Introduction
These instructions will erase the config and software restoring the router to factory defaults.
At present, there is no way to keep the config and reset the password.
Requirements
- A USB Drive, big enough to fit the boot files ... 6.0.0 is about 810MB.
- .tar file with the USB boot files ... I used
NCS5000-iosxr-k9-6.0.0.tar - Physical access.
- Console access.
- 30 minutes and two reboots. This doesn't add the packages necessary for operation.
Procedure
1. Understand this will erase the config on the router.
2. Download a software image via cisco.com, it doesn't need to be the image currently on the router.
3. Extract the .tar. Inside you should see a folder similar to ncs5k-usb-boot-6.0.0
4. Copy the contents of the folder, boot and EFI to a Fat32 formatted USB drive. Make sure the boot and EFI folders are in the root directory of the USB drive.
5. Power down the NCS5K, and insert the USB drive.
6. While connected to the CONSOLE, hold down the ESC key.
7. This leads to the BIOS boot prompt, boot the USB device.
8. Wait.
9. Create a default username and password.
Verification
I've included timestamps so you can get a feel for how long this takes.
CISCO NCS5K XR ROUTER Ver 1.8
Booting from Primary Bios
Code Signing Results: 0x0
Using Upgrade FPGA
FPGA Revision : 0x10
FPGA ID : 0x1
FPGA Date : 0x20141016
Reset Cause Register: 0x80000000
SPI Flash Boot Timer Ctrl Status Register : 0xe0ff
Persistent Power Debug Register1 : 0x0
Persistent Power Debug Register2 : 0x0
FPGA Remote System Update Status Register: 0x20
Detected CISCO MIFPGA
FPGA Update Status : 0x20
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Aptio Setup Utility - Copyright (C) 2015 American Megatrends, Inc.
Cisco Boot Options
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PASSED SecureBoot verification
GNU GRUB version 2.00
13:18:22.867 §
13:18:22.867 § GNU GRUB version 2.00
13:18:22.867 § Press F2 to goto grub Menu..
13:18:24.899 § Booting from USB..
13:18:24.899 § Loading Kernel..
13:18:25.642 § Loading initrd..
13:20:17.307 § Initrd, addr=0xcdbd4000, size=0x3241b768
13:20:23.183 § [ 5.762902] i8042: No controller found
13:20:23.197 § mkdir: cannot create directory '/run': File exists
13:20:23.220 § Starting udev
13:20:25.695 § Populating dev cache
13:20:25.968 § Running postinst /etc/rpm-postinsts/100-dnsmasq...
13:20:26.099 § update-rc.d: /etc/init.d/run-postinsts exists during rc.d purge (continuing)
13:20:26.195 § Removing any system startup links for run-postinsts ...
13:20:26.273 § /etc/rcS.d/S99run-postinsts
13:20:26.386 § Configuring network interfaces... done.
13:20:26.497 § Starting system message bus: dbus.
13:20:26.612 § Starting OpenBSD Secure Shell server: sshd
13:20:26.627 § generating ssh RSA key...
13:20:26.787 § generating ssh ECDSA key...
13:20:26.794 § generating ssh DSA key...
13:20:26.842 § generating ssh ED25519 key...
13:20:27.286 § done.
13:20:27.621 § Starting rpcbind daemon...done.
13:20:28.507 § Starting libvirtd daemon: [ OK ]
13:20:28.711 § Starting system log daemon...0
13:20:29.089 § Starting kernel log daemon...0
13:20:29.131 § Starting HPA's tftpd: in.tftpd-hpa
13:20:29.141 § .
13:20:29.141 § Starting internet superserver: xinetd.
