Fried NVRAM

j_a_s_o_nj_a_s_o_n Member Posts: 75 ■■□□□□□□□□
I have a couple 2650XMs (among other things) and a 2511 that I'll be using as a terminal server. I wired everything up with an octal cable and set about trying to configure access through the 2511, which did not work, I think for config reasons.

I got frustrated messing with the configs, so I switched on of the 2650XMs back to the regular console cable to try something, and now I seem to have NVRAM issues. The 2650s are the only devices having trouble, and they both seem to have the same problems. Whenever I try to build a configuration or copy the running configuration over, I get "NVRAM Verification Failed".

Also, when I do a reload, right after the bootstrap, I see "Warning: monitor nvram area is corrupt ... using default values" and right after the image decompresses, I see "Invalid iomem value in ROM (174). Smart-init will
now run to compute a valid value". I can also see that register is set at "0x101 (will be 0x0 at next reload)", which seems odd to me. Since the NVRAM wont take any changes, I don't seem to be able to alter that.

I could *swear* that when I got these and powered them up to check them out that I didn't see any of these problems. The only thing that I've really done with them since was to hook them up to the terminal server. I'm almost positive that I hooked everything up properly, is there something that I could have done that would have fried them? Other than the NVRAM problem, everything seems to be working fine.

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  • tierstentiersten Member Posts: 4,505
    Read this. Its on the first page of results if you google for "monitor nvram area is corrupt" :P
  • j_a_s_o_nj_a_s_o_n Member Posts: 75 ■■□□□□□□□□
    Sorry, should have put that in there too. I did try that and they both show passed. I also tried the write erase.
  • tierstentiersten Member Posts: 4,505
    j_a_s_o_n wrote: »
    Sorry, should have put that in there too. I did try that and they both show passed. I also tried the write erase.
    Ah okay. My bad.

    Hmm... Odd that it is affecting both though. Have you upgraded the IOS recently?
  • j_a_s_o_nj_a_s_o_n Member Posts: 75 ■■□□□□□□□□
    I haven't upgraded them since I got them. Both are:

    System image file is "flash:c2600-is-mz.122-12a.bin

    I know that there are newer versions, but I don't have one immediately handy. I should be able to get ahold of one next week to try it.
  • tierstentiersten Member Posts: 4,505
    j_a_s_o_n wrote: »
    I haven't upgraded them since I got them.
    Thats fine. I was just wondering because you get odd errors like this if you have the wrong IOS file loaded or its corrupted. Still very strange that its affecting both routers at the same time though.

    Can you post a full log of it booting?
  • Forsaken_GAForsaken_GA Member Posts: 4,024
    edit: whoops, nm, you answered that
  • j_a_s_o_nj_a_s_o_n Member Posts: 75 ■■□□□□□□□□
    Here's the log from one of them:

    router1#reload
    Proceed with reload? [confirm]environment write to NVRAM failed


    2d22h: %SYS-5-RELOAD: Reload requested by console.environment write to NVRAM failed

    System Bootstrap, Version 12.2(8r) [cmong 8r], RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc1)
    Copyright (c) 2003 by cisco Systems, Inc.

    Warning: monitor nvram area is corrupt ... using default values
    C2600 platform with 262144 Kbytes of main memory

    program load complete, entry point: 0x80008000, size: 0x9a9cac
    Self decompressing the image : ############################################################################################################################################################################################# [OK]

    Invalid iomem value in ROM (174). Smart-init will
    now run to compute a valid value
    iomem percentage may need to be reset manually
    Smart Init is enabled
    smart init is sizing iomem
    ID MEMORY_REQ TYPE
    00036E 0X000BA600 C2650XM Single Fast Ethernet
    0X000F3BB0 public buffer pools
    0X00211000 public particle pools
    TOTAL: 0X003BF1B0

    If any of the above Memory Requirements are
    "UNKNOWN", you may be using an unsupported
    configuration or there is a software problem and
    system operation may be compromised.
    Rounded IOMEM up to: 4Mb.
    Using 3 percent iomem. [4Mb/128Mb]
    environment write to NVRAM failed

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    (c) of the Commercial Computer Software - Restricted
    Rights clause at FAR sec. 52.227-19 and subparagraph
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    Software clause at DFARS sec. 252.227-7013.

