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

Markus A. Boeing mboeing@cisco.com
Mon, 21 Oct 2002 08:41:28 +0200


On a GSR you can use "exec" to execute IOS commands on a line card: exec 
slot <slot-no> <command>

Never tried it with a GRP, though.

/Markus.

Am Sonntag den, 20. Oktober 2002, um 14:56, schrieb Matt Ryan:

> Perhaps one (the only?) time where the boot image on the GRP might have
> helped? I've not tried it, but can you "attach" to the GRP slot when its
> running on the boot image (probably not the ROMMON as it can't speak to 
> the
> MBUS).
>
>
> Matt.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: sthaug@nethelp.no [mailto:sthaug@nethelp.no]
> Sent: 19 October 2002 21:54
> To: cisco-nsp@puck.nether.net
> Subject: [nsp] Any way to talk to the ROM monitor on GRP-B on a GSR?
>
>
> 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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