Symptom
Customer upgraded Cedge from SDWAN 16.12.4 to c1100-mono-universalk9.17.03.03.SPA.pkg.
After upgrade Cedge boot up in autonomous mode instead of Controller mode.
02/23 10:24:03 device managed mode autonomous
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Device mode is autonomous
02/23 10:24:23
continue in AUTONOMOUS mode
setting device mode to autonomous in rommon
We had to take console of the router and then manually mode to controller mode.
Thu Feb 24 04:11:50 2022
Write to startup-config SUCCESS
Thu Feb 24 04:11:53 2022
Mode change success CLI
Thu Feb 24 04:11:53 2022
Mode changed from Autonomous to Controller by CLI
02/24 04:14:09 device managed mode controller
Conditions
'show romvar' shows below rommon variable
------------------ show romvar ------------------
ROMMON variables:
PS1 = rommon ! >
ETHER_PORT = 0
DEVICE_MANAGED_MODE = autonomous <===
Workaround
From linux shell, execute below sequence
Step1: Get the rommon variable
/usr/binos/bin/flashutil -c getvar -N "DEVICE_MANAGED_MODE"
Step2: Set the rommon variable to controller
/usr/binos/bin/flashutil -c setvar -N "DEVICE_MANAGED_MODE" -V "controller"
Step3: Get again to confirm.
/usr/binos/bin/flashutil -c getvar -N "DEVICE_MANAGED_MODE"
Further Problem Description