[f-nsp] NI-MLX-10Gx8-D falls to CARD_STATE_INTERACTIVE mode

Alexander Shikoff minotaur at crete.org.ua
Wed Jun 20 20:09:38 EDT 2012


On Thu, Jun 21, 2012 at 01:19:22AM +0200, Niels Bakker wrote:
> * minotaur at crete.org.ua (Alexander Shikoff) [Thu 21 Jun 2012, 00:47 CEST]:
> >Recently I got MLXe router for testing. Router is equipped with 
> >BR-MLX-MR2-M management card. First problem I met is that card 
> >NI-MLX-10Gx8-D does not boot properly and falls to 
> >CARD_STATE_INTERACTIVE mode.
> >There are different versions of IronWare on management card and 
> >NI-MLX-10Gx8-D card. From documentation I found that software on 
> >NI-MLX-10Gx8-D should automatically synchronize with BR-MLX-MR2-M 
> >but it does not happen:
> >
> >NetIron MLX-16 Router#power-on lp 1
> >Slot 1 is powering on.
> >NetIron MLX-16 Router#
> >WARN: LP slot 1's application image version ( 5  1  0 3) doesn't match that of the MP ( 5  2  0 3) - .
> >Please update LP slot 1's application image
> >Reset slot 1
> >Slot 1: booted to Interactive Mode.
> >
> >I tried to sync software manually:
> >NetIron MLX-16 Router#lp sync 1
> >LP SYNC for Slot1: not needed
> >
> >Any help is kindly appreciated! Thanks in advance!
> 
> You should verify what version the "LP IronWare Image (Primary for LP 
> Type 0" kept on the mgmt module is, by doing "show flash".  If it's 
> not the same revision as "IronWare Image (Primary)" you should tftp 
> the correct version in - ask your Brocade rep for a copy of 5.2.00b 
> or whatever's on there.  You'll need new FGPA images for sure because 
> those changed too between 5.1 and 5.2.
> 
> If it *is* the same, try "lp cont-boot sync 1" or "lp boot sys mp pri 1".
> You can keep an eye on what's going on by running "rconsole 1" in 
> another telnet/ssh session to the MP.

Thank you Niels for a fast answer.

NetIron MLX-16 Router#show flash 
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Active Management Module (Top Slot)
Code Flash - Type MT28F256J3, Size 128 MB
  o IronWare Image (Primary)
    Version 5.2.0cT163, Size 7653004 bytes, Check Sum d5be
    Compiled on Oct 28 2011 at 14:41:06 labeled as xmr05200c
  o IronWare Image (Secondary)
    Version 5.2.0cT163, Size 7653004 bytes, Check Sum d5be
    Compiled on Oct 28 2011 at 14:41:06 labeled as xmr05200c
  o Monitor Image
    Version 5.2.0T165, Size 523655 bytes, Check Sum aa5a
    Compiled on Jun  7 2011 at 17:05:54 labeled as xmb05200
  o Startup Configuration
    Size 559 bytes, Check Sum 7bfa
    Modified on 15:20:31 GMT+00 Thu Jun 14 2012

Boot Flash - Type MX29LV040C, Size 512 KB
  o Boot Image
    Version 5.2.0T165, Size 523645 bytes, Check Sum 1307
    Compiled on Jun  7 2011 at 17:06:32 labeled as xmprm05200
All show flash done

As far as I understand there is no image for LP at all.
Thus I should download it to the management module firstly and
only after that initiate synchronization. Right?

-- 
MINO-RIPE



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