Re: 2900xl/3500xl reboot when access via console port

From: Chuck Church (ccie8776@rochester.rr.com)
Date: Wed Feb 12 2003 - 11:31:43 GMT-3


This is a known bug. Bug navigator doesn't seem to be working for me right
now, but I think an upgraded IOS on the switch was the fix.

Chuck Church
CCIE #8776, MCNE, MCSE

----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Williams" <ccie2be@swbell.net>
To: "'Zubin Chagpar'" <zchagpar@hotmail.com>; <ccielab@groupstudy.com>
Sent: Wednesday, February 12, 2003 8:15 AM
Subject: RE: 2900xl/3500xl reboot when access via console port

> Yes. I can't say 100% what causes it though. We use Dell laptops
> running Win2K, and it seems that if you connect to the console port
> before/while Win2K is booting it causes the 2900XL to reboot. My group
> of co-workers seems to think it something in how Win2K is initializing
> the serial port. Which OS are you using on the PC to console into your
> 2900s? The only solution I have found to avoid this, is to boot the
> laptop, login, run our terminal application (SecureCRT), then and only
> then connect the console cable. By doing things in that order, it
> avoids rebooting the switch.
>
> Mike W.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of
> Zubin Chagpar
> Sent: Wednesday, February 12, 2003 4:08 AM
> To: ccielab@groupstudy.com
> Subject: 2900xl/3500xl reboot when access via console port
>
>
> Anyone have an issue with a 2900xl or 3500xl switch rebooting on them
> when
> accessing it via the console port. Any solutions?
>
> Thank you.
>
>
>
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