[nsp] Any way to talk to the ROM monitor on GRP-B on a GSR?

[Jared Mauch]

	the standby GRP can be accessed via the console.  All you
need to do is get the standby booted with the same ios (by
having someone move the flash card if necessary)
and you can then get it up and access it via the sec-slot0: interface
provided.

	i've also found that a possible problem is that
cards that are formatted on a 7500 don't work in 12000, etc.. so
you may want to format slot0: if necessary.

	disk0: devices also may have this problem depending on the
"monlib" that is on the filesystem.  This is typically
not easily visible so sometimes a format just to be sure
isn't out of line.

	- jared

On Sat, Oct 19, 2002 at 10:53:48PM +0200, sthaug@nethelp.no wrote:
> Assuming I have a GSR (12016) with to GRPs, 20 MB flash cards in slot0
> in both GRPs, running 12.0(22)S1 on the active processor, supposed to
> run in RPR mode but the flash card on the standby GRP has been wiped
> (thus after the reboot the standby processor doesn't really work as a
> standby, since it has nothing to boot IOS from): Is there any way from
> the active (running) GRP to talk to the ROM monitor on the standby GRP
> in order to transfer an IOS image to the flash card on the standby GRP?
> 
> (The GSR in question is no longer in this state - it's easy enough to
> fix with physical access to the router, moving around flash cards etc.
> I just want to know if I could have done it without physical access to
> the router.)
> 
> Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sthaug@nethelp.no
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