Verifying Basic Setup
The information herein applies to the Cisco AS5350, Cisco AS5400, and Cisco AS5400HPX universal
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gateways. Note that the latter requires use of Cisco IOS release 12.2(2)XB or later.
This chapter details the tasks required to verify that your basic system components are functioning
normally:
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Analyzing the System Boot Dialog
The Cisco AS5350 and Cisco AS5400 have a specific boot sequence. To view the boot sequence through
a terminal session, you must have a console connection to the gateway before it powers up.
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If you observe no messages on the console port, check that the baud rate is configured correctly. The
Cisco AS5350 and Cisco AS5400 console port can support a baud rate up to 115200.
The following boot sequence occurs. Step numbers and comments are inserted in the example to describe
the boot sequence.
Step 1
In the following segment, the gateway decompresses the system boot image, tests the NVRAM for
validity, and decompresses the Cisco IOS image.
System Bootstrap, Version 12.0(20000106:234457) [tombnyg-rommon_1_6 106],
SOFTWARE REV 1.6
Copyright (c) 1994-2000 by cisco Systems, Inc.
AS5350 platform with 131072 Kbytes of main memory
Self decompressing the image : #################################################
##################################################### [OK]
Self decompressing the image : #################################################
################################################################################
################################################################### [OK]
OL-3418-02 B0
Analyzing the System Boot Dialog, page 2-1
Checking the Initial Running Configuration, page 2-5
Investigating Memory Usage, page 2-7
Inspecting CPU Utilization, page 2-8
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