Resetting the Configuration Register and Reloading a RSP Card to ROM Monitor Mode
2 Verify that the other nodes in the system are in a steady state:
After you have verified that the system is in a stable state, you can enter ROM Monitor mode by setting the
configuration register setting and entering the reload command, as described in the following steps:
Resetting the Configuration Register and Reloading a RSP Card to ROM Monitor
Mode
In normal operating conditions, it should not be necessary to use ROM Monitor mode. If you do find it
necessary to place a RSP card in ROM Monitor mode, make sure that the system is in a steady state and that
you are prepared for the consequences of a system reload.
SUMMARY STEPS
1. Verify the router is in a steady state.
2. Connect a terminal to the RSP card console port and log in to the router.
3. admin
4. config-register boot-mode rom-monitor location <node-id> command, exit command and reload command
or config-register boot-mode rom-monitor location all command and reload location all command.
DETAILED STEPS
Command or Action
Step 1
Verify the router is in a steady state.
Step 2
Connect a terminal to the RSP card console port and log in to the
router.
Step 3
admin
Example:
RP/0/RSP0/CPU0:router#
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during the next router boot. If any of the processes are not committed, use the install commit
command in the Administration mode.
• If a standby RSP is installed, verify that it is in the ready state with the show redundancy command
in EXEC mode.
• Verify that all available nodes in the system are in IOS XR RUN state with the show platform
command in EXEC mode.
admin
Purpose
Ensures that all configurations are saved and that no
installation processes are running.
Connects a terminal or PC to the RSP card console port
and establishes a router management session.
For more information on connecting a terminal, see
Connecting and Communicating with the Router in
Cisco ASR 9000 Series Aggregation Services Router
Getting Started Guide.
Enters administration EXEC mode.
ROM Monitor Overview
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