Cisco Help

[daviid]

I know a few people on here work with Cisco equipment. My knowledge of cisco equipment is extremely limited, and we are given a script to execute.

From our scripting software, I get the following

++ 0000: Enter
--
--
Processor ID: 0x8032 Revision: 0x0300
--


-- MWR2941-DC platform with 524288 Kbytes of main memory
--

--
Readonly ROMMON initialized
--
Checksum failed on mwr2941-atafslib-m
--
Expected checksum: 6c1b, calculated checksum: eb08
--
open: bad flash file magic number (0
++ ##################################################################

++ Initializing the shelf to restore factory default settings

++ ##################################################################




++ 0200: enable

--


-- MWR2941-DC platform with 524288 Kbytes of main memory
--

--
Readonly ROMMON initialized

!! ******************************************************************
!!
!! Error! Did not receive expected response
!! Expected: [Router#]
!! Aborting...
!!
!! ******************************************************************

When I login to the router through a terminal, i get the following on bootup

System Bootstrap, Version 12.4(20100105:220700) [walrobin-cowgirl2-rommon 101], DEVELOPMENT SOFTWARE
Copyright (c) 1994-2010 by cisco Systems, Inc.
Compiled Tue 05-Jan-10 17:40 by walrobin

Processor ID: 0x8032 Revision: 0x0300

MWR2941-DC platform with 524288 Kbytes of main memory

Readonly ROMMON initialized
Checksum failed on mwr2941-atafslib-m
Expected checksum: 6c1b, calculated checksum: 9f98
open: bad flash file magic number (0x0000)
file size: 0x0, flags: 0x0
possible end of file system reached
open(): Open Error = -1
loadprog: error - on file open
cannot load the monitor library "flash:%mwr2941-atafslib-m" for device: flash:
boot: cannot open "flash:"
boot: cannot determine first file name on device "flash:"

I can't do any type of commands. every command i type i get a command not found response. I can only think that either the flash card is crap, or the unit itself is. any ideas?

[Kurlon]

Looks like bad flash to me. Pull the CF, format it as a FAT volume, download a fresh IOS image from Cisco and plop it on there. You may have to manually specify the boot image but usually rommon falls back to the first file on the flash if it doesn't see what it's configured to boot.

I have seen 2800 series routers EAT CF cards, had to RMA one for that problem. Flash would survive one boot and then be irreparably damaged from that point forward. Never did figure out the exact mechanism at fault.

[daviid]

Looks like bad flash to me. Pull the CF, format it as a FAT volume, download a fresh IOS image from Cisco and plop it on there. You may have to manually specify the boot image but usually rommon falls back to the first file on the flash if it doesn't see what it's configured to boot.

I have seen 2800 series routers EAT CF cards, had to RMA one for that problem. Flash would survive one boot and then be irreparably damaged from that point forward. Never did figure out the exact mechanism at fault.

we tried formatting the flash already. going to try a new flash card this week. also going to bring a new router out when it gets done.

[1/2pint]

what command are you trying to run?

sh ? will list out any command on the box

[daviid]

it was a bad flash card. so instead of getting me a new flash card, they want to rma the entire unit.

[noxin]

if it was the internal storage, you may not be able to just swap the card. Depending on your smartnet, you may have it tomorrow. I know several times they overnight'd hardware that was on standard support and once even did a 4hr parts on site when I didn't ask for it.