Cisco CSS 11500 Series Content Services Switches

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Introduction

This document provides information on how to set the CSS 11500 to secondary boot from the second drive if the primary boot device fails.

Prerequisites

Requirements

There are no specific requirements for this document.

Components Used

This document applies to the 11500 series of CSS with two disk drives or Flash cards. This includes the following models:

• 11501

• 11503

• 11505

The information in this document was created from the devices in a specific lab environment. All of the devices used in this document started with a cleared (default) configuration. If your network is live, make sure that you understand the potential impact of any command.

Conventions

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Secondary Boot Setup

Task

In this section, you are presented with the information to configure the features described in this document.

You will need to format the disk for it to be recognized.

11503# format ? 
  <Integer>           MSD slot for format (Range: 0-1) 
11503# format 1 

Step-by-Step Instructions

The steps listed below are involved in this task.

1. Set the disk in slot two to work as a back up if the operating system in slot 0 fails.

   11503# map secondary-boot 1 ? 
     <cr>                Execute command 
   
   11503# show map 
   MSD Mapping 
   Primary-Boot:    Slot 0 (mapped) 
   Secondary-Boot:  Slot 1 (mapped) 
   Log:             Slot 0 (unmapped) 
   Core:            Slot 0 (unmapped) 
   
   

2. Copy a WebNS image into slot 1.

   11503# copy 0 boot-image ? 
     sg0720104 
     sg0710102 
   11503# copy 0 boot-image sg0720104 
   
   Copying(/) /sgo720104/ .... 
   
   

3. Setup the secondary boot information.

   11503# conf t 
   11503(config)# boot 
   11503(config-boot)# secondary boot-file sg0720104 
   11503(config-boot)# secondary boot-type boot-via-disk 
   

   A second method to setup the secondary boot information is also available. Reboot the box and enter Offline DM. Set the Offline DM's secondary boot to boot from disk, as shown below.

        CSS5-SCM-2GE Offline Diagnostic Monitor menu (OffDM) 
   
           Version: 7.20 Build 4 
   
           B O O T   C O N F I G U R A T I O N   M E N U 
   
           Enter a menu number: 
   
           1.      Set Primary Boot Configuration 
           2.      Set Secondary Boot Configuration 
           3.      Set IP Address, and Subnet Mask 
           r.      Return to previous menu 
   
   

   Choose option 2 (this will list the available operating systems on disk 2 (slot 1)).

   Configuring SECONDARY Boot Record 
   Boot via [N]etwork, [F]TP, [D]isk, or [C]lear: [D] 
   sg0710102 
   Enter the boot image filename [sg0710102]: 
   

Verify

The best way to verify if this works is to pull the disk out of the CSS that the CSS is set to primary boot from. Reboot the CSS. The CSS should boot from the secondary disk.

Troubleshoot

There is currently no specific troubleshooting information available for this configuration.

Related Information

• CSS 11500 Technical Documentation
• Content Networking Software Product Support Pages
• Content Networking Devices Product Support Pages
• Content Networking Downloads ( registered customers only)
• Technical Support - Cisco Systems