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Reset HP A5800 Switch to Factory Default Configuration

On the test, I reset the configuration on the HP A5800 Series Switch JC103A.

And so, connect to the device and see what files are in the device’s memory:

dir

By default, the configuration is saved in the file config.cfg, let’s say that it is, so we’ll delete it:

delete config.cfg

We removed the configuration file, now we will reboot the device:

reboot

On the offer to keep the configuration we will refuse and on the next issue agree to the reboot:

This command will reboot the device. Current configuration will be lost, save current configuration? [Y/N]:n
This command will reboot the device. Continue? [Y/N]:y

Done, the switch will start with the default configuration, after which you can begin to configure, for example, as I described in the article – Настройка HP 5800

You can also try to reset the configuration as follows:

reset saved-configuration
reboot

Either through the Boot menu, to open it, when you turn on the device, press Ctrl+D and pressing the number 5, we select in the menu the reset of the configuration:

5. Restore to factory default configuration

Then, press 0 to select the reboot:

0. Reboot

When starting the switch, make sure that the configuration is reset:

display current-configuration
display saved-configuration

Solution of error “The transceiver type is not supported by port hardware” on HP A5800

I noticed once on the switch HP A5800 Series Switch JC103A, when inserting the module Foxgate SFP-1SM-1550nm-10SC (10km), the following error:

%Apr 26 12:18:56:384 2000 HP OPTMOD/4/MODULE_IN:
 GigabitEthernet1/0/24: The transceiver is UNKNOWN_SFP_PLUS.
%Apr 26 12:18:56:524 2000 HP OPTMOD/5/CHKSUM_ERR:
 GigabitEthernet1/0/24: The checksum of transceiver information is bad!
%Apr 26 12:18:56:674 2000 HP OPTMOD/3/TYPE_ERR:
 GigabitEthernet1/0/24: The transceiver type is not supported by port hardware!

Alternatively, you can try running the command:

transceiver phony-alarm-disable

But in my case this command did not help.
Also noticed that the error did not occur when inserting a similar module is not at 10km, but at 3km – Foxgate SFP-1SM-1550nm-3SC 3km.

The problem was solved by updating the firmware of the switch, as I did in the article – HP A5800 Firmware Upgrade
I updated the firmware from “A5800_5820X-CMW520-R1809P11” to “A5800_5820X-CMW520-R1810P13”.
After the upgrade, both modules were working and there were no errors in the console.

See also:
Using third-party SFP modules in Cisco switches

Updating the GI Matrix Lite’s firmware

There are several options for updating the GI Matrix Lite firmware:
1) Using USB flash drive
2) From the computer through the RS-232 port
3) From the Master receiver to the Slave receiver through the RS-232 ports
4) Through the Internet
5) From the satellite

On the test I will give an example of updating the firmware using a USB stick.

First of all we make a backup copy of the firmware by connecting the USB flash drive to the receiver and selecting MENU – System – Save to USB – OK
And also save the keys MENU – Conditional access – CA setting – Edit keys – press the green button, after that the file mcaskey.bin appears on the flash drive.

So:

1) Download the latest firmware from the Internet or for example from here
https://files.ixnfo.com/Firmware/GI_Matrix_lite/ALI3612_0E060B00_galaxy_140_combo_official_synaps_1CA_0CI_1.5.69.rar

2) Unpack the firmware file from the archive if it is in it and copy it to a USB flash drive, then connect the USB flash drive to the receiver.

3) Open MENU – System – Update via USB, select the firmware file, select the update type, then Start and OK.

At the end, the receiver will reboot itself.
At the time of updating, you can not turn off the power of the receiver or turn off the USB flash drive.

How to upgrade the firmware on D-Link DI-804HV

To update the firmware of the router D-Link DI-804HV, perform the following necessary steps:

1) Let’s see the revision on the label under the router and download the new firmware from the official site for it http://ftp.dlink.ru/pub/Router/DI-804HV/Firmware/
Updating the firmware of the router for the wrong revision can lead to its failure.

2) Open the settings of the router by typing in the browser its address, for example http://192.168.1.1 or 192.168.0.1 and enter login/password (can be “user” without password).

3) In the opened interface at the top, open the “Tools” tab, on the left of the menu, select “Firmware“. The current page will show the current version of the firmware, if it is older, then click “Browse” and select the previously downloaded new firmware file, then click “Apply” to start the process updates.

We will wait for the update to complete, usually 2-5 minutes. When finished, the router will reboot.

Done.

Solving the problem when upgrading iLO 3 “98% Receiving Image…”

Updated somehow iLO 3 from version 1.10 to 1.88, on the HP ProLiant DL380 G7 server and the process stopped at “98% Receiving Image…”

So, if the firmware version of iLO 3 is lower than 1.28, then you must first upgrade to version 1.28, and then higher.

That’s the whole solution to the problem.

The Asus router reboot script

On old router firmware Asus often noticed that the web interface is not fully open, not all the menus are displayed, so it can not be configured accordingly and can not be restarted if remote access is also available, since the reset button is not displayed.
So he took the Asus RT-N12E router, ran the Wireshark sniffer, opened the web interface of the router and pressed the reboot button.
In the intercepted packets, you could see that the Reboot.asp file is being rebooted in the root directory.

This resulted in a script for rebooting Asus routers:

#!/bin/sh
ROUTER_IP="192.168.1.1"
USERNAME="admin"
PASSWORD="admin"

# exit if router is down
ping -q -c 1 "$ROUTER_IP" > /dