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Make certain that each shared port adapter is firmly seated in its subslot and its captive screws are securely tightened.
The Cisco ASR1000-ESP10 forwarding processor in the Cisco ASR 1004 router is inserted in slot F0, is firmly seated
in its slot, and its captive screws are securely tightened.
All network interface cables are connected.
The console terminal is turned on.
Step 2 Turn on power. The green OK LED on the power supply turns on.
Step 3 Listen for the fans; you should immediately hear them operating.
Step 4 During the boot process, observe the power LEDs. The power LED should be green on all boards. The Status LED lights
yellow to indicate booting and then green when IOS is running.
Table 1 provides information about the LEDs as the system starts.
Table 1 Cisco ASR 1004 Router LED Activity
Note The system boots differently depending on the configuration that ships with your system. Example one in this section
shows the system being booted from ROMMON with an image all ready resident as the first image in bootflash. The
display below is a snapshot of messages that are output on the console of the Cisco ASR 1004 Router system after
power-up and during IOS booting.
Step 5 Observe the initialization process. When the system boot is complete (a few seconds), the Cisco ASR 1000 Series RP1
begins to initialize. The console screen displays a script and system banner similar to the following:
rommon 1 >
rommon 1 > boot
No. LED Label LED Color In the Power Up State -Behavior Description
1PWR Power Solid green All power requirements are within specification
Off Off, the router is in standby mode.
2STAT System status Solid green Cisco IOS has successfully booted.
Yellow BOOT ROM has successfully loaded.
Red System failure.
3ACTV Active Green Lit when this is the active ASR 1000 Series RP1.
4STBY Standby Yellow Lit when this is the standby ASR 1000 Series RP1.
5CRIT Critical Solid Red Critical alarm indicator. This is on at power up,
turned off by software.
6MAJ Major Solid Red Major alarm indicator.
7MIN Minor Amber Minor alarm indicator.
8ACO One Alarm cutoff switch. Button When you press this button an interrupt is
generated informing software that the audible
alarm relays will be disabled. This interrupt
generates to both processors.
9DISK HD Internal Hard Drive LED Flashing Green Activity indicator.
Off No activity.
10 DISK USB External Compact FLASH
LED
Flashing Green Activity indicator.
Off No activity.
11 DISK BF Internal Compact FLASH
(BootDisk) LED
Flashing Green Activity indicator.
Off No activity.