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		Help and Support Forums => Technical Support => Topic started by: batdog on January 16, 2002, 12:43:36 PM
		
			
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				Okay... does this mean this switch is hosed and ready for a send back? Tried repowering,reseting, etc...never gets past the post.
xBAT
C3500XL Boot Loader (C3500-HBOOT-M) Version 12.0(5.3)WC(1), MAINTENANCE INTERIM 
SOFTWARE 
Compiled Mon 30-Apr-01 07:51 by devgoyal 
starting... 
Base ethernet MAC Address: 00:07:50:64:e9:80 
Xmodem file system is available. 
Initializing Flash... 
flashfs[0]: 162 files, 2 directories 
flashfs[0]: 0 orphaned files, 0 orphaned directories 
flashfs[0]: Total bytes: 3612672 
flashfs[0]: Bytes used: 3130368 
flashfs[0]: Bytes available: 482304 
flashfs[0]: flashfs fsck took 3 seconds. 
...done Initializing Flash. 
Boot Sector Filesystem (bs installed, fsid: 3 
Parameter Block Filesystem (pb installed, fsid: 4 
Loading "flash:c3500XL-c3h2s-mz-120-5.3.WC.1.bin"...############################ 
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File "flash:c3500XL-c3h2s-mz-120-5.3.WC.1.bin" uncompressed and installed, entry 
point: 0x3000 
executing... 
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Cisco Internetwork Operating System Software 
IOS (tm) C3500XL Software (C3500XL-C3H2S-M), Version 12.0(5.3)WC(1), MAINTENANCE 
INTERIM SOFTWARE 
Copyright (c) 1986-2001 by cisco Systems, Inc. 
Compiled Mon 30-Apr-01 07:51 by devgoyal 
Image text-base: 0x00003000, data-base: 0x003331F4 
Initializing C3500XL flash... 
flashfs[1]: 162 files, 2 directories 
flashfs[1]: 0 orphaned files, 0 orphaned directories 
flashfs[1]: Total bytes: 3612672 
flashfs[1]: Bytes used: 3130368 
flashfs[1]: Bytes available: 482304 
flashfs[1]: flashfs fsck took 4 seconds. 
flashfs[1]: Initialization complete. 
...done Initializing C3500XL flash. 
C3500XL POST: System Board Test: Passed 
C3500XL POST: Daughter Card Test: Passed 
C3500XL POST FAILURE: CPU Buffer Test: Failed 
C3500XL POST FAILURE: Error with CPU Interface CPU Buffer POST. 
C3500XL POST FAILURE: CPU Notify RAM Test: Failed 
C3500XL POST FAILURE: Cannot test CPU Notify RAM due to failure of CPU Interface 
C3500XL POST FAILURE: CPU Buffer RAM 
C3500XL POST FAILURE: CPU Interface Test: Failed 
C3500XL POST FAILURE: Cannot test CPU Interface ASIC due to failure of 
C3500XL POST FAILURE: CPU Interface CPU Buffer RAM 
C3500XL POST FAILURE: Cannot test CPU Interface ASIC due to failure of 
C3500XL POST FAILURE: Testing Switch Core: Failed 
C3500XL POST FAILURE: Testing Buffer Table: Failed 
C3500XL POST FAILURE: Data Buffer Test: Failed 
C3500XL POST FAILURE: Configuring Switch Parameters: Failed 
C3500XL POST FAILURE: Switch Core failing because of CPU Interface Failure 
C3500XL POST FAILURE: AT: Failing because of CPU-Interface failure 
C3500XL POST FAILURE: Cannot test Modules due to failure of Switch Core POST
			 
			
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				The buffer memory is kinda crucial to a switches operation :)
So yeah, I think it falls into the "suitable as an anchor for a small boat" catagory.
			 
			
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				Yea...kind of fiqured that but I was hoping I was just doing something stupid. Hacked at it for about 1/2 day and said sc&^% it. I'll send it back to Cisco. Fiqures...I get to mess w/a switch and it goes tits up..lol.
 Thanks for the reply Vulcan. :) 
xBAT
			 
			
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				Xbat...are you formerly "3BAT" from AW AOL? If so, you flew for Cz, I was Az, and we had an epic battle my first month there, in 1996. I was low F6, you were high PJ...
let me know...hehe..I always remember the good fights, win or lose (I lost)  :(