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    IOS (tm) C2600 Software (C2600-IS-M), Version 12.2(12a), RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc1)
    Copyright (c) 1986-2002 by cisco Systems, Inc.
    Compiled Tue 24-Sep-02 03:27 by pwade
    Image text-base: 0x8000808C, data-base: 0x810CE560

    cisco 2650XM (MPC860P) processor (revision 0x100) with 126976K/4096K bytes of memory.
    Processor board ID JAD065004X2 (1282312535)
    M860 processor: part number 5, mask 2
    Bridging software.
    X.25 software, Version 3.0.0.
    1 FastEthernet/IEEE 802.3 interface(s)
    1 Serial network interface(s)
    32K bytes of non-volatile configuration memory.
    49152K bytes of processor board System flash (Read/Write)


    --- System Configuration Dialog ---

    Would you like to enter the initial configuration dialog? [yes/no]:
    %Error opening tftp://255.255.255.255/network-confg (Timed out)
    %Error opening tftp://255.255.255.255/cisconet.cfg (Timed out)
    %Error opening tftp://255.255.255.255/router-confg (Timed out)
    %Error opening tftp://255.255.255.255/ciscortr.cfg (Timed out)
    %Error opening tftp://255.255.255.255/network-confg (Timed out)
    %Error opening tftp://255.255.255.255/cisconet.cfg (Timed out)
    %Error opening tftp://255.255.255.255/router-confg (Timed out)
    %Error opening tftp://255.255.255.255/ciscortr.cfg (Timed out)
    %Error opening tftp://255.255.255.255/network-confg (Timed out)
    %Error opening tftp://255.255.255.255/cisconet.cfg (Timed out)
    % Please answer 'yes' or 'no'.
    Would you like to enter the initial configuration dialog? [yes/no]: no


    Press RETenvironment write to NVRAM failed
    environment checksum in NVRAM failed
    URN to get started!


    %Error opening tftp://255.255.255.255/router-confg (Timed out)
    00:00:08: %LINK-3-UPDOWN: Interface FastEthernet0/0, changed state to up
    00:00:08: %LINK-3-UPDOWN: Interface Serial0/0, changed state to down
    00:00:09: %LINEPROTO-5-UPDOWN: Line protocol on Interface FastEthernet0/0, changed state to down
    00:00:09: %LINEPROTO-5-UPDOWN: Line protocol on Interface Serial0/0, changed state to down
    00:00:19: %LINEPROTO-5-UPDOWN: Line protocol on Interface FastEthernet0/0, changed state to up
    00:00:35: AUTOINSTALL: FastEthernet0/0 is assigned 10.0.0.193
    00:05:03: %IP-5-WEBINST_KILL: Terminating DNS process
    00:05:05: %LINK-5-CHANGED: Interface Serial0/0, changed state to administratively down
    00:05:08: %SYS-5-RESTART: System restarted --
    Cisco Internetwork Operating System Software
    IOS (tm) C2600 Software (C2600-IS-M), Version 12.2(12a), RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc1)
    Copyright (c) 1986-2002 by cisco Systems, Inc.
    Compiled Tue 24-Sep-02 03:27 by pwade
    00:05:08: %SNMP-5-COLDSTART: SNMP agent on host Router is undergoing a cold start
    Router>
    Router>
  • tierstentiersten Member Posts: 4,505
    The problem is that his NVRAM appears to be broken in both routers so turning off that option wouldn't be possible.
  • tierstentiersten Member Posts: 4,505
    Searching for the error "Invalid iomem value in ROM" only gives a handful of results for pages/forums about Dynamips and 1 eBay auction for a 3640. From what the Dynamips pages suggest, that error occurrs when you have the wrong router type selected.

    I'd say try to reload IOS on one of the routers.

    The other thing I can think of is that the cookie is screwed up. Do the reported MAC addresses of the internal interface match up? Can you do a "show diag" and "show inv" and paste the results?

