[c-nsp] cisco 6509 rommon mode

[ambedkar]

Hi, i cleaned the modules of 6509 and reinstalled, it shows


inband gmac link did not come up: reseting the system
System Bootstrap, Version 7.1(1)
Copyright (c) 1994-2001 by cisco Systems, Inc.
c6k_sup2 processor with 262144 Kbytes of main memory

Autoboot executing command: "boot bootflash:"

Self decompressing the image : ##############################################################################################################]


System Power On Diagnostics
DRAM Size ..........................256 MB
Testing DRAM .......................Passed
Verifying Text Segment .............Passed
NVRAM Size .........................512 KB
Level2 Cache .......................Present
Level3 Cache .......................Present
System Power On Diagnostics Complete

Currently running ROMMON from S (Gold) region
Boot image: bootflash:cat6000-sup2cvk9.8-3-2.bin

System Bootstrap, Version 7.1(1)
Copyright (c) 1994-2001 by cisco Systems, Inc.

Warning: Rommon NVRAM area is corrupted. Initialize the area to default values
c6k_sup2 processor with 262144 Kbytes of main memory

Autoboot: failed, BOOT string is empty
rommon 1 >
rommon 1 >

After this, if i execute the command BOOT, once again it is showing old log as below.

thanks, bye.





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Hi, i am using cisco 6509 switch. This switch is not power ON for last one year, now after switch ON,It is going to ROMMON mode.


The following is the log:

Currently running ROMMON from S (Gold) region
Boot image: bootflash:cat6000-sup2cvk9.8-3-2.bin
Module 1 port ASIC 0 failed: Pinnacle Packet Buffer Error
Module 1 reported following ports unusable
port 1 bad
port 2 bad
port 3 bad
port 4 bad
inband gmac link did not come up: reseting the system
System Bootstrap, Version 7.1(1)
Copyright (c) 1994-2001 by cisco Systems, Inc.
c6k_sup2 processor with 262144 Kbytes of main memory

Autoboot executing command: "boot bootflash:cat6000-sup2cvk9.8-3-2.bin"

Self decompressing the image : ##############################################################################################################]


System Power On Diagnostics
DRAM Size ..........................256 MB
Testing DRAM .......................Passed
Verifying Text Segment .............Passed
NVRAM Size .........................512 KB
Level2 Cache .......................Present
Level3 Cache .......................Present
System Power On Diagnostics Complete.

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I tried the following commands:
1.boot
2.boot bootflash:cat6000-sup2cvk9.8-3-2.bin
3.I thought ios may be damaged, so i used XMODEM to upload IOS image, but after some time, it is also failing.

please help me,
Thanks.bye