[c-nsp] PIX515 problems

[Amol Sapkal]

Hi Ravi,

> imgsum_config: sumval(0x2edc) md5(0x46503f01 0xce116d18 0x19bb45db
> 0x082a6fc5)
> imgsum_verify: chksum(0x   0) md5(0x83bdfc83 0x3610ddec 0x475fda4e
> 0x78752f30)
> Panic: kernel - The checksum verification for this image failed.
> ==========================
> The version is 5.2(3) which I can see from a copy of the old config I have.


I am not sure about this, but it could either be a corrupt image file
or worst, a flash card that has gone bad.

Incase you have your CCO login, try getting the correct image for the
PIX (5.2.3 in your case) and re-installing it from the monitor mode.
If yours is a production PIX, make sure you have your backed-up
configs in place.

Also, it is very important that you have your 'Activation Key' handy.
If you have any of your older 'show version' logs, you can find the
activation key there. You will need this when you re-install the
image.

Incase you plan to go ahead with the above, I would strongly suggest
that you refer the Cisco documentation for 'upgrading the PIX in
monitor mode'.


-Amol Sapkal




On 9/8/06, Ravi Patwari <ravi at swift-online.com> wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I have a PIX515 with 2 ethernet ports which was working perfectly but since
> last two days keep rotating through a boot cycle and showing as under:
> ==========================
> Copyright 1985-1998 Phoenix Technologies Ltd.
> All Rights Reserved
>
> Build Time: 04/27/99 17:08:34
> Polaris BIOS Version 0.09
> CPU = Pentium with MMX  200 MHz
> 640K System RAM Passed
> 63M Extended RAM Passed
> 0512K Cache SRAM Passed
> System BIOS shadowed
>
> Cisco Secure PIX Firewall BIOS (4.0) #0: Thu Mar  2 22:59:20 PST 2000
> Platform PIX-515
> Flash=i28F640J5 @ 0x300
>
> Use BREAK or ESC to interrupt flash boot.
> Use SPACE to begin flash boot immediately.
> Reading 2032128 bytes of image from flash.
> 64MB RAM
> imgsum_config: sumval(0x2edc) md5(0x46503f01 0xce116d18 0x19bb45db
> 0x082a6fc5)
> imgsum_verify: chksum(0x   0) md5(0x83bdfc83 0x3610ddec 0x475fda4e
> 0x78752f30)
> Panic: kernel - The checksum verification for this image failed.
> ==========================
> The version is 5.2(3) which I can see from a copy of the old config I have.
>
> Please advise what could be the problem and how do I fix the same.
>
> Thanks a lot in advance.
>
> Regards
> Ravi
>
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-- 
Warm regards,

Amol Sapkal

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