    Still puzzled as to why its affected both routers at the same time though. I can understand a freak incident where one router went crazy and corrupted the NVRAM but both at the same time is a tad unlikely. Both routers worked okay previously and you've altered the configurations on them before I assume?
  • j_a_s_o_nj_a_s_o_n Member Posts: 75 ■■□□□□□□□□
    Here's the output from show diag:

    Slot 0:
    C2650XM 1FE Mainboard Port adapter, 2 ports
    Port adapter is analyzed
    Port adapter insertion time unknown
    EEPROM contents at hardware discovery:
    Hardware Revision : 1.0
    PCB Serial Number : JAD065004X2 (1282312535)
    Part Number : 73-7755-02
    RMA History : 00
    RMA Number : 0-0-0-0
    Board Revision : A0
    Deviation Number : 0-0
    EEPROM format version 4
    EEPROM contents (hex):
    0x00: 04 FF 40 03 6E 41 01 00 C1 18 4A 41 44 30 36 35
    0x10: 30 30 34 58 32 20 28 31 32 38 32 33 31 32 35 33
    0x20: 35 29 82 49 1E 4B 02 04 00 81 00 00 00 00 42 41
    0x30: 30 80 00 00 00 00 FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF
    0x40: FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF
    0x50: FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF
    0x60: FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF
    0x70: FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF

    WIC Slot 0:
    Serial 1T WAN daughter card
    Hardware revision 1.0 Board revision B0
    Serial number 32056578 Part number 800-01514-02
    Test history 0x0 RMA number 00-00-00
    Connector type Wan Module
    EEPROM format version 1
    EEPROM contents (hex):
    0x20: 01 02 01 00 01 E9 25 02 50 05 EA 02 00 00 00 00
    0x30: 58 00 00 00 04 03 04 01 FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF

    But show inv appears not to be a valid command on this router. I just got these routers a month or so ago, so this is the first time that I've really tried to do much with them. I powered them up when I first got them and made sure that everything looked like it came up ok, but didn't try configuring them (now I know better for next time). I'm reasonably sure that none of these errors showed up when it was booting previously though. As far as I can tell from looking at the cisco page, c2600-is-mz.122-12a.bin should be valid for these. I'll see if I have anything else around that will work to try loading on them.
  • j_a_s_o_nj_a_s_o_n Member Posts: 75 ■■□□□□□□□□
    Also here's the output from show interfaces:

    Router#show interfaces
    FastEthernet0/0 is up, line protocol is up
    Hardware is AmdFE, address is 000b.be49.0e20 (bia 000b.be49.0e20)
    Internet address is 10.0.0.193/24
    MTU 1500 bytes, BW 100000 Kbit, DLY 100 usec,
    reliability 255/255, txload 1/255, rxload 1/255
    Encapsulation ARPA, loopback not set
    Keepalive set (10 sec)
    Full-duplex, 100Mb/s, 100BaseTX/FX
    ARP type: ARPA, ARP Timeout 04:00:00
    Last input 00:00:04, output 00:00:07, output hang never
    Last clearing of "show interface" counters never
    Input queue: 0/75/0/0 (size/max/drops/flushes); Total output drops: 0
    Queueing strategy: fifo
    Output queue :0/40 (size/max)
    5 minute input rate 0 bits/sec, 0 packets/sec
    5 minute output rate 0 bits/sec, 0 packets/sec
    6445 packets input, 1131673 bytes
    Received 6318 broadcasts, 0 runts, 0 giants, 0 throttles
    0 input errors, 0 CRC, 0 frame, 0 overrun, 0 ignored
    0 watchdog
    0 input packets with dribble condition detected
    2876 packets output, 352299 bytes, 0 underruns
    0 output errors, 0 collisions, 1 interface resets
    0 babbles, 0 late collision, 0 deferred
    0 lost carrier, 0 no carrier
    0 output buffer failures, 0 output buffers swapped out
    Serial0/0 is administratively down, line protocol is down
    Hardware is PowerQUICC Serial
    MTU 1500 bytes, BW 1544 Kbit, DLY 20000 usec,
    reliability 255/255, txload 1/255, rxload 1/255
    Encapsulation HDLC, loopback not set
    Keepalive set (10 sec)
    Last input never, output never, output hang never
    Last clearing of "show interface" counters 05:45:34
    Input queue: 0/75/0/0 (size/max/drops/flushes); Total output drops: 0
    Queueing strategy: fifo
    Output queue :0/40 (size/max)
    5 minute input rate 0 bits/sec, 0 packets/sec
    5 minute output rate 0 bits/sec, 0 packets/sec
    0 packets input, 0 bytes, 0 no buffer
    Received 0 broadcasts, 0 runts, 0 giants, 0 throttles
    0 input errors, 0 CRC, 0 frame, 0 overrun, 0 ignored, 0 abort
    0 packets output, 0 bytes, 0 underruns
    0 output errors, 0 collisions, 1 interface resets
    0 output buffer failures, 0 output buffers swapped out
    0 carrier transitions
    DCD=down DSR=down DTR=down RTS=down CTS=down

