07-18-2008 12:43 AM - edited 03-06-2019 12:16 AM
Hello. We have redundant SUP720s in SSO mode. We upgraded the IOS on both the active and standby SUPs. They independently boot the IOS with no problem.
I get this command when writing the configuration. "%PFREDUN-SP-4-BOOTSTRING_INVALID: The bootfile sup-bootflash:s72033-advipservicesk9_wan-mz.122-33.SXH2a.bin is present on the standby supervisor but not on the active"
Not sure why we get this when it is on both sup-bootflash and each can boot OK? Please advise.
Thank you!
07-18-2008 02:12 AM
show the output
dir slavesup-bootflash:
dir sup-bootflash:
07-18-2008 03:50 AM
Ben,
I have seen this before when I change the bootstrings before I copy the image to bootflash. It is a warning that the file you specified does not exist where you told the SUP to boot from. You should be ok if the file is there, but would probably be a good idea to reboot the switch while you are there consoled into it.
Mark
07-18-2008 12:40 PM
I have verified the files are in both sup-bootflash and slavesup-bootflash... When I boot up each SUP independently of each other, they are fine. I've removed the boot strings and put them back in. I'm not sure what is up.
07-18-2008 01:53 PM
Try using bootdisk instead of sup-bootflash.
boot system flash bootdisk:s72033-advipservicesk9_wan-mz.122-33.SXH2a.bin
Mark
07-18-2008 04:01 PM
The bootdisk: is not valid in the 6500. It is the sup-bootflash. I cannot "show bootdisk:".
07-18-2008 04:12 PM
Forgot the output of a "show version" from the active SUP also...
System image file is "sup-bootflash:s72033-advipservicesk9_wan-mz.122-33.SXH2a.bin"
07-18-2008 04:26 PM
You should be able to "dir bootdisk:" and it should display the same files in sup-bootflash.
07-18-2008 05:28 PM
You can use the command "show file system" to find out all the disks. and "show boot" to find out the boot string.
I forgot which release, sup-bootflash: was renamed to sup-bootdisk:, and they are linked together.
If you do a "show sup-bootdisk:" the file should be the same as sup-bootflash:.
However, bootflash: is a different, it is the file system on the MSFC (RP) while sup-bootflash:/sup-bootdisk: is the file system in the Switch Processor (SP). Native IOS is stored in the SP instead of the RP.
Personally, when I use the following statement for on the switch:
boot system flash sup-bootdisk:
HTH,
jerry
07-21-2008 12:25 PM
Changed to sup-bootdisk: and it worked. Weird. What's the diff?
07-21-2008 01:49 PM
Hi,
sup-bootdisk: should be the same as sup-bootflash:, you should be able to see it with the "show file system" command. However, I've noticed that in IOS version starting either SXD or SXE, the supervisor card's file system has renamed from sup-bootflash: to sup-bootdisk:. In IOS version SXE, if you use the boot statement with sup-bootflash: the router will stuck at ROMMON. The only way to get the router to boot up correctly is point the IOS image to the external flash drive, disk0:, or sup-bootdisk:.
Just FYI, the file system on the MSFC is bootflash:.
HTH,
jerry
09-26-2011 09:39 AM
I had the same problem. Thanks for posting this information.
I had to issue 'no boot system', followed by 'boot system sup-bootflash:/
Olly
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