[c-nsp] BootVars Keep Erasing Themselves

[Diogo Montagner]

Hi Ronen,

check the bugs for your rommon version. I experienced some problems like you
under rommon version 8.1.3 using SUP720.

Regards,
Diogo

On Fri, May 23, 2008 at 8:28 PM, Ronen Isaac <Ronen at conticomp.com> wrote:

> Hello All,
>
> I have run into a baffling wall and after 4 days or tinkering and
> reading online I am turning to you hoping that you might be of
> assistance.  I have a Cat6509 w/ SUP2/MSFC2 that I converted from Hybrid
> mode to Native mode following these instructions to the letter:
>
>
>
> http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/switches/ps708/products_tech_note
> 09186a008015bfa6.shtml<http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/switches/ps708/products_tech_note09186a008015bfa6.shtml>
>
>
>
> I reloaded the switch a couple of times and even turned off/on the power
> briefly to make sure all settings took.  Everything seemed to work
> great.
>
>
>
> I then turned it off for a day and when I turned it back on it booted
> through the SP OK but when starting to boot the RP I get this, "Warning:
> Rommon NVRAM area is corrupted" and it goes to ROMMON mode.
>
>
>
> I then added the bootvars again and made sure the register was at 0x2102
> and reset the switch.  It loaded through...
>
>
>
> While in IOS I went ahead and did and "erase nvram" to format and start
> over.  I then redid the bootvars, did a "remote command switch show
> boot" to ensure the SP bootvars were OK and reloaded the switch.  It
> loaded all the way through and the bootvars were intact.
>
>
>
> So I turn it off and let it sit for 10 min, fire it up and again I get
> the same error, "Warning: Rommon NVRAM area is corrupted" and it goes to
> ROMMON mode.  I do this for about 2 days.
>
>
>
> I then proceeded to upgrade the image and the ROMMON, redid the config,
> turned off the switch, waited 10 min and it still didn't take.
>
>
>
> If you have any thoughts I would greatly appreciate hearing them.
> Thanks so much for your time and have a great weekend!
>
>
>
> Image: 12.2(18)SXF14
>
> ROMMON: 12.2(17r)S5
>
>
>
> P.S. There is only one SUP in the chassis and this happens on 2 separate
> sup engines.
>
>
>
>
>
> Kind Regards,
> Ronen Isaac
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