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The document discusses troubleshooting steps to recover from a missing OS image on an Alcatel-Lucent OmniSwitch 6850. It describes using zModem to upload missing image files from the mini boot prompt after setting the correct baud rate and creating a boot.params file.

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Alcatel Unleashed in Mini Boot

The document discusses troubleshooting steps to recover from a missing OS image on an Alcatel-Lucent OmniSwitch 6850. It describes using zModem to upload missing image files from the mini boot prompt after setting the correct baud rate and creating a boot.params file.

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6850inMiniBoot
byYaneshWedJul16,200810:34pm
Higuysiaminbigtrouble....whileupgradingIhavedeletedthetheimagefilesintheworkingdirectoryaswellinthecertifieddirectory.Nowiamintheminiboot
andidontknowwhattodo.
cansomeonepleasehelp.
REGARDS
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Re:6850inMiniBoot
bybennyThuJul17,20082:04am
Noneedtoworry,itistimeconsumingtofixitbutnotadisaster...
LetmeintroduceyoutoMr.zModem...
1.)PoweroffyourOS6850
2.)Whenyouswitcheditbackon,stopitbeforetheMiniboot(thereissomecountercountingdownfrom4)
3.)Youwillhavethefollowingprompt"=>"
4.)Enter"setenvbaudrate115200"
5.)Enter"saveenv"
6.)Enter"boot"
7.)Theswitchshouldrunnowinbaudrate115200(soyouhavetochangeyourclientsterminalconnectionaswell)
8.)IfthespeedinMinibootisstill9600youhavetodeletethe"boot.params"fileandreboottheswitchagain(thenexttimewhentheboot.paramsfilegetscreatedit
has115200asbaudrateintheirautomatically)
9.)Assumingthatyourconnectionspeedisat115200nowandyouareatthe"[Miniboot]>"prompt
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10.)Changeintotheworkingdirectorywithcommand
[Miniboot]>cd"working"
11.)EnterthefollowingcommandtostartyourzModemsession
[Miniboot]>sysStartZmodem
12.)Selectallimagefilesyouwanttoupload(uploadall.imgfilesexceptKdiag.img,Kos.imgandK2otg.imgthefirsttwoareforOS6800butyouhaveaOS6850
andthelastoneisnotnecessary)
13.)Irecommendyoutouploadoneimagefileatthetimeasyoucantrackbetterifthetransferfailed
14.)Uploadallthe.imgfilesasdescribed
15.)All*.imgfilesneedtobeintheworkingdirectorybynow
16.)Beforeyourebootyouhavetotelltheswitchtorunfromtheworkingdirectory(asitwouldtrytoloadfromcertifiedasthedirectoriesaredifferentbutin
certifiedarenoimagefilesthereforeitwouldfail)
[Miniboot]>setNextRunningVersion2
17.)Enter"reboot"torebootyourswitchitshouldcomeupwithyournewAOSnow
Doa"copyworkingcertified"fromtheCLInowtoensurethatyouhavetheimagesinbothdirectories.
Youonlyhaveto"fix"yourserialconnectionspeednow.
TodothisenterthefollowingfromtheAOSCLI:
Switch>modifybootparams
DothenecessaryeditingthereahelpisavailableandIassumethatyouwillmanageit... Nowyouneedtoreboottheswitchandchangethesameintheuboot
backto9600(justfollowstep4and5intheubootagain)
Letmeknowifyouencounteranyissues.
Thanks
Regards,
Benny

