2503 Cisco router NVRAM issue

auromira · ‎12-19-2003

We are trying to configure Cisco 2503 Catalyst router.

We are facing the error with NVRAM .

which is shown below .

Cisco Internetwork Operating System Software

IOS (tm) 2500 Software (C2500-I-L), Version 11.2(18), RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc1)

Compiled Mon 05-Apr-99 19:52 by jaturner

Image text-base: 0x0302315C, data-base: 0x00001000

cisco 2500 (68030) processor (revision N) with 6144K/2048K bytes of memory.

Processor board ID 20386027, with hardware revision 00000001

Bridging software.

X.25 software, Version 2.0, NET2, BFE and GOSIP compliant.

Basic Rate ISDN software, Version 1.0.

1 Ethernet/IEEE 802.3 interface(s)

2 Serial network interface(s)

1 ISDN Basic Rate interface(s)

32K bytes of non-volatile configuration memory.

8192K bytes of processor board System flash (Read ONLY)

Notice: NVRAM invalid, possibly due to write erase.

--- System Configuration Dialog ---

At any point you may enter a question mark '?' for help.

Use ctrl-c to abort configuration dialog at any prompt.

Default settings are in square brackets '[]'.

Would you like to enter the initial configuration dialog? [yes]:

It has a CMOS inbuilt with the chip.

So can anyone help to rewrite it

thanks in advance

Regards

Auromira

Georg Pauwen · ‎12-20-2003

Hello,

this message tells you that you erased your startup config and that there is no valid startup configuration in NVRAM, and that, when you reload, you'll be in setup mode.

If you keep getting that message and if you keep being put into the system configuration dialog, most likely the configuration-register settings are not correct:

1. Reload your router and if you are asked if you want to enter the initial setup configuration dialog, say NO

2. In enable mode, type:

Router(config)#config-register 0x2102

3. Write the configuration to nvram with the command:

wr mem

and reload the router. Now you should not get the message again.

Regards,

Georg