    The mac matches what I can see over the network for the IP
  • tierstentiersten Member Posts: 4,505
    j_a_s_o_n wrote: »
    But show inv appears not to be a valid command on this router.
    Yeah. I just looked it up. show inventory was only added in 12.3.4T and you're running 12.2.
    j_a_s_o_n wrote: »
    As far as I can tell from looking at the cisco page, c2600-is-mz.122-12a.bin should be valid for these.
    From what Cisco has on their site for download still, that looks like a valid image at least from the filename. The 2651XM images on the CCO site all start with c2600 anyway and nothing 2650XM specific. Not 100% sure however since they've removed a lot of the old releases due to bugs or various other issues.

    Everything is being detected correctly so it isn't the cookie.

    If you've tried the troubleshooting steps in the original page I linked to and you've not changed anything else then I'm unsure what is going on and how to fix it. The best I can offer is to try reloading IOS on it.
  • j_a_s_o_nj_a_s_o_n Member Posts: 75 ■■□□□□□□□□
    I'll give reloading it a try, but I may not get to it until Monday. Thanks for the help!
  • j_a_s_o_nj_a_s_o_n Member Posts: 75 ■■□□□□□□□□
    Ok, I had a chance to load a new image on one, but no dice. There is a new error message on this one (bolded below), but I didn't come up with anything on it:

    System Bootstrap, Version 12.2(8r) [cmong 8r], RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc1)
    Copyright (c) 2003 by cisco Systems, Inc.

    Warning: monitor nvram area is corrupt ... using default values
    C2600 platform with 262144 Kbytes of main memory

    program load complete, entry point: 0x80008000, size: 0xf55678
    Self decompressing the image : ######################################################################################################################################################################################################################################################################## [OK]

    Invalid iomem value in ROM (174). Smart-init will
    now run to compute a valid value
    iomem percentage may need to be reset manually
    Smart Init is enabled
    smart init is sizing iomem
    ID MEMORY_REQ TYPE
    00036E 0X000B3B80 C2650XM Single Fast Ethernet
    0X00098670 public buffer pools
    0X00211000 public particle pools
    TOTAL: 0X0035D1F0

    If any of the above Memory Requirements are
    "UNKNOWN", you may be using an unsupported
    configuration or there is a software problem and
    system operation may be compromised.
    Rounded IOMEM up to: 4Mb.
    Using 3 percent iomem. [4Mb/128Mb]
    environment write to NVRAM failed

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    Software clause at DFARS sec. 252.227-7013.

