Newbie here trying to set up a CCNA lab. A friend gave me a Catalyst 3550 but it's not fully working. I'd like to use to become familiar with switches first before going to routers (I have two routers but can't get the DCE cable to hook them back-to-back Anybody know how to make a male DTE cable into a DTE cable? I have a soldering iron:)
When I power up this switch the Systen light stays amber - which I hope I know means that the post test did not pass.
I also know from the outpt listed here below that Ethernet Controller (2) is bad.
Any help in identifying and trouble shooting the problem would be welcome.
Thanks.
output of switch follows...
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File "flash:c3550-i5q3l2-mz.121-12c.EA1/c3550-i5q3l2-mz.121-12c.EA1.bin" uncompr essed and installed, entry point: 0x3000 executing...
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cisco Systems, Inc. 170 West Tasman Drive San Jose, California 95134-1706
Cisco Internetwork Operating System Software IOS (tm) C3550 Software (C3550-I5Q3L2-M), Version 12.1(12c)EA1, RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc1) Copyright (c) 1986-2002 by cisco Systems, Inc. Compiled Mon 25-Nov-02 00:07 by antonino Image text-base: 0x00003000, data-base: 0x0075FE48
Initializing flashfs... flashfs[1]: 20 files, 3 directories flashfs[1]: 0 orphaned files, 0 orphaned directories flashfs[1]: Total bytes: 15998976 flashfs[1]: Bytes used: 5582848 flashfs[1]: Bytes available: 10416128 flashfs[1]: flashfs fsck took 8 seconds. flashfs[1]: Initialization complete. ...done Initializing flashfs. POST: CPU Buffer Tests : Begin POST: CPU Buffer Tests : End, Status Passed POST: CPU Interface Tests : Begin POST: CPU Interface Tests : End, Status Passed POST: Switch Core Tests : Begin POST: Switch Core Tests : End, Status Passed POST: CPU Interface 2nd Stage Tests : Begin POST: CPU Interface 2nd Stage Tests : End, Status Passed POST: CAM Subsystem Tests : Begin POST: CAM Subsystem Tests : End, Status Passed POST: Ethernet Controller Tests : Begin Ethernet Controller (2) RAM POST: RAM Failed to send write command (data lines) POST: Ethernet Controller Tests : End, Status Passed INIT: failed satellites initializationcisco WS-C3550-24 (PowerPC) processor (rev ision H0) with 65526K/8192K bytes of memory. Processor board ID CHK0704W0F1 Last reset from warm-reset Bridging software. Running Layer2/3 Switching Image
Ethernet-controller 1 has 12 Fast Ethernet/IEEE 802.3 interfaces
Ethernet-controller 2 has 12 Fast Ethernet/IEEE 802.3 interfaces Ethernet-controller 2 failed POST POST error status : external RAM test failed
Ethernet-controller 3 has 1 Gigabit Ethernet/IEEE 802.3 interface
Ethernet-controller 4 has 1 Gigabit Ethernet/IEEE 802.3 interface
The password-recovery mechanism is enabled.
384K bytes of flash-simulated non-volatile configuration memory. Base ethernet MAC Address: 00:0B:FD:99:D9:00 Motherboard assembly number: 73-5700-09 Power supply part number: 34-0966-02 Motherboard serial number: CAT070307NY Power supply serial number: DCA065221FS Model revision number: H0 Motherboard revision number: A0 Model number: WS-C3550-24-EMI System serial number: CHK08040F11
!!! WARNING: The switch is not usable !!!
Press RETURN to get started!
00:00:32: %SPANTREE-5-EXTENDED_SYSID: Extended SysId enabled for type vlan
00:00:34: %SYS-5-CONFIG_I: Configured from memory by console
00:00:35: %SYS-5-RESTART: System restarted -- Cisco Internetwork Operating System Software IOS (tm) C3550 Software (C3550-I5Q3L2-M), Version 12.1(12c)EA1, RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc1) Copyright (c) 1986-2002 by cisco Systems, Inc. Compiled Mon 25-Nov-02 00:07 by stephan