Recovery From The Switch(Boot)# Prompt - Cisco 9134 - MDS Multilayer Fabric Switch Troubleshooting Manual

Chapter 2 Troubleshooting Installs, Upgrades, and Reboots
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Issue the init system command at the
Step 4
switch(boot)# init system
Caution
Step 5 Follow the procedure specified in the

Recovery from the switch(boot)# Prompt

To recover a system image using the kickstart image for a switch with a single supervisor module, follow
these steps:
Change to configuration mode.
Step 1
switch(boot)#config t
switch(boot)(config)#
Step 2 Follow this step if you issued an init system command. Otherwise, skip to
a.
b.
Issue the no shutdown command to enable the mgmt0 interface on the switch.
Step 3
switch(boot)(config-mgmt0)# no shutdown
Step 4 Enter end to exit to EXEC mode.
switch(boot)(config-mgmt0)# end
Step 5 If you believe there are file system problems, issue the init system check-filesystem command. As of
Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.1(1a), this command checks all internal file systems and fixes any errors
that are encountered. This command takes considerable time to complete.
switch(boot)# init system check-filesytem
Copy the system image from the required TFTP server.
Step 6
switch(boot)# copy tftp://172.16.10.100/system-image1 bootflash:system-image1
Copy the kickstart image from the required TFTP server.
Step 7
switch(boot)# copy tftp://172.16.10.100/kickstart-image1 bootflash:kickstart-image1
Step 8 Verify that the system and kickstart image files are copied to your bootflash: file system.
switch(boot)# dir bootflash:
46080
14753280
78473925
OL-9285-05
prompt indicates that you have a usable Kickstart image.
switch(boot)#
Be sure that you have made a backup of the configuration files before you issue this command.
Issue the ip default-gateway command to configure the IP address of the default gateway.
switch(boot)(config)#ip default-gateway 209.165.200.226
Configure the IP address of the mgmt0 interface.
switch(boot)(config)#interface mgmt 0
switch(boot)(config-if)#ip address 209.165.200.227 255.255.255.0
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prompt.
switch(boot)#
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