13:20:29.141 § Starting S.M.A.R.T. daemon: smartd (failed)
13:20:29.198 § Wed Oct 19 21:40:49 UTC 2016: Detected /iso/host.iso
13:20:29.251 § mount: /dev/loop0 is write-protected, mounting read-only
13:20:29.311 § Wed Oct 19 21:40:49 UTC 2016: Mounted /iso/host.iso to /tmp/isomnt.wamZqW
13:20:29.458 § Wed Oct 19 21:40:49 UTC 2016: Found /tmp/isomnt.wamZqW/rpm/ncs5k-sysadmin-hostos-6.0.0-r600.host.x86_64.rpm in host.iso
13:20:29.506 § Wed Oct 19 21:40:49 UTC 2016: Installing /tmp/isomnt.wamZqW/rpm/ncs5k-sysadmin-hostos-6.0.0-r600.host.x86_64.rpm
13:20:29.546 § Preparing packages for installation...
13:20:29.695 § ncs5k-sysadmin-hostos-6.0.0-r600.host.x86_64
13:20:29.740 § Wed Oct 19 21:40:49 UTC 2016: Passing control to /etc/rc.d/init.d/pxe_install.sh start
13:20:29.741 § [ 9.250969] sd 5:0:0:0: [sdb] No Caching mode page found
13:20:29.755 § [ 9.273498] sd 5:0:0:0: [sdb] No Caching mode page found
13:20:29.756 § [ 9.304257] sd 5:0:0:0: [sdb] No Caching mode page found
13:20:29.768 § Wed Oct 19 21:40:49 UTC 2016: Preparing disk for PLATFORM=ncs5k:
13:20:29.799 § Number of disks detected: 2: Disk Check for: /dev/sdb
13:20:29.800 § Sourcing /etc/sysconfig/udev
13:20:29.854 § Starting udev: [ OK ]
13:20:29.864 § Wed Oct 19 21:40:49 UTC 2016:
13:20:29.865 § Wed Oct 19 21:40:49 UTC 2016: Secondary disk is not present
13:20:29.875 § Wed Oct 19 21:40:49 UTC 2016: Installer will install image on ieusb
13:20:29.876 § Wed Oct 19 21:40:49 UTC 2016: Removing old volumes
13:20:30.598 § Wed Oct 19 21:40:49 UTC 2016: Inside Volume-Cleaning Function
13:20:30.604 § Wed Oct 19 21:40:49 UTC 2016: Removed LVM for Panini
13:20:30.612 § Wed Oct 19 21:40:49 UTC 2016: Removed LVM for App-Host
13:20:30.620 § Wed Oct 19 21:40:49 UTC 2016: Removed App-Vol Grp
13:20:30.668 § Wed Oct 19 21:40:50 UTC 2016: Removed Panini Vol-Grp
13:20:30.672 § Wed Oct 19 21:40:50 UTC 2016: Formatted App-Volume
13:20:30.696 § Wed Oct 19 21:40:50 UTC 2016: Removed PV
13:20:30.697 § Wed Oct 19 21:40:50 UTC 2016: Exiting from the Volume Cleaning Section
13:20:30.716 § Wed Oct 19 21:40:50 UTC 2016:
13:20:30.976 § Wed Oct 19 21:40:50 UTC 2016: ---Starting to prepare ieusb---
13:20:30.985 § Wed Oct 19 21:40:52 UTC 2016: Creating partitions, BOOT=550MB, LVM=22500MB, EFI=30MB
13:20:31.008 § Wed Oct 19 21:40:53 UTC 2016: Partition creation on /dev/ieusb took 3 seconds
13:20:31.642 § Wed Oct 19 21:40:54 UTC 2016: File system creation on /dev/ieusb1 took 1 seconds
13:20:31.649 § Wed Oct 19 21:40:54 UTC 2016: Install boot image on /dev/ieusb1
13:21:06.870 § Wed Oct 19 21:41:29 UTC 2016: Starting Calvados patch for LXC for hostos
13:21:07.013 § Wed Oct 19 21:41:29 UTC 2016: Uninstalling rpm gdb
