August 28, 2008

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Revision History

Revision	Date	Comment
1.0	28-AUG-2008	Initial Public Release

Products Affected

Products Affected
WS-C4503-E
WS-C4506-E
WS-C4507R-E
WS-C4510R-E

Problem Description

The Catalyst 4500 E-Series chassis such as WS-C4503-E and WS-C4506-E will only boot with minimum IOS version 12.2(37)SG, while the Catalyst 4500 E-Series chassis such as WS-C4507R-E and WS-C4510R-E will only boot with minimum IOS version 12.2(40)SG. Besides the minimum IOS mentioned above, E-chassis support was also ported to the Maintenance release 12.2(31)SGA6 and higher for Supervisors other than WS-X45-SUP6-E to resolve the issue.

Please see the table in the Workaround/Solution section for the details.

Background

The release of the Catalyst 4500 E Series Chassis occurred at two different points in time with two models released on an early date and two models on a later date. The chassis models require a minimum IOS to boot and specific Supervisors. The system will not boot if an unsupported Supervisor and IOS version are installed in the E Chassis model.

Please see the table in the Workaround/Solution section for the supported E-Series chassis configurations for each model.

Problem Symptoms

The following boot error will occur if the Catalyst 4500 E-Series chassis is booted with an unsupported IOS :

Cisco IOS Software, Catalyst 4500 L3 Switch Software (cat4500-IPBASE-M),
Version 12.2(25)SG, RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc2)
Technical Support: http://www.cisco.com/techsupport
Copyright (c) 1986-2005 by Cisco Systems, Inc.
Compiled Wed 17-Aug-05 17:09 by alnguyen
Image text-base: 0x10000000, data-base: 0x11269914


####### ###### ###### ####### ###### ###
# # # # # # # # # ###
# # # # # # # # # ###
##### ###### ###### # # ###### #
# # # # # # # # #
# # # # # # # # # ###
####### # # # # ####### # # ###


Unsupported chassis type 51, system can not boot

Workaround/Solution

The E-Series chassis must be configured with a compatible Supervisor, IOS version and ROMMON version. The following table lists supported E-Series chassis configurations for each model:

DDTS

To follow the bug ID link below and see detailed bug information, you must be a registered customer and you must be logged in.

DDTS	Description
CSCsq92500 (registered customers only)	Cat4k E-series chassis can NOT boot due to Unsupported Chassis Type

How To Identify Hardware Levels

To identify the booting image please check screen output on bootup as shown below:

Cisco IOS Software, Catalyst 4000 L3 Switch Software (cat4000-I5K91S-M), Version 12.2(25)EW, RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc1)
Technical Support: http://www.cisco.com/techsupport
Copyright (c) 1986-2004 by Cisco Systems, Inc.
Compiled Fri 10-Dec-04 13:28 by kellythw
Image text-base: 0x10000000, data-base: 0x115B5A10

For More Information

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