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    cisco 2650XM (MPC860P) processor (revision 0x100) with 126976K/4096K bytes of memory.
    Processor board ID JAD065004X2 (1282312535)
    M860 processor: part number 5, mask 2
    Bridging software.
    X.25 software, Version 3.0.0.
    1 FastEthernet/IEEE 802.3 interface(s)
    32K bytes of non-volatile configuration memory.
    49152K bytes of processor board System flash (Read/Write)

    NV: Invalid Magic(0xA6A6) found in NVRAM.....Erase of configuration files recommended

    %Error opening tftp://255.255.255.255/network-confg (Timed out)
    %Error opening tftp://255.255.255.255/cisconet.cfg (Timed out)

    %Error opening tftp://255.255.255.255/router-confg (Timed out)environment write to NVRAM failed

    %Error opening tftp://255.255.environment write to NVRAM failed
    environment checksum in NVRAM failed
    255.255/ciscortr.cfg (Timed out)


    Press RETURN to get started!


    *Mar 1 00:00:-5-RESTART: System restarted --
    Cisco Internetwork Operating System Software
    IOS (tm) C2600 Software (C2600-IK9O3S3-M), Version 12.3(24), RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc4)
    Technical Support: Cisco - Shortcut
    Copyright (c) 1986-2007 by cisco Systems, Inc.
    Compiled Thu 18-Oct-07 14:26 by stshen
    *Mar 1 00:01:55.196: %SNMP-5-COLDSTART: SNMP agent on host Router is undergoing a cold start
    %Error opening tftp://255.255.255.255/network-confg (Timed out)
    *Mar 1 00:02:04.155: %SYS-4-CONFIG_RESOLVE_FAILURE: System config parse from (tftp://255.255.255.255/network-confg) failed
    Router>
    %Error o


    I did, however, find something that seemed a bit odd to me. I decided to crack the cases and check to make sure that everything was seated. I noticed that on both 2650XMs, I had an empty socket where I believe boot roms go. To check, I opened a 2611XM, which has something in both sockets. Am I right in thinking that there should be something in there? Pics below, sorry for the blurriness...

    This is the 2611XM
    2611.jpg

    This is 2650XM #1
    26501.jpg

    This is 2650XM#2
    26502.jpg
  • mikem2temikem2te Member Posts: 407
    I did, however, find something that seemed a bit odd to me. I decided to crack the cases and check to make sure that everything was seated. I noticed that on both 2650XMs, I had an empty socket where I believe boot roms go. To check, I opened a 2611XM, which has something in both sockets. Am I right in thinking that there should be something in there? Pics below, sorry for the blurriness...

    I think only the one o them is the bot rom.

    Can you make out the part number of the chip that is in the 2611 but not in the 2650?

    A google seach may reveal what it actually does.
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  • j_a_s_o_nj_a_s_o_n Member Posts: 75 ■■□□□□□□□□
    After poking around a bit, it looks like the left socket is the boot rom. I haven't seen anything that says what the right one is. The left socket is U24 on all of them and the right is U25. Here are the chips:

    2611XM:

    In U24 is a white labeled chip marked
    17-6824-02
    CS=141F
    0421 H5

    In U25 is a black chip marked
    CSI
    CAT28C256 N
    I-12
    00427C

    2650XM#1:

    In U24 is a black chip marked
    Winbond
    W27E040P-12
    282475901
    9390EVK
    U25 is empty

    2650XM#2:

    U24 is a white labeled chip marked
    17-68
    24-02
    CS=141F
    0432 HM
    U25 is empty


    It almost looks like U24 on the 2650XMs are two halves of a set. I'm sorely tempted to put them both onto one board to see what happens, but I'm afraid that I'd let out the magic smoke.
  • j_a_s_o_nj_a_s_o_n Member Posts: 75 ■■□□□□□□□□
    According to this:

    Inside Cisco 2651XM — Man v. Cisco

    U24 is the ROMMON and U25 is the NVRAM, at least on a 2651XM. I imagine that missing the NVRAM chip entirely might be contributing to my issues. They came from a dealer well known here but are outside of the standard warranty period. I'm going to ping them anyway and see what they say.
  • captobviouscaptobvious Member Posts: 648
    CAT28C256 256K-Bit Parallel EEPROM