13:21:07.117 § error: failed to open /etc/mtab: No such file or directory
13:21:11.177 § Wed Oct 19 21:41:30 UTC 2016 (/etc/init.d/calvados_patch_lxc_iso.sh): Disable DHCP on host eth, eth1
13:21:11.186 § NCS5K: Complete Patch Host
13:21:11.219 § Wed Oct 19 21:41:30 UTC 2016: Finished Calvados patch for LXC
13:21:12.395 § Wed Oct 19 21:41:35 UTC 2016: Installing host image size of 459M took 41 seconds
13:21:12.547 § Wed Oct 19 21:41:35 UTC 2016:
13:21:12.555 § Wed Oct 19 21:41:35 UTC 2016: ---Starting to prepare host logical volume---
13:21:59.756 § Wed Oct 19 21:42:21 UTC 2016: Starting Calvados patch for LXC for hostos
13:21:59.775 § Wed Oct 19 21:42:21 UTC 2016: Uninstalling rpm gdb
13:21:59.985 § error: failed to open /etc/mtab: No such file or directory
13:22:00.127 § Wed Oct 19 21:42:22 UTC 2016 (/etc/init.d/calvados_patch_lxc_iso.sh): Disable DHCP on host eth, eth1
13:22:00.242 § NCS5K: Complete Patch Host
13:22:01.583 § Wed Oct 19 21:42:22 UTC 2016: Finished Calvados patch for LXC
13:22:21.073 § Wed Oct 19 21:42:43 UTC 2016:
13:22:21.074 § Wed Oct 19 21:42:43 UTC 2016: ---Starting to prepare calvados logical volume---
13:22:23.153 § Wed Oct 19 21:42:44 UTC 2016: Create sub partition on /dev/panini_vol_grp/calvados_lv0
13:22:30.035 § Wed Oct 19 21:42:46 UTC 2016: Create data sub partition on /dev/panini_vol_grp/calvados_data_lv0
13:22:44.332 § Wed Oct 19 21:43:07 UTC 2016: File system creation on /dev/panini_vol_grp/calvados_lv0 took 19 seconds
13:22:44.480 § Wed Oct 19 21:43:07 UTC 2016: Install sysadmin-vm image on /dev/panini_vol_grp/calvados_lv0
13:23:00.051 § Wed Oct 19 21:43:14 UTC 2016: sysadmin-vm: RP based installation
13:23:14.419 § Wed Oct 19 21:43:37 UTC 2016: Install RPM with --excludepath=/opt/cisco/calvados/packages/ncs5k-sysadmin-hostos-6.0.0-r600/lc --excludepath=/opt/cisco/calvados/packages/ncs5k-sysadmin-hostos-6.0.0-r600/sc --excludepath=/opt/cisco/calvados/packages/ncs5k-sysadmin-hostos-6.0.0-r600/xc --excludepath=/opt/cisco/calvados/packages/ncs5k-sysadmin-hostos-6.0.0-r600/fc
13:23:22.105 § Wed Oct 19 21:43:45 UTC 2016: Install RPM with --excludepath=/opt/cisco/calvados/packages/ncs5k-sysadmin-mgbl-6.0.0-r600/lc --excludepath=/opt/cisco/calvados/packages/ncs5k-sysadmin-mgbl-6.0.0-r600/sc --excludepath=/opt/cisco/calvados/packages/ncs5k-sysadmin-mgbl-6.0.0-r600/xc --excludepath=/opt/cisco/calvados/packages/ncs5k-sysadmin-mgbl-6.0.0-r600/fc
13:23:29.563 § !Wed Oct 19 21:43:52 UTC 2016: Install RPM with --excludepath=/opt/cisco/calvados/packages/ncs5k-sysadmin-ncs5k-6.0.0-r600/lc --excludepath=/opt/cisco/calvados/packages/ncs5k-sysadmin-ncs5k-6.0.0-r600/sc --excludepath=/opt/cisco/calvados/packages/ncs5k-sysadmin-ncs5k-6.0.0-r600/xc --excludepath=/opt/cisco/calvados/packages/ncs5k-sysadmin-ncs5k-6.0.0-r600/fc
