c9300 command state

Question

I have a C9300-24P switch removed from stack which was configured as slave, after restarting it stops after checking hardware and indicating the switch number as one. The switch ends with

Switch:

Enable command and other commands to perform configuration is not being accepted as the status doesn't change to Switch# or Switch(Config)# mode.

Can someone help me in getting into exec mode and perform configuration on the switch.

Thank you,

the switch dir Bootflash details are as below:

switch: dir bootflash:

Size       Attributes Name
 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
2097152      -rw-     nvram_config
2097152      -rw-     nvram_config_bkup
25711560     -rw-     cat9k-cc_srdriver.16.08.01a.SPA.pkg
78484420     -rw-     cat9k-espbase.16.08.01a.SPA.pkg
1598408      -rw-     cat9k-guestshell.16.08.01a.SPA.pkg
404104132    -rw-     cat9k-rpbase.16.08.01a.SPA.pkg
27681732     -rw-     cat9k-sipbase.16.08.01a.SPA.pkg
52220868     -rw-     cat9k-sipspa.16.08.01a.SPA.pkg
31130564     -rw-     cat9k-srdriver.16.08.01a.SPA.pkg
14783424     -rw-     cat9k-webui.16.08.01a.SPA.pkg
9152         -rw-     cat9k-wlc.16.08.01a.SPA.pkg
6701         -rw-     packages.conf
31663077     -rw-     cat9k-rpboot.16.08.01a.SPA.pkg
4096         drw-     .installer
1110         -rw-     bootloader_evt_handle.log
4096         drw-     core
4096         drw-     .prst_sync
4096         drw-     .rollback_timer
4096         drw-     gs_script
4096         drw-     tech_support
4096         drw-     dc_profile_dir
252          -rw-     boothelper.log
118711       -rw-     memleak.tcl
2340         -rw-     tam_client_app.log
4096         drw-     .dbpersist
0            -rw-     NVRAM
4096         drw-     onep
34           -rw-     pnp-tech-time
55441        -rw-     pnp-tech-discovery-summary
736          -rw-     vlan.dat
556          -rw-     stby-vlan.dat

switch: set
ABNORMAL_RESET_COUNT=0
AUTOREBOOT_RESTORE=1
BAUD=9600
BOARDID=24663
BOOT=flash:packages.conf
BSI=0
LICENSE_BOOT_LEVEL=network-essentials+dna-essentials,all:C9300_24P;
MAC_ADDR=00:D6:FE:1F:85:80
MANUAL_BOOT=yes
MODEL_NUM=C9300-24P
MODEL_REVISION_NUM=A0
MOTHERBOARD_ASSEMBLY_NUM=73-18271-03
MOTHERBOARD_REVISION_NUM=A0
MOTHERBOARD_SERIAL_NUM=FOC22304VDS
RANDOM_NUM=1949930521
RET_2_RCALTS=1535122348
RET_2_RTS=
ROMMON_AUTOBOOT_ATTEMPT=3
STACK_1_1=2_0
SWITCH_NUMBER=1
SWITCH_PRIORITY=3
SYSTEM_SERIAL_NUM=FCW2231E0GY
TEMPLATE=access
VERSION_ID=V02
ip=146.26.72.250
switch_ignore_startup_cfg=1

Tried with suggested commands and switch status is still the same.

Answer 1

It looks like you have the required packages in place (assuming the contents of your packages.conf file reflect these packages).

The settings that look problematic to me after a quick look are the below:

MANUAL_BOOT=yes
switch_ignore_startup_cfg=1

I don't think I will have time to test these on a 9300 before my holiday break, but try entering the following commands:

set MANUAL_BOOT no
set switch_ignore_startup_cfg

Then power cycle the switch.