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I
NITIAL SYSTEM
To initialize the system, follow these steps:
Step 1
Step 2
Step 3
Step 4
Step 5
T
ROUBLESHOOTING
If the Compact Flash 3 LED does not light after 30 seconds, the compact flash card is most likely
faulty. If the system cannot load or cannot find the
LED will turn off and the system will check for a manual boot sequence interruption. A manual
boot sequence interruption is done by connecting a terminal to a console port and hitting any key
when prompted by the display. Unless an unsuccessful system initialization is manually
interrupted, the system will continuously reboot in an attempt to successfully find and load the
boot.ldr
When the system finds the
the BOF. The BOF should be on the same drive as the boot loader file. If the
or loaded, then the system prompts for a different image and configuration location.
When the image is successfully loaded, control is passed from the boot loader file to the image.
The runtime image attempts to locate the configuration file as configured in the BOF. The
configuration file include chassis, IOM, MDA, and port configurations, as well as system, routing,
and service configurations.
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TARTUP
When the compact flash card is installed in the cf3: slot, the Compact Flash 3 LED on the
active CPM front panel should light green within approximately 30 seconds. If it does not
light or if it turns off again, refer to the
Depress the Reset button on the SF/CPM or power cycle the switch to initiate the boot
process.
The system searches Compact Flash Slot #3 (cf3) for the
the bootstrap file).
Verify the operational status by checking the Power and Status LEDs on the SF/CPM
faceplate. If the LEDs on the SF/CPM front panel blink continuously, refer to
Troubleshooting on page
After verifying the LEDs, proceed with the IOM and MDA installation and
configurations.
You can either preconfigure the IOMs, MDAs, and ports prior to installation or install the
IOMs and MDAs first and then configure the parameters.
To preconfigure IOMs and MDAs, see
Parameters on page
96.
file. Load a compact flash card with the appropriate
boot.ldr
Troubleshooting
87.
Configuring Chassis Slot, IOM, and MDA
boot.ldr
file, the system processes the initialization parameters from
Installing the SF/CPM
section.
file (also known as
boot.ldr
file on cf3:, the Compact Flash 3
file into the cf3: slot.
boot.ldr
cannot be found
BOF
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