13:23:37.112 § Wed Oct 19 21:43:59 UTC 2016: Install RPM with --excludepath=/opt/cisco/calvados/packages/ncs5k-sysadmin-shared-6.0.0-r600/lc --excludepath=/opt/cisco/calvados/packages/ncs5k-sysadmin-shared-6.0.0-r600/sc --excludepath=/opt/cisco/calvados/packages/ncs5k-sysadmin-shared-6.0.0-r600/xc --excludepath=/opt/cisco/calvados/packages/ncs5k-sysadmin-shared-6.0.0-r600/fc
13:23:45.881 § Wed Oct 19 21:44:08 UTC 2016: Install RPM with --excludepath=/opt/cisco/calvados/packages/ncs5k-sysadmin-system-6.0.0-r600/lc --excludepath=/opt/cisco/calvados/packages/ncs5k-sysadmin-system-6.0.0-r600/sc --excludepath=/opt/cisco/calvados/packages/ncs5k-sysadmin-system-6.0.0-r600/xc --excludepath=/opt/cisco/calvados/packages/ncs5k-sysadmin-system-6.0.0-r600/fc
13:23:58.434 § Wed Oct 19 21:44:17 UTC 2016: Install RPM with --excludepath=/opt/cisco/calvados/packages/ncs5k-sysadmin-topo-6.0.0-r600/lc --excludepath=/opt/cisco/calvados/packages/ncs5k-sysadmin-topo-6.0.0-r600/sc --excludepath=/opt/cisco/calvados/packages/ncs5k-sysadmin-topo-6.0.0-r600/xc --excludepath=/opt/cisco/calvados/packages/ncs5k-sysadmin-topo-6.0.0-r600/fc
13:24:08.143 § sed: can't read /tmp/partmnt.8awMzI/etc/sysconfig/network: No such file or directory
13:24:08.151 § Wed Oct 19 21:44:31 UTC 2016: Starting Calvados patch for LXC for sysadmin-vm
13:24:08.236 § Wed Oct 19 21:44:31 UTC 2016: Uninstalling rpm gdb
13:24:08.307 § error: failed to open /etc/mtab: No such file or directory
13:24:09.038 § Wed Oct 19 21:44:31 UTC 2016: Uninstalling rpm smartmontools
13:24:09.081 § error: failed to open /etc/mtab: No such file or directory
13:24:09.817 § Wed Oct 19 21:44:32 UTC 2016: Finished Calvados patch for LXC
13:24:17.785 § Wed Oct 19 21:44:40 UTC 2016: Installing sysadmin-vm image size of 566M took 93 seconds
13:24:19.747 § Wed Oct 19 21:44:42 UTC 2016:
13:24:19.825 § Wed Oct 19 21:44:42 UTC 2016: ---Starting to prepare repository---
13:24:24.870 § Wed Oct 19 21:44:47 UTC 2016: File system creation on /dev/ieusb2 took 4 seconds
13:24:24.937 § Wed Oct 19 21:44:47 UTC 2016: Copying /iso/host.iso to repository /iso directory
13:24:25.117 § Wed Oct 19 21:44:48 UTC 2016: Copying /iso/ncs5k-sysadmin.iso to repository /iso directory
13:24:32.617 § Wed Oct 19 21:44:55 UTC 2016: Copying /iso/ncs5k-xr.iso to repository /iso directory
13:24:57.168 § Wed Oct 19 21:45:20 UTC 2016: Copying all ISOs to repository took 33 seconds
13:25:08.340 § Wed Oct 19 21:45:31 UTC 2016: Install EFI on /dev/ieusb4
13:25:09.909 § 44107 blocks
13:25:09.958 § 44109 blocks
13:25:12.989 § Wed Oct 19 21:45:35 UTC 2016: Install finished on ieusb
13:25:13.222 § Automatic rebooting system after installation ...
