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    CPRfor Switches

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    Dragos Ungureanu
    The document provides steps to recover a Cisco switch that experienced a failed software upgrade and is now unable to boot. It describes connecting to the switch console port, deleting the corrupt software image, downloading a new IOS image file, copying it to flash memory using XMODEM protocol, and rebooting the switch with the new image. Following these steps will resuscitate the switch and raise it from the dead.

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    CPRfor Switches

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    The document provides steps to recover a Cisco switch that experienced a failed software upgrade and is now unable to boot. It describes connecting to the switch console port, deleting the corrupt software image, downloading a new IOS image file, copying it to flash memory using XMODEM protocol, and rebooting the switch with the new image. Following these steps will resuscitate the switch and raise it from the dead.

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    The document provides steps to recover a Cisco switch that experienced a failed software upgrade and is now unable to boot. It describes connecting to the switch console port, deleting the corrupt software image, downloading a new IOS image file, copying it to flash memory using XMODEM protocol, and rebooting the switch with the new image. Following these steps will resuscitate the switch and raise it from the dead.

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    CPRfor Switches

    Uploaded by

    Dragos Ungureanu
    The document provides steps to recover a Cisco switch that experienced a failed software upgrade and is now unable to boot. It describes connecting to the switch console port, deleting the corrupt software image, downloading a new IOS image file, copying it to flash memory using XMODEM protocol, and rebooting the switch with the new image. Following these steps will resuscitate the switch and raise it from the dead.

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    Jump Starting a “Brick”

    Or
    Raising the Dead for Fun and Profit
    During the process of upgrading the IOS (software) on an Ovation switch the unthinkable
    happened; the power failed, your PC froze, or you experienced a “cockpit” error. Now every
    time the switch attempts to reboot the console displays the ghastly message "Error Loading
    Flash" and the switch is very “dead”. The corrupt or missing software image has left you the
    proud owner of a very expensive “brick” and in desperate need of CPR. The following
    procedure describes the process to resuscitate the victim (the switch, that is).

    Step 1. Connect a PC running HyperTerminal to the console port of the switch (see the detailed
    instructions contained in the “Configuration Guidelines” referenced in the switch
    drawing).
    When a switch is unable to load the software image from flash, it will normally load the
    boot helper and bring up a switch: prompt. Occasionally the switch may get stuck in a
    continuous boot cycle. If this is the case use the following steps to break the cycle and
    get to the switch: prompt.
    1. Unplug the switch power cable.
    2. Hold down the mode button located on the left side of the front panel, while
    reconnecting the power cord. You can release the mode button a second or two after
    the LED above port 1 is no longer illuminated.
    3. Enter the command:
    flash_init
    4. Enter the command:
    load_helper

    Step 2. Display the directory of flash by entering the command:


    dir flash:
    switch: dir flash:
    Directory of flash:/

    4 drwx 10816 <date> html


    2 -rwx 106 <date> info
    175 -rwx 1490584 <date> c2900XL-h2s-mz-120.5-XP.bin
    176 -r-- 302 <date> env_vars
    174 -rwx 106 <date> info.ver
    :
    499200 bytes available (3113472 bytes used)

    Step 3. Delete the corrupt image file from flash, the command to delete a file is:
    delete flash:<filename>
    Where the <filename> is the name of the file to be deleted (i.e. the highlighted file name
    above) for example:
    delete flash:c2900XL-h2s-mz-120.5-XP.bin

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    Step 4. Download the appropriate IOS image-only file from the O’Hara
    O:\Network\cisco\firmware directory by clicking the hyperlink to your PC:
    • 1X00036 (WS-C2924-XL-EN) c2924.bin
    • 1X00093 (WS-C2950-24) c2950.bin

    Step 5. Copy the image to the flash (using the xmodem protocol), the command to copy a file is:
    copy xmodem: flash:<filename>
    Where <filename> is the name of file that you downloaded, for example:
    copy xmodem: flash:c2924.bin
    From the HyperTerminal, “Transfer” menu select the “Send File…” option, then start
    transferring the downloaded file using the “xmodem” protocol.
    NOTE: Be sure to start the download within 3 seconds; otherwise, the switch will
    timeout the copy command.

    Step 6. Sit back and wait! The transfer will take about 45 minutes.

    Step 7. After the new image has been loaded, boot the switch using the command
    boot flash:<filename>
    Where <filename> is the name of the file just downloaded, for example:
    boot flash:c2924.bin

    Step 8. After booting the switch, download a bundled image (.tar file) by following the Software
    Upgrade Procedure in the “Configuration Guidelines” referenced in the switch drawing.
    NOTE: In the step where you are instructed to rename the highlighted file in flash
    you will be renaming c2924.bin to the proper file name.

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