This article summarizes an APM-9600 boot failure scenario on XOS 10.0 with a VAP type xslinux_v6_64 VAP
Symptoms:
1. The APM fails to boot permanently with the following output on the console port:
DEBUG - LINK [1] - Link Up.
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DEBUG - HELLO [1] - Received.
DEBUG - Backplane MAC Address : 0003d2000204.
DEBUG - LINK [1] - Link Up.
DEBUG - BOOTP [1] - Sending Request.
DEBUG - BOOTP [2] - Sending Request.
DEBUG - BOOTP [1] - Reply C 00000000, Y 01010266 S 01010214 G 00000000
DEBUG - TFTP [1] - Sending RRQ [01010214][/fw_1/boot/bzImage.nb2smp].
DEBUG - TFTP [1] - First block received.
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DEBUG - TFTP [1] - Last block received, transfer size 3490576 bytes.
DEBUG - STATS [1] - Receive.
Frames 6853 Errors 0 Fragments 0 ICMP 0
Bcast 1 Mcast 33 ARP 1 UDP 6819
DEBUG - LINK [1] - Link Up.
...............
DEBUG - HELLO [1] - Received.
DEBUG - Backplane MAC Address : 0003d2000204.
INFO - Loading network image.
WARNING - Unable to boot from network.
2. The APM is part of a VAP group configured with the operating system type
xslinux_v6_64
3. The APM boots normally as a Standby VAP (not part of a VAP group)