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Cisco ASA 5500 Series Configuration Guide using the CLI
Chapter82 Troubleshooting
Erasing the Flash File System
ADDRESS=10.132.44.177
SERVER=10.129.0.30
GATEWAY=10.132.44.1
PORT=Ethernet0/0
VLAN=untagged
IMAGE=f1/asa840-232-k8.bin
CONFIG=
LINKTIMEOUT=20
PKTTIMEOUT=4
RETRY=20
Step6 Ping the TFTP server by entering the ping server command.
rommon #7> ping server
Sending 20, 100-byte ICMP Echoes to server 10.129.0.30, timeout is 4 seconds:
Success rate is 100 percent (20/20)
Step7 Load the software image by entering the tftp command.
rommon #8> tftp
ROMMON Variable Settings:
ADDRESS=10.132.44.177
SERVER=10.129.0.30
GATEWAY=10.132.44.1
PORT=Ethernet0/0
VLAN=untagged
IMAGE=f1/asa840-232-k8.bin
CONFIG=
LINKTIMEOUT=20
PKTTIMEOUT=4
RETRY=20
tftp f1/asa840-232-k8.bin@10.129.0.30 via 10.132.44.1
Received 14450688 bytes
Launching TFTP Image...
Cisco ASA Security Appliance admin loader (3.0) #0: Mon Mar 5 16:00:07 MST 2011
Loading...
After the software image is successfully loaded, the ASA automatically exits ROMMON mode.
Step8 To verify that the correct software image has been loaded into the ASA, check the version by entering
the following command:
hostname# show version
Erasing the Flash File System
To erase the flash file system, perform the following steps:
Step1 Connect to the ASA console port according to the instructions in “Accessing the Appliance
Command-Line Interface” section on page2-1.
Step2 Power off the ASA, then power it on.
Step3 During startup, press the Escape key when you are prompted to enter ROMMON mode.