Boot from Sup720 flash card in Cat6500

[Dave151]

We have just purchased two new Sup720's to replace Sup32's in our Cat6500 chassis. I've load a new image onto a Compact Flash card in disk1:.

- We have inserted the Sup720’s into the chassis, replacing the Sup32’s.

- I’ve downloaded the image which we’re running on the chassis in 25 Luke St which is also running Sup720’s.

- I’ve loaded the image into the Flash card in Slot1 (disk1)

What I can’t do is get the Cat6500 to boot from the flash card. Instead it keeps booting from the image on the sup_bootdisk file.



Is it something to do with having to run the install command as stated at the bottom of the following extract or should I delete the sup-bootdisk file.


Extract of code;

Router#dir disk1:

Directory of disk1:/



1 -rwx 81798660 Jan 27 2009 11:24:50 +00:00 s72033-ipservicesk9_wan-mz.122-18.SXF8.bin



509599744 bytes total (427794432 bytes free)





Router#show boot

BOOT variable = disk1:s72033-ipservicesk9_wan-mz.122-18.SXF8.bin,1;

CONFIG_FILE variable =

BOOTLDR variable =

Configuration register is 0x2102





Router#show ver

Cisco Internetwork Operating System Software

IOS (tm) s72033_rp Software (s72033_rp-IPSERVICES_WAN-VM), Version 12.2(18)SXF12

, RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc2)

Technical Support:

http://www.cisco.com/techsupport

Copyright (c) 1986-2007 by cisco Systems, Inc.

Compiled Sun 18-Nov-07 07:46 by kellythw

Image text-base: 0x01020150, data-base: 0x01021000



ROM: System Bootstrap, Version 12.2(17r)S4, RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc1)

BOOTLDR:

Router uptime is 26 minutes

Time since Router switched to active is 26 minutes

System returned to ROM by reload at 11:50:42 UTC Tue Jan 27 2009 (SP by reload)

System image file is "sup-bootdisk:s72033-ipservices_wan-vz.122-18.SXF12.bin"



cisco WS-C6509-E (R7000) processor (revision 1.3) with 491520K/32768K bytes of m

emory.

Processor board ID SMG1110N3NP

SR71000 CPU at 600Mhz, Implementation 1284, Rev 1.2, 512KB L2 Cache

Last reset from s/w reset

Bridging software.

X.25 software, Version 3.0.0.

SuperLAT software (copyright 1990 by Meridian Technology Corp).

TN3270 Emulation software.

1 Virtual Ethernet/IEEE 802.3 interface

100 Gigabit Ethernet/IEEE 802.3 interfaces

1917K bytes of non-volatile configuration memory.



65536K bytes of Flash internal SIMM (Sector size 512K).

Configuration register is 0x2102



Patching is not available since the system is not running from an installed imag

e. To install please use the "install file" command

 

[burtsbees]

Something like
router(config)#boot system disk1:s72033-ipservicesk9_wan-mz.122-18.SXF8.bin

Burt

 

[Jsteve]

Are you running the new sup720 VSS modules? they ussually ship with the "Modular IOS" code, which is the one loading. you can tell by the v in wan-vz, the new VSS modules can only run the Modular codes, so most likely your mz code trys to boot but is failing.

Once the image is installed, all changes are controlled by the installer (see link)

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/ios/swmod/configuration/guide/sw_mod_instl_cfg.html#wp1054651