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9200L had BL:17.9.1r [FC2], MVP-DEVELOPMENT SOFTWARE Loaded POLARIS_DEV_LATEST_20220602_224053 image on switch , auto BL upgrade triggered and BL upgraded to 17.9.1r [FC4] during the image bootup. once BL upgrade , switch is trying to boot up with BL 17.9.1r [FC4] and IOS POLARIS_DEV_LATEST_20220602_224053 Here Mainboard hardware authentication failed & Abort init issue seen. switch is not coming up. Initializing Hardware... System Bootstrap, Version 17.9.1r [FC2], MVP-DEVELOPMENT SOFTWARE Compiled Mon 03/14/2022 17:51:01 by chinmoha Copyright (c) 2022 by Cisco Systems, Inc. Current ROMMON image : Primary C9200L-24T-4G platform with 2097152 Kbytes of main memory boot: attempting to boot from [flash:packages.conf] boot: reading file packages.conf ############## *Jun 03 20:07:31.794: %IOSXEBOOT-4-BOOTLOADER_UPGRADE: (rp/0): ### Fri Jun 3 20:07:31 Universal 2022 PLEASE DO NOT POWER CYCLE ### BOOT LOADER UPGRADING *Jun 03 20:07:45.617: %IOSXEBOOT-4-BOOTLOADER_UPGRADE: (rp/0): Fri Jun 3 20:07:45 Universal 2022 Bootloader upgrade successful *Jun 03 20:07:45.630: %IOSXEBOOT-4-BOOTLOADER_UPGRADE: (rp/0): Reloading to enable the New BOOTLOADER and MCU Jun 3 20:07:49.279: %PMAN-5-EXITACTION: C0/0: pvp: Process manager is exiting: Jun 3 20:07:49.893: %PMAN-5-EXITACTION: F0/0: pvp: Process manager is exiting: watchdog: watchdog0: watchdog did not stop! watchdog: watchdog0: watchdog did not stop! reboot: Restarting system Initializing Hardware... System Bootstrap, Version 17.9.1r [FC4], RELEASE SOFTWARE (P) Compiled Wed 03/23/2022 08:59:50 by rel Current ROMMON image : Primary C9200L-24T-4G platform with 2097152 Kbytes of main memory boot: attempting to boot from [flash:packages.conf] boot: reading file packages.conf ############## Mainboard hardware authentication failed, Abort init ...

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