Symptom

Silent reload of cat3k with "Power Failure" in "show version": cat3k uptime is 6 hours, 14 minutes Uptime for this control processor is 6 hours, 18 minutes System returned to ROM by Power Failure at 20:49:24 UTC Tue Jul 4 2017 System restarted at 07:23:39 UTC Thu Jul 6 2017 System image file is "flash:cat3k_caa-universalk9.16.03.03.SPA.bin" Last reload reason: Power Failure

Conditions

applicable to Catalyst 3650/3850 only

Workaround

Further Problem Description

This defect does not fix silent reloads, but attempts to improve Last Reload Reason to properly indicate reboot reason. For example, with the fix "Power Failure" will not be reported, when there is no power issue.