These steps will help with the recovery of a device that is caught up in an endless boot due to a crash on the unit firmware/image, our Trinity devices have dual image capabilities which can help with the recovering unit without console ports.
Follow these instructions to switch the bootloader from one image to another one.
- HOLD the reset button during boot
- The power LED flashes quickly for 5 seconds, during which time the reset button must remain pressed
- The power LED will begin a blink pattern (described below)
- Pressing the reset button will change the blink pattern
- 10 seconds after the last reset button press, an action will be performed based on the selected pattern
Pattern
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Action
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1-blink, pause
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Boot normally
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2-blink, pause
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Switch active image, then boot (boot normal on a single image device)
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3-blink, pause
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Erase the config partition, then boot from the active image.
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4-blink, pause
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Get an image from the configured TFTP server, replace the active image, and then boot (blink LED during download/upgrade)
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