Symptom

A C8300 will display the incorrect amount of physical memory installed while running ROMMON version 17.6(6.1r): Router#sh ver Cisco IOS XE Software, Version 17.09.04a Cisco IOS Software [Cupertino], c8000be Software (X86_64_LINUX_IOSD-UNIVERSALK9-M), Version X.X.X, RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc3) Technical Support: http://www.cisco.com/techsupport Copyright (c) 1986-2023 by Cisco Systems, Inc. Compiled Fri 20-Oct-23 10:53 by mcpre ROM: 17.6(6.1r) <<<< OCCURS ON ROMMON VERSION 17.6(6.1r) cisco C8300-2N2S-4T2X (2RU) processor with 3701723K/6147K bytes of memory. Processor board ID FLM2728132T Router operating mode: Autonomous 4 Gigabit Ethernet interfaces 2 Ten Gigabit Ethernet interfaces 32768K bytes of non-volatile configuration memory. 7340032K bytes of physical memory. <<<< SHOULD BE 8388608K bytes of physical memory. 7573503K bytes of flash memory at bootflash:. 15253504K bytes of M.2 USB at harddisk:.

Conditions

C8300 2RU platform running Rommon 17.6(6.1r) Note: This does not affect C8300 1RU platforms.

Workaround

This issue is purely cosmetic, and there is no workaround required.

Further Problem Description