13:25:13.223 § Syncing file system
13:25:15.703 § [ 298.589761] reboot: Restarting system
13:25:27.263 §
13:25:27.263 § CISCO NCS5K XR ROUTER Ver 1.8
13:25:27.264 § Booting from Primary Bios
13:25:27.264 § Code Signing Results: 0x0
13:25:27.264 § Using Upgrade FPGA
13:25:27.264 § FPGA Revision : 0x10
13:25:27.265 § FPGA ID : 0x1
13:25:27.265 § FPGA Date : 0x20141016
13:25:27.265 § Reset Cause Register: 0x80000000
13:25:27.265 § SPI Flash Boot Timer Ctrl Status Register : 0xe0ff
13:25:27.265 § Persistent Power Debug Register1 : 0x0
13:25:27.266 § Persistent Power Debug Register2 : 0x0
13:25:27.266 § FPGA Remote System Update Status Register: 0x20
13:25:27.290 § Detected CISCO MIFPGA
13:25:27.291 § FPGA Update Status : 0x20
13:25:32.169 § PASSED SecureBoot verification
13:25:32.180 §
13:25:32.180 §
13:25:32.180 § GNU GRUB version 2.00
13:25:32.180 § Press F2 to goto grub Menu..
13:25:34.258 § Booting from Disk..
13:25:34.677 § Loading Kernel..
13:25:35.513 § Loading initrd..
13:25:36.977 § Initrd, addr=0xff69a000, size=0x955730
13:25:38.857 § [ 1.466598] i8042: No controller found
13:25:39.902 § NCS5K init
13:25:42.303 § [ 4.936658] sd 5:0:0:0: [sdb] No Caching mode page found
13:25:42.306 § [ 4.960572] sd 5:0:0:0: [sdb] No Caching mode page found
13:25:42.306 § [ 4.991701] sd 5:0:0:0: [sdb] No Caching mode page found
13:25:44.841 § Attached devices:
13:25:44.841 § Host: scsi4 Channel: 00 Id: 00 Lun: 00
13:25:44.850 § Vendor: SanDisk Model: Extreme Rev: 0001
13:25:44.850 § Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 06
13:25:44.858 § Host: scsi5 Channel: 00 Id: 00 Lun: 00
13:25:44.859 § Vendor: SMART Model: eUSB HS-SD/MMC Rev: 2.11
13:25:44.870 § Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 00
13:25:44.871 § Number of disks detected: 2: Disk Check for: /dev/sdb
13:25:44.871 § Detected /dev/sdb
13:25:44.871 § NCS5K init: End
13:25:45.753 § mount: mount point /run does not exist
13:25:45.753 § Switching to new root and running init.
13:25:45.753 § switch_root: failed to mount moving /run to /sysroot/run: No such file or directory
13:25:45.754 § switch_root: forcing unmount of /run
13:25:46.172 § mkdir: cannot create directory '/run': File exists
13:25:47.633 § Sourcing /etc/sysconfig/udev
13:25:51.292 § Starting udev: [ OK ]
13:25:51.293 § mount: none is already mounted or /dev/pts busy
13:25:51.293 § none is already mounted on /sys
13:25:51.293 § none is already mounted on /dev
13:25:51.294 § none is already mounted on /dev/pts
13:25:51.294 § none is already mounted on /dev/shm
13:25:51.294 § Setting hostname localhost: [ OK ]
13:25:51.302 § Checking filesystems:[ OK ]
13:25:51.463 § Successfully executed rc sysinit
13:25:53.687 § Starting udev
13:25:56.718 § Populating dev cache
13:25:57.228 § Running postinst /etc/rpm-postinsts/100-dnsmasq...
13:25:57.237 § update-rc.d: /etc/init.d/run-postinsts exists during rc.d purge (continuing)
13:25:57.237 § Removing any system startup links for run-postinsts ...
