is 0x2102
03-06-2014 07:43 AM
Would it be helpful to see a sh ver from the SUP2 card that does boot from disk0:
Yes please.
Jon
03-06-2014 08:12 AM
Here is the working SUP2 card's sh ver output:
Router#sh ver
Cisco Internetwork Operating System Software
IOS (tm) s222_rp Software (s222_rp-ADVIPSERVICESK9_WAN-M), Version 12.2(18)SXF17b, RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc1)
Technical Support: http://www.cisco.com/techsupport
Copyright (c) 1986-2011 by cisco Systems, Inc.
Compiled Tue 15-Mar-11 18:50 by ccai
Image text-base: 0x40101040, data-base: 0x42C82B40
ROM: System Bootstrap, Version 12.2(17r)S5, RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc1)
BOOTLDR: s222_rp Software (s222_rp-ADVIPSERVICESK9_WAN-M), Version 12.2(18)SXF17b, RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc1)
Router uptime is 5 minutes
Time since Router switched to active is 4 minutes
System returned to ROM by power cycle (SP by power-on)
System image file is "disk0:/s222-advipservicesk9_wan-mz.122-18.SXF17b.bin"
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cisco WS-C6506 (R7000) processor (revision 3.0) with 458752K/65536K bytes of memory.
Processor board ID SAL08414PVV
R7000 CPU at 300Mhz, Implementation 0x27, Rev 3.3, 256KB L2, 1024KB L3 Cache
Last reset from power-on
SuperLAT software (copyright 1990 by Meridian Technology Corp).
X.25 software, Version 3.0.0.
Bridging software.
TN3270 Emulation software.
2 Virtual Ethernet/IEEE 802.3 interfaces
48 FastEthernet/IEEE 802.3 interfaces
18 Gigabit Ethernet/IEEE 802.3 interfaces
381K bytes of non-volatile configuration memory.
32768K bytes of Flash internal SIMM (Sector size 512K).
Configuration register is 0x2102
03-06-2014 08:15 AM
AH HA! I see that the card the does not boot only has 16megs of internal flash and the working until has 32megs of internal flash.
How does that make a different when I am booting from a 64meg flashcard?
03-06-2014 08:21 AM
The internal flash is used to for storing the IOS and other files so i don't think that is the issue.
I think the problem you are facing is the one you identified in your original post but i was trying to confirm it. From the 6000 release notes -
Supervisor Engine 2 ROMMON software release 7.1(1) introduces support for the MEM-C6K-ATA-1-64M= (64MB) PCMCIA ATA FlashDisk device
http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/switches/lan/catalyst6500/hardware/Config_Notes/78_13488.html
So i think you need to upgrade your ROMMON code ie. your working switch has the right version but your non working switch does not.
I really doubt that it would work but have you tried booting from disk0 ?
Jon
03-06-2014 08:47 AM
This where I need some help, as I have never upgraded ROMMON software before.
I have downloaded the only ROMMON software for this card, c6msfc2-rm2.srec.122-17r.S5
When I am booted back into the SUP2 card that needs updated, what commands do I issue?
Bryan
03-06-2014 08:57 AM
Bryan
The instructions as to how to do it are in the link i posted.
Make sure you read it all through before trying the upgrade.
Jon
03-06-2014 10:01 AM
Thank you!
Bryan
03-06-2014 10:04 AM
Bryan
No problem, glad to have helped.
Jon
03-07-2014 07:33 AM
Thank you Jon for your help, but I am having no joy today.
I thoroughly read the PDF document titled:
Release Notes for Catalyst 6000 Family and Cisco 7600 Series Internet Router
Supervisor Engine 2 ROMMON
All went well until the flashing process
Here is the output of my experience:
Router#sh rom-monitor slot 1 rp
Region F1: APPROVED, preferred
Region F2: APPROVED
Currently running ROMMON from F1 region
Router#upgrade rom-monitor slot 1 rp file tftp://10.72.2.200/c6msfc2-rm2.srec.122-17r.S1
Loading c6msfc2-rm2.srec.122-17r.S1 from 10.72.2.200 (via Vlan2): !
Loading c6msfc2-rm2.srec.122-17r.S1 from 10.72.2.200 (via Vlan2): !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
[OK - 629379 bytes]
Router#
I did not see the following that I was expected to see:
ROMMON image upgrade in progress
Erasing flash
Programming flash
Verifying new image
ROMMON image upgrade complete
The card must be reset for this to take effect
I reloaded switch and I saw the same old thing:
System Bootstrap, Version 6.1(4)
Copyright (c) 1994-2001 by cisco Systems, Inc.
c6k_sup2 processor with 262144 Kbytes of main memory
I was hoping for 7.1(1)
However the ROM: System Bootstrap seems to have a newer version number, from 12.1 to now, 12.2(17r)S5
(which the verison the file I uploaded to the switch)
Here is my sh ver from after the upgrade
Router#sh ver
Cisco Internetwork Operating System Software
IOS (tm) c6sup2_rp Software (c6sup2_rp-DSV-M), Version 12.1(26)E4, RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc1)
Technical Support: http://www.cisco.com/techsupport
Copyright (c) 1986-2005 by cisco Systems, Inc.
Compiled Sat 15-Oct-05 00:09 by hqluong
Image text-base: 0x40008F90, data-base: 0x418EA000
ROM: System Bootstrap, Version 12.2(17r)S5, RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc1)
BOOTLDR: c6sup2_rp Software (c6sup2_rp-DSV-M), Version 12.1(26)E4, RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc1)
Router uptime is 4 minutes
Time since Router switched to active is 3 minutes
System returned to ROM by power-on (SP by power-on)
System image file is "sup-bootflash:/c6sup22-dsv-mz.121-26.E4.bin"
cisco WS-C6506 (R7000) processor (revision 3.0) with 458752K/65536K bytes of memory.
Processor board ID SAL08414PVV
R7000 CPU at 300Mhz, Implementation 39, Rev 2.1, 256KB L2, 1024KB L3 Cache
Last reset from power-on
Bridging software.
X.25 software, Version 3.0.0.
2 Virtual Ethernet/IEEE 802.3 interface(s)
48 FastEthernet/IEEE 802.3 interface(s)
18 Gigabit Ethernet/IEEE 802.3 interface(s)
381K bytes of non-volatile configuration memory.
16384K bytes of Flash internal SIMM (Sector size 512K).
Configuration register is 0x2102
I am still not able to boot the slot0: and still have the 6.1(4) bootstrap
I feel if I could somehow update that 6.1(4) to 7.1(1), I would be home free.
03-07-2014 09:04 AM
Bryan
Can you post the output of -
sh rom-monitor slot 1 sp
Jon
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