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"System Init: Insufficient Memory" problem

greggm
Level 1
Level 1

I recently installed one Cisco 1711 and two Cisco 831 routers. Every time I boot them I get the error: SYSTEM INIT: INSUFFICIENT MEMORY TO BOOT THE IMAGE! and the routers boot process is started again. This happens every time, either during a cold boot or a reload. Once the router reloads/boots after the memory error, it then loads/boots again and operates normally. The Cisco 1711 router is running IOS version: c1700-k9o3sy7-mz.123-8.YG2.bin, while the Cisco 831 router's are running c831-k9o3sy6-mz.123-8.T11.bin. The memory in both units are as follows:

Cisco 1711

rommon 1> meminfo

Main memory size: 96 MB.

Available main memory starts at 0x10000, size 98240KB

IO (packet) memory size: 10 percent of main memory.

NVRAM size: 32KB

show version>

Processor board ID FOC09171D4P (4019070913), with hardware revision 0000

MPC862P processor: part number 7, mask 0

1 Ethernet interface

5 FastEthernet interfaces

1 Serial interface

1 terminal line

1 Virtual Private Network (VPN) Module

32K bytes of NVRAM.

32768K bytes of processor board System flash (Read/Write)

Configuration register is 0x2102

Cisco 831

rommon 1> meminfo

System Bootstrap, Version 12.2(11r)YV3, RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc2)

(Virtual Configuration Register: 0x2102)

Main memory size: 64 MB.

Available main memory starts at 0x1b000, size 65428KB

IO (packet) memory size: 10 percent of main memory.

NVRAM size: 128KB

show version>

Cisco C831 (MPC857DSL) processor (revision 0x500) with 58983K/6553K bytes of memory.

Processor board ID FHK091722X9 (357535429), with hardware revision 0000

CPU rev number 7

2 Ethernet interfaces

4 FastEthernet interfaces

128K bytes of NVRAM.

16384K bytes of processor board System flash (Read/Write)

2048K bytes of processor board Web flash (Read/Write)

Configuration register is 0x2102

Can anyone tell me why this is happening? I included two attachment files,one for the 1711 and one for the 831 router. Both show the boot sequence and what happens. I also include router crash dump from the 831 router.

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nhabib
Level 9
Level 9

Yep.. just upgraded to c1700-k9o3sy7-mz.123-8.YG3.bin" and see the same thing.

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