Initializing XSR Software

•ETH 10/100/1000 LEDs turn ON and OFF a few times during initialization as the XSR proceeds from bootrom to power up diagnostics to software image, then they remain ON or OFF depending on the LAN type.

•ETHERNET Activity LEDs blink when frames pass on the LAN.

•COM Activity LED is OFF until the CLI comes up. Then it blinks ON/OFF during console keyboard input or output.

•NIM LEDs are OFF until the CLI comes up. Then they are turned ON if a supported card is present (T1/E1 or Serial), and the card passes the power-up diagnostics test.

3.XSR software initializes in two phases. A cold start (including power cycling) is marked by diagnostic and router software phases. A warm start skips the powerup diagnostics and boots to router software. First-time startup is a cold start with the following sequence of events:

•Basic hardware initialization of the processor, memory, and other components occurs.

•Bootrom Monitor mode is accessible now and can be entered by pressing a special key combination within a 5-second interval. For more information, refer to “Bootrom Monitor Mode Commands” on page 3-35.

•Power-up diagnostics test the following hardware blocks:

•RAM size is detected

•On-board Flash size is detected

•GigabitEthernet is checked

•Ethernet on motherboard is checked

•NIM cards 1 and 2 is checked

•Real-Time Clock are checked

•Front panel LEDs are set to reflect current status

•Diagnostics test results are saved for later use by system software.

•The software image in Flash memory is verified by checksum.

•If no valid image exists in flash: or cflash:, Bootrom Monitor mode is acquired.

•If the default file (xsr3000.fls) is not found as specified in Bootrom mode, an FTP/TFTP server as defined in network parameters of Bootrom mode is queried.

•If the image is not found remotely, initialization is suspended in Bootrom mode.

Note: Optionally, you can create a boot-configfile to identify the name of a firmware file from which the XSR boots. Refer to the boot system command in the XSR CLI Reference Guide for more information.

•A valid image in Flash memory, if present, is decompressed.

•The decompressed software image is loaded into RAM.

•Execution is passed to the software image.

•The operating system is started.

•The Flash startup configuration files (startup-config, private-config) become the running configuration.

•All software modules are initialized. If an error occurs when processing startup-config, the CLI will continue processing the file until the end. If the file contains more than one error, only the

3-2 Software Configuration

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