[c-nsp] NPE-G1 rom-monitor upgrade

[Dmitry Kiselev]

Hi!

On Wed, Feb 08, 2006 at 01:35:08PM +0200, Kim Onnel wrote:

> A sumb question, why would you need to upgrade it ?


Becouse MPF required it to launch second CPU core. http://tinyurl.com/88dax

Minimum required ROMmon version:
- For the Cisco 7200 VXR NPE-G1, ROMmon version 12.3(4r)T3 


> >   While I try to upgrade rommon in my NPE-G1 I got an error.
> > Is it mean that my version of NPE-G1 have rommon in non-erasable ROM?
> > No way to upgrade it?
> >
> > P.S. Question come from MPF world :)
> >
> >
> > Router#upgrade rom-monitor file
> > tftp://82.144.192.34/C7200_NPEG1_RMFUR.srec.123-4r.T3
> > Loading C7200_NPEG1_RMFUR.srec.123-4r.T3 from 82.144.192.34 (via
> > GigabitEthernet0/1):
> > !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
> > [OK - 479169 bytes]
> >
> > ROMMON upgrade aborted; Current ROMMON does not support upgrade capability
> >
> > Router#sh rom-monitor
> > ReadOnly ROMMON version:
> >
> > No upgrade ROMMON programmed or not yet run
> > Error: Cannot identify ROMMON region -1 being run
> > Error: Unknown region -1 selected for nextboot
> >
> > Router#sh ver
> > Cisco IOS Software, 7200 Software (C7200-ADVIPSERVICESK9-M), Version 12.4(4)T1,
> > RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc4)
> > ...
> > ROM: System Bootstrap, Version 12.2(20030826:190624) [BLD-npeg1_rommon_r11
> > 102], DEVELOPMENT SOFTWARE
> > ...
> > Cisco 7204VXR (NPE-G1) processor (revision A) with 229376K/32768K bytes of
> > memory.
> > Processor board ID 31648833
> > SB-1 CPU at 700MHz, Implementation 1025, Rev 0.2, 512KB L2 Cache
> > 4 slot VXR midplane, Version 2.7
> > ...
> > 3 Gigabit Ethernet interfaces
> > 509K bytes of NVRAM.
> >
> > 62592K bytes of ATA PCMCIA card at slot 2 (Sector size 512 bytes).
> > 16384K bytes of Flash internal SIMM (Sector size 256K).
> > Configuration register is 0x2102

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Dmitry Kiselev