13:25:57.238 § /etc/rcS.d/S99run-postinsts
13:25:57.273 § Configuring network interfaces... done.
13:25:57.646 § Starting system message bus: dbus.
13:25:57.722 § Starting OpenBSD Secure Shell server: sshd
13:25:57.723 § generating ssh RSA key...
13:25:57.977 § generating ssh ECDSA key...
13:25:57.977 § generating ssh DSA key...
13:25:57.978 § generating ssh ED25519 key...
13:25:57.988 § done.
13:25:58.022 § Starting rpcbind daemon...done.
13:26:02.060 § Starting kdump:[ OK ]
13:26:02.359 § Starting libvirtd daemon: [ OK ]
13:26:02.560 § Starting system log daemon...0
13:26:02.655 § Starting kernel log daemon...0
13:26:02.677 § Starting HPA's tftpd: in.tftpd-hpa
13:26:02.687 § .
13:26:02.703 § Starting internet superserver: xinetd.
13:26:02.723 § net.ipv4.ip_forward = 1
13:26:02.843 § Starting S.M.A.R.T. daemon: smartd (failed)
13:26:03.401 § Starting Lighttpd Web Server: lighttpd.
13:26:03.467 § Starting crond: OK
13:26:03.494 § Starting cgroup-init
13:26:03.612 § Starting programs for RP on hostos: [ OK ]
13:26:03.612 § kernel.sched_latency_ns = 20000000
13:26:03.616 § kernel.sched_min_granularity_ns = 4000000
13:26:03.640 § Load the igb module
13:26:04.370 § Bringing up eth0 ...
13:26:08.522 § Network ieobc_br defined from /etc/init/ieobc_br_network.xml
13:26:08.522 §
13:26:09.255 § Network local_br defined from /etc/init/local_br_network.xml
13:26:09.256 §
13:26:09.344 § Network xr_local_br defined from /etc/init/xr_local_br_network.xml
13:26:09.344 §
13:26:09.782 § Network ieobc_br started
13:26:09.787 §
13:26:09.871 § Network local_br started
13:26:09.871 §
13:26:10.200 § Network xr_local_br started
13:26:10.200 §
13:26:11.334 § Creating default host password file
13:26:11.353 §
13:27:39.881 §
13:27:39.881 § #### Waiting for 'default-sdr--1' lxc to be ready. ####
13:27:39.882 §
13:27:39.891 § If you want to connect to available console, press 'Ctrl-o' <'o' as in orange>
[output omitted]
13:34:25.196 §
13:34:25.197 § Connecting to 'default-sdr--1' console
13:34:31.771 § ÿûÿûÿûÿýmount: can't find /tmp in /etc/fstab
13:34:32.927 § Setting hostname host: [ OK ]
13:34:32.928 § Checking filesystems:[ OK ]
13:34:33.018 § Successfully executed rc sysinit
13:34:38.456 § Mount /dev/mapper/panini_vol_grp-ssd_disk1_xr_1 at /misc/disk1
13:34:46.706 § Running postinst /etc/rpm-postinsts/100-dnsmasq...
13:34:46.711 § update-rc.d: /etc/init.d/run-postinsts exists during rc.d purge (continuing)
13:34:46.711 § Removing any system startup links for run-postinsts ...
13:34:46.711 § /etc/rcS.d/S99run-postinsts
13:34:46.731 § Configuring network interfaces... done.
13:34:46.955 § Starting system message bus: dbus.
13:34:47.018 § Starting OpenBSD Secure Shell server: sshd
13:34:47.019 § generating ssh RSA key...
13:34:47.221 § generating ssh ECDSA key...
13:34:47.222 § generating ssh DSA key...
13:34:47.238 § generating ssh ED25519 key...
13:34:47.254 § done.
13:34:47.287 § Starting rpcbind daemon...done.
13:34:47.354 § Libvirt not initialized for container instance
13:34:47.366 § Starting system log daemon...0
13:34:47.381 § Starting HPA's tftpd: in.tftpd-hpa
13:34:47.382 § .