    That definitely looks like your culprit. Strange that someone would harvest this before selling. icon_scratch.gif
  • j_a_s_o_nj_a_s_o_n Member Posts: 75 ■■□□□□□□□□
    The thing that I find really bizarre is that everything works normally, other than writing a config. I would think that the total lack of being able to talk to the NVRAM chip would throw a bigger error than it does.
  • mikem2temikem2te Member Posts: 407
    j_a_s_o_n wrote: »
    After poking around a bit, it looks like the left socket is the boot rom. I haven't seen anything that says what the right one is. The left socket is U24 on all of them and the right is U25. Here are the chips:

    2611XM:

    In U24 is a white labeled chip marked
    17-6824-02
    CS=141F
    0421 H5

    In U25 is a black chip marked
    CSI
    CAT28C256 N
    I-12
    00427C

    2650XM#1:

    In U24 is a black chip marked
    Winbond
    W27E040P-12
    282475901
    9390EVK
    U25 is empty

    2650XM#2:

    U24 is a white labeled chip marked
    17-68
    24-02
    CS=141F
    0432 HM
    U25 is empty


    It almost looks like U24 on the 2650XMs are two halves of a set. I'm sorely tempted to put them both onto one board to see what happens, but I'm afraid that I'd let out the magic smoke.

    So one of them is the boot rom and the other is the NVRAM chip, good to know.

    I'm wondering if it is a matter of just buying one from an electronics supplier and banging it in there. It looks like Farnell has a CAT28C256GI-12 which may looks like it is compatible
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  • tierstentiersten Member Posts: 4,505
    j_a_s_o_n wrote: »
    The thing that I find really bizarre is that everything works normally, other than writing a config. I would think that the total lack of being able to talk to the NVRAM chip would throw a bigger error than it does.
    The configuration is loaded in at startup and from then on, its working from the in RAM copy. It can get the config via TFTP as well so a NVRAMless router isn't that useless. Still odd though.

    You should test your purchases more thoroughly tho! :)
  • j_a_s_o_nj_a_s_o_n Member Posts: 75 ■■□□□□□□□□
    mikem2te wrote: »
    I'm wondering if it is a matter of just buying one from an electronics supplier and banging it in there. It looks like Farnell has a CAT28C256GI-12 which may looks like it is compatible

    I had the same thought myself. The thing that concerns me is that Cisco says that it's not a field replaceable unit. The other thing to try would be to get a low end 2600 from ebay and pull the chip from it.
  • j_a_s_o_nj_a_s_o_n Member Posts: 75 ■■□□□□□□□□
    tiersten wrote: »
    The configuration is loaded in at startup and from then on, its working from the in RAM copy. It can get the config via TFTP as well so a NVRAMless router isn't that useless. Still odd though.

    You should test your purchases more thoroughly tho! :)

    Yup, I actually got one of them to pull a config from my tftp server successfully, so at least they'll work that way if I can't get the chip straightened out.

    This was definitely a lesson in equipment testing for me. My excuse is being new to cisco, but I've been around computers long enough to know better. I've got some new equipment coming, so I'll be a bit more thorough this time. I'll be cracking the cases on everything to make sure that all of the bits are in there for sure icon_redface.gif
  • tierstentiersten Member Posts: 4,505
    j_a_s_o_n wrote: »
    I had the same thought myself. The thing that concerns me is that Cisco says that it's not a field replaceable unit. The other thing to try would be to get a low end 2600 from ebay and pull the chip from it.
    Assuming you really are missing the NVRAM, you should be able to just get any compatible chip. It may be listed as a non FRU item but they say that about a lot of the parts in there. They just don't want goons with a big screwdriver prying out the PLCC chip and breaking the socket or PCB. It is not something you replace because you're never really supposed to need to replace it. If it breaks then its a service call.
  • j_a_s_o_nj_a_s_o_n Member Posts: 75 ■■□□□□□□□□
    I'm waiting to hear from the dealer that I got them from, hopefully they'll send me a couple. If not, mouser has the CAT28C256GI-12 for $6 each, so that's not too bad.
  • j_a_s_o_nj_a_s_o_n Member Posts: 75 ■■□□□□□□□□
    Just heard back from the dealer (ciscokits btw), they're going to send me the replacement NVRAM chips later this week. :D
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