I've recently acquired a 515E with PIX software version 7.0(1). I've noticed after an indeterminate amount of time (5 minutes to hours), the PIX will reboot itself. When this happens, it usually takes a few tries for it to successfully reboot, but it does eventually. I've tried going back to the factory-default configuration (config factory-default) but it still exhibits the same behavior. Any ideas? Or is this just a defective unit that I need to get replaced?
Thanks.
Have you tried to turn it on with nothing connected to see if it still reboots? I had some PIX 520s that rebooted do to virus activity before from the internal network. A software upgrade resolved that issue.
Regards, Steve
It does this without anything connected to any of the interfaces.
One other thing I've noticed is that sometimes it waits at:
CISCO SYSTEMS PIX FIREWALL Embedded BIOS Version 4.3.207 01/02/02 16:12:22.73 Compiled by morlee
for a long time (~1 minute), displays the message again, waits a bit, and then manages to boot.
Could this be flakey RAM possibly?
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