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Re:6850inMiniBoot
byYaneshFriJul18,200812:24am
HiBenny
Thanksforthequickreply
Iwasabletoladalltheimagesie:
K2os.img
kadvrout.img
kbase.img
keni.img
krelease.img
ksecu.img
igotitfromthelatestversionofiosfor6850
NowtheprobleisthatwhenitypesetNextRunningversion2itgivesmethiserror
Missingparameter,syntaxerror
Erroronline2:'bootempgatewayipaddr
'.value=0=0x0
Canyoupleaseadvise.
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Re:6850inMiniBoot
bybennyFriJul18,200812:35am
Deletetheboot.paramsfileagain.
Createthefollowingfileusinganeditor:
bootempipaddr192.168.1.1:ffffff00
bootempgatewayipaddr192.168.1.254
bootserialbaudrate9600
bootserialparitynone
bootserialwordsize8
bootserialstopbits1
bootserialmodemodemControlOff
bootreboottimer0
bootrunningversionworking
bootnextrunningversionworking
bootautoactivateno
bootnumtakeovers0
SavethisdocumentonyourdesktopandtransferitusingzModemitistheeasiestwaytorecoverthat.Thereisa[Miniboot]functioncalltorestoretheboot.params
fromthe[Miniboot]butIhavenoaccesstoaswitchrightnowtoverifyit.Incasethattheswitchtriesagaintoloadfromcertifiedpleaseissuethe
"setNextRunningVersion2"againandrebootagain.
EDIT:Thefileneedstobenamed"boot.params"ofcoursebeforeuploadingit...
Regards,
Benny
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Re:6850inMiniBoot
byYaneshSunJul20,200811:39pm
HiBenny
Thanksagainforyourquickreply.
Wellitworkedoutfinally.Icreatedtheboot.paramsanduploadittotheswitchandreboot.
Everythingwentfine.
Thanks
Yanesh
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Re:6850inMiniBoot
byakagiWedApr22,20092:42am
bennywrote:Noneedtoworry,itistimeconsumingtofixitbutnotadisaster...
LetmeintroduceyoutoMr.zModem...
1.)PoweroffyourOS6850
2.)Whenyouswitcheditbackon,stopitbeforetheMiniboot(thereissomecountercountingdownfrom4)
3.)Youwillhavethefollowingprompt"=>"
4.)Enter"setenvbaudrate115200"
5.)Enter"saveenv"
6.)Enter"boot"
7.)Theswitchshouldrunnowinbaudrate115200(soyouhavetochangeyourclientsterminalconnectionaswell)
8.)IfthespeedinMinibootisstill9600youhavetodeletethe"boot.params"fileandreboottheswitchagain(thenexttimewhentheboot.paramsfile
getscreatedithas115200asbaudrateintheirautomatically)
9.)Assumingthatyourconnectionspeedisat115200nowandyouareatthe"[Miniboot]>"prompt
10.)Changeintotheworkingdirectorywithcommand
[Miniboot]>cd"working"
11.)EnterthefollowingcommandtostartyourzModemsession
[Miniboot]>sysStartZmodem
12.)Selectallimagefilesyouwanttoupload(uploadall.imgfilesexceptKdiag.img,Kos.imgandK2otg.imgthefirsttwoareforOS6800butyou
haveaOS6850andthelastoneisnotnecessary)
13.)Irecommendyoutouploadoneimagefileatthetimeasyoucantrackbetterifthetransferfailed
14.)Uploadallthe.imgfilesasdescribed
15.)All*.imgfilesneedtobeintheworkingdirectorybynow
16.)Beforeyourebootyouhavetotelltheswitchtorunfromtheworkingdirectory(asitwouldtrytoloadfromcertifiedasthedirectoriesaredifferent
butincertifiedarenoimagefilesthereforeitwouldfail)
[Miniboot]>setNextRunningVersion2
17.)Enter"reboot"torebootyourswitchitshouldcomeupwithyournewAOSnow
Doa"copyworkingcertified"fromtheCLInowtoensurethatyouhavetheimagesinbothdirectories.
Youonlyhaveto"fix"yourserialconnectionspeednow.
TodothisenterthefollowingfromtheAOSCLI:
Switch>modifybootparams
DothenecessaryeditingthereahelpisavailableandIassumethatyouwillmanageit... Nowyouneedtoreboottheswitchandchangethesamein
theubootbackto9600(justfollowstep4and5intheubootagain)
Letmeknowifyouencounteranyissues.
Thanks

Hye..
I'mnotclearforpointno11.Howwaytouploadall.img?Becauseafteritypethiscommand:[Miniboot]>sysStartZmodem
thisresultshow:
Uploaddirectory:/flash/working
rzreadytoreceivefile,pleasestartupload(orsend5CTRLX'stoabort).
**B000000023be50
ZMODEMfiletransferaborted
Hit<RETURN>toexit...
Longtimei'mwaiting.Givemehowtouploadall.img.
Thanks.
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