Ruckus - Power Failure Switch/ Router Issue
If your networking equipment experiences a power loss (GFI outlet is triggered or other power loss) the Ruckus Switch/ Router may boot up in Router mode and it needs to be in Switch mode. Below are ways to address - one is using Command Line Interface (CLI) if the GUI is unreachable and the other is making the change in the web UI screen.
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Power Failure Causes Switch to reboot into Router Mode
Ruckus ICX7150-C12 Switch is frequently dropping internet connection
Important IP Addresses of the Devices
Typical IP addresses to access the CLI or Web UI are:
192.168.0.5 - web UI primary
192.168.0.4 - web UI
192.168.0.6 - router IP address
The Internet provider’s router is typically:
Making the Change through the Web UI
Designating a Preferred Master AP
Ultimately, to avoid the issue in the future, make the Primary, ending in 90, to be both the Primary AND the Secondary.
Making the Change through CLI
RUCKUS FastIron Command Reference Guide, 08.0.90
Accessing the CLI
Sample instructions
ssh root@192.168.0.5
enable
show flash
show config
show sysinfo
show static-route all
ip address 192.168.0.5 255.255.255.0
Now to fix it... Write down the IP address that the device was assigned. In my case it was 192.168.1.89.
Open a telnet session to the switch. Using bash on Windows worked, or perhaps putty bu the gist is 'telnet 192.168.1.89', I wasn't able to get the web GUI to work
NOTE: you need to be connected to your ISP gateway or something that's not the ruckus AP because for some reason this doesn't work
'show flash'
Validate that you see an image with SPS in the primary, in my case it was SPS in the pri (primary) and SPR (router) in tehe sec (secondary)
'enable'
Enter EXEC mode
'boot system flash primary'
Tell it to boot to the primary image
'y'
Agree to boot to the primary
At this point you should get kicked off the telnet session and you should see it change to 'ICX7150-C12 Switch' in the DHCP list and everything should work as normal. I hope this helps other people who encountered this during WFH and banged their heads.
In addition I used these commands to backup the current images in flash, then copy my switch image:
enable
show flash
write down the names of the images in parens
copy flash flash secondary
You can use the show boot-preference command to view the boot sequence preference.
The no form of the command resets the boot preference to the default.
The following example shows how to set the system to boot the image from the secondary flash.
device(config)# boot system flash secondary
The following example shows how to set the system to boot the image from the primary flash and save the preference to the startup configuration.
device# boot system flash primary yes
device> enable
device#
device# configure terminal
device(config)#
device(config)# interface ethernet 1/1/1
device(config-if-e1000-1/1/1)#
CLI - Putty
Direct connect to the Ruckus using USB-C to USB-C cable
Open up Putty
Select the Serial option - and - use COM3
Type 'help'
Type 'boot primary'
If that doesn't work - try typing, 'boot secondary'