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Cisco MDS 9000 Family Troubleshooting Guide, Release 3.x
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Chapter 2 Troubleshooting Installs, Upgrades, and Reboots
Troubleshooting Cisco SAN-OS Software System Reboots
You see the configured changes. (See Figure 2-6.)
Figure 2-6 BIOS Setup Configuration (CMOS) Changes
Step 12
Press the Esc key to return to the main menu.
Step 13 Choose Write to CMOS and Exit from the main screen to save your changes.
Note These changes are saved in the CMOS.
Caution The switch must have IP connectivity to reboot using the newly configured values.
You see the following prompt:
switch(boot)#
Step 14 Enter the init system command at the switch(boot)# prompt, and press Enter to reformat the file
system.
switch(boot)# init system
Note The init system command also installs a new loader from the existing (running) kickstart image.
Caution Be sure that you have made a backup of the configuration files before you issue this command.
Step 15 Follow the procedure specified in the “Recovery from the switch(boot)# Prompt” section on page 2-21.