Cisco Nexus Switch Stuck in Loader

loader> help ? Print the command list boot Boot image dir List file contents on a device displaymem display MBI memory and other debug info efishell launch efishell eobc Booting image from active sup via EOBC channel help Print the command list or the specific command usage iofpga read/write iofpga register ip Setting IP address or gateway address keyinfo Command to remove development key. pmfpga read/write pmfpga register reboot Reboot the system serial Serial console setting set Set network configuration show Show loader configuration loader> dir bootflash:: lost+found …… virtual-instance-stby-sync virtual-instance n7700-s3-kickstart.8.4.8.bin n7700-s3-dk9.8.4.8.bin n7700-s3-kickstart.8.4.6a.bin n7700-s3-dk9.8.4.6a.bin n7700-s3-dk9.8.4.9.bin n7700-s3-kickstart.8.4.9.bin loader> boot bootflash:n7700-s3-dk9.8.4.9.bin Booting bootflash:n7700-s3-dk9.8.4.9.bin Trying diskboot Filesystem type is ext2fs, partition type 0x83 Bad NBI magic. Expected 1b031336 got 4e530164 Boot failed Error 9: Unknown boot failure

loader> boot bootflash:/n6000-uk9-kickstart.7.3.13.N1.1.bin Booting kickstart image: bootflash:/n6000-uk9-kickstart.7.3.13.N1.1.bin ……………………………………………………………………. ……………………..Image verification OK Booting kernel IT: [ 13.744392] val:4, count7 . [ 13.777618] TCO_TMR val:1023, SMI_EN= 0x42033 NMI_STS_CNT_REG = 0x2d count7 . devmemfd:0x7f87fde8 phys->virt: 0x7f87fd2c7f87fde8–>0x0 devmemfd:0x7f87fe28 phys->virt: 0xa44000087f87fe28–>0x0 devmemfd:0x7f87fe28 phys->virt: 0xa44000087f87fe28–>0x0 devmemfd:0x7f87fe28 phys->virt: 0xa44000087f87fe28–>0x0 Starting system POST….. P(0x3102) board Executing Mod 1 1 SEEPROM Test: …done (0 sec, 175 msec, 932 usec) Executing Mod 1 1 GigE Port Test: ….done (16 sec, 85 msec, 593 usec) Executing Mod 1 1 PCIE Test: ……..done (0 sec, 1 msec, 221 usec) Mod 1 1 Post Completed Successfully POST is completed can’t create lock file /var/lock/mtab~308: No such file or directory (use -n flag to override) nohup: redirecting stderr to stdout Executing /etc/rc.d/rcS.d/S07firmware-upgrade-eusb autoneg unmodified, ignoring autoneg unmodified, ignoring Checking all filesystems….. done. Loading system software No system image INIT: Sending processes the TERM signal INIT: Sending processes the KILL signal Cisco Nexus Operating System (NX-OS) Software TAC support: http://www.cisco.com/tac Copyright (c) 2002-2023, Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. The copyrights to certain works contained in this software are owned by other third parties and used and distributed under license. Certain components of this software are licensed under the GNU General Public License (GPL) version 2.0 or the GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL) Version 2.1. A copy of each such license is available at http://www.opensource.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.php and http://www.opensource.org/licenses/lgpl-2.1.php switch(boot)#

loader> boot bootflash:/n6000-uk9-kickstart.7.3.13.N1.1.bin Booting kickstart image: bootflash:/n6000-uk9-kickstart.7.3.13.N1.1.bin ……………………………………………………………………. ……………………..Image verification OK Booting kernel …… switch(boot)#

switch(boot)# load bootflash:/n6000-uk9.7.3.13.N1.1.bin Tue Mar 18 11:54:19 UTC 2025 BIGSUR SYNC getting started issu = 0 Uncompressing system image: bootflash:/n6000-uk9.7.3.13.N1.1.bin Tue Mar 18 11:54:29 UTC 2025 Load plugins that defined in image conf: /isan/plugin_img/img.conf Loading plugin 0: core_plugin… load_plugin: Can’t get exclude list from /isan/plugin/0/boot/etc/plugin_exclude.conf (rc 0x40ea0017) Loading plugin 1: eth_plugin… ethernet switching mode INIT: Switching to runlevel: 3 INIT: Sending processes the TERM signal INIT: (boot)# touch: cannot touch `/var/lock/s /isan/bin/muxif_config: fex vlan id: -f,4042 Set name-type for VLAN subsystem. Should be visible in /proc/net/vlan/config Added VLAN with VID == 4042 to IF -:muxif:- card index: 0x2b58 2025 Mar 18 11:55:06 %$ VDC-1 %$ %SYSLOG-2-SYSTEM_MSG : Syslogs wont be logged into logflash until logflash is online 2025 Mar 18 11:55:09 %$ VDC-1 %$ %KERN-0-SYSTEM_MSG: [ 13.744985] val:4, count7 . – kernel 2025 Mar 18 11:55:09 %$ VDC-1 %$ %KERN-0-SYSTEM_MSG: [ 13.778213] TCO_TMR val:1023, SMI_EN= 0x42033 NMI_STS_CNT_REG = 0x3d count7 . – kernel 2025 Mar 18 11:55:37 %$ VDC-1 %$ %USER-2-SYSTEM_MSG: CLIS: loading cmd files begin – clis 2025 Mar 18 11:55:49 %$ VDC-1 %$ %USER-2-SYSTEM_MSG: CLIS: loading cmd files end – clis 2025 Mar 18 11:55:49 %$ VDC-1 %$ %USER-2-SYSTEM_MSG: CLIS: init begin – clis 2025 Mar 18 11:55:49 %$ VDC-1 %$ %DAEMON-2-SYSTEM_MSG: <<%XMLMA-2-XMLMACRIT>> XML master agent: Starting sysmgr handshake. – xmlma[4478] 2025 Mar 18 11:55:49 %$ VDC-1 %$ %DAEMON-2-SYSTEM_MSG: <<%XMLMA-2-XMLMACRIT>> XML master agent: Done with sysmgr handshake. – xmlma[4478] 2025 Mar 18 11:56:33 %$ VDC-1 %$ %PFMA-2-PS_FAIL: Power supply 1 failed or shutdown(Serial number POG21488L5V) System is coming up … Please wait … System is coming up … Please wait … System is coming up … Please wait … System is coming up … Please wait … System is coming up … Please wait … System is coming up … Please wait … 2025 Mar 18 12:00:03 %$ VDC-1 %$ %VDC_MGR-2-VDC_ONLINE: vdc 1 has come online System is coming up … Please wait … Abort Power On Auto Provisioning and continue with normal setup ?(yes/no)[n]: ‘System no poap’ config enabled. Skipping POAP.