13:34:47.397 § Starting internet superserver: xinetd.
13:34:47.436 § Starting crond: OK
13:34:47.511 § Starting programs for RP on xr-vm: [ OK ]
13:34:51.513 § [warn] Epoll ADD(8) on fd 50 failed. Old events were 0; read change was 0 (none); write change was 0 (none); error change was 1 (add): Operation not permitted
13:35:07.401 §
13:35:07.401 §
13:35:07.401 § ios con0/RP0/CPU0 is now available
13:35:07.401 §
13:35:07.402 §
13:35:07.402 §
13:35:07.402 §
13:35:07.402 §
13:35:07.402 § Press RETURN to get started.
13:35:07.403 §
13:35:21.016 §
[output omitted]
13:37:15.130 §
13:37:16.307 § Enter root-system username: root
13:37:17.238 § Enter secret:
13:37:20.367 § Use the 'configure' command to modify this configuration.
13:37:20.368 § User Access Verification
13:37:20.368 §
13:37:22.525 § Username: root
13:37:23.340 § Password:
13:37:23.366 §
13:37:23.367 §
13:37:25.059 § RP/0/RP0/CPU0:ios#show run
13:37:25.104 § Wed Oct 19 21:57:44.794 UTC
13:37:25.374 § Building configuration...
13:37:27.264 § !! IOS XR Configuration version = 6.0.0
13:37:27.264 § !! Last configuration change at Wed Oct 19 21:57:38 2016 by SYSTEM
13:37:27.264 § !
13:37:27.264 § username root
13:37:27.265 § group root-lr
13:37:27.266 § group cisco-support
13:37:27.279 § secret 5 $1$.krS$mkholzmdUdW6gHjOgDyPp/
13:37:27.279 § !
13:37:27.279 § interface MgmtEth0/RP0/CPU0/0
13:37:27.279 § shutdown
13:37:27.280 § !
13:37:27.280 § interface MgmtEth0/RP0/CPU0/1
13:37:27.280 § shutdown
[output omitted]
References
NCS5K Documentation - Disaster Recovery
NCS5K Documentation - Create a Bootable USB Drive
NCS5K Documentation - Boot the Router using USB
Above process did only work partially for me:
- in BIOS prompt menu USB stick was not 'visible': in BIOS 'Boot from File' menu there should be a 'usb' option to select and to start the usb-boot-image from (eg "Built-in GrubEFI USB Device (USB DISK 2.0)" or similar).
- turned out that the FPD/bootloader version was not sufficient (show hw-module fpd
0/RP0 NC55-RP-E 1.1 Bootloader CURRENT 1.18 1.18
0/RP0 NC55-RP-E 1.1 IOFPGA CURRENT 0.21 0.21
0/RP0 NC55-RP-E 1.1 OMGFPGA CURRENT 0.48 0.48
0/RP1 NC55-RP-E 1.1 Bootloader NEED UPGD 1.14 0.00
0/RP1 NC55-RP-E 1.1 IOFPGA CURRENT 0.21 0.21
0/RP1 NC55-RP-E 1.1 OMGFPGA CURRENT 0.48 0.48
So suposedly, if that version would have been higher, USB should have been visible in 'boot from file' menu.
Chicken-and-egg problem: without upgrade no USB boot possible, but if RP is not up it cannot be upgraded.
In the end we solved this by inserting the 'faulty' RP in a 'working' chassis (with a running/'active' RP) and flashed/sync'd the 'faulty' RP to the working one using this (admin!) command:
sysadmin-vm:0_RP0# hw-module location 0/RP1 bootmedia network reload
NB: in order to execute that command in admin mode the RP has to be visible on the active RP (show platform)!
NB: On a NCS5500 RP there are two USB slots (just under the console port). Apparently the TOP slot has to be used for this USB recovery procedure. the BOTTOM one is only for console access (TBC!).
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