[SunRescue] argh! cisco firmware update failed

[Gil Young]

not sure if this helps any:

http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/product/fhubs/fh300icg/rptrtrbl.htm#
xtocid105073

http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/product/fhubs/fh216t/rpt2trbl.htm#xt
ocid57097

Still looking...
Gil Young
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----- Original Message -----
From: Bill Bradford <mrbill at mrbill.net>
To: <geeks at mrbill.net>; <rescue at mrbill.net>
Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2001 1:47 AM
Subject: [SunRescue] argh! cisco firmware update failed


> Anybody know if there's a way to re-load a firmware image
> into a Cisco 1516M 16-port managed hub (aka HP J3188A) if the
> update (from the original 1.00 version) failed?  When it went
> to TFTP the update, it asked for the IP address of the TFTP server, the
> filename to download, then hung, a few seconds later killed
> my telnet session.  It was still passing traffic, *until*
> I power-cycled it; now I just get a "FAIL" light and it doesent
> finish its self-test.
>
> A little too late, I found this:
>
>
(http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/product/10bthubs/hp10base/ol015901.
htm)
> Problems Resolved in Firmware Release A.01.03
> ...
> The Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP) command is now in the normal
command
> set. This change resolves the internal conflict between TFTP and Telnet
that
> caused TFTP to hang during firmware download, thus corrupting the firmware
in
> Flash memory.
>
>
> I'm hoping there's some way I can upload the firmware through a serial
> console connection at work tomorrow (gotta get a DB9 serial cable and
> nullmodem adapter)...
>
> Would suck to have gotten this in after waiting more than a week for it,
> setup MRTG to monitor it, etc, and then have it ruined by a bad firmware
> update. 8-(  I was *so* happy to finally have Cisco hardware running my
> network here at home.
>
> bill
>
> --
> Bill Bradford
> mrbill at mrbill.net
> Austin, TX
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