[f-nsp] Line Cards not Booting on NI-MLX-4

[Chuck Ufarley]

This is a fascinating problem with these NI-MLXs, because really, no two
cards seem to act alike.  I'm trying to configure a second NI-MLX, and I'm
getting this response, now:

WARN: LP slot 1's application image version ( 3  3  0  6) doesn't match that
of the MP ( 4  0  0  3) - put LP in interactive mode.

Updating fpgas for the card doesn't work.
Trying to get the line card to boot from from the mp primary doesn't work.
Pulling in and out of interactive mode doesn't work.
Updating ironware and monitor/boot image separately doesn't work
Reloading the entire image and then loading fpgas doesn't work.

Each tried several times.  Has anyone else seen these things as just
unreliable?  I can't get a simple line card to just come up.

Help, as usual, is very much appreciated.

--Chuck

On Mon, Aug 3, 2009 at 3:35 PM, Asoka De Saram <adesaram at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Chuck,
> Do you have the latest fpga images in these two cards?
> If not boot them in to interactive mode and download them from a tftp
> server.
>
>
>
>
> On Aug 3, 2009, at 2:17 PM, Chuck Ufarley <markentime at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi all--
>
> I've got a couple of NI-MLX-1Gx20-SFPs that I'm trying to bring up on an
> NI-MLX-MR running 4.00ca, and I can't get the cards to boot.  They keep
> looping through a "CARD_STATE_BOOT" "CARD_STATE_SW_LOADED "
> "CARD_STATE_SYNC_FID" loop, but won't come up active.  I can't update the lp
> files unless the card comes up.  I've tried this:
>
> Config t
>  lp boot system interactive [slot#]
> exit
>  wr mem
> Power-off lp [slot#]
> Power-on lp [slot#]
> lp boot system mp primary [slot#]
>
> and the lp images load from the mp, but they don't seem to stick, because
> the line card doesn't go active.
>
> Do I need to issue a "no lp boot system interactive" + new "wr mem" +
> reload command to get it up and running?  It doesn't seem to work.  Am I
> missing something obvious.
>
> Help is extremely appreciated.  I'm a little stumped right now.
>
> Thanks.
>
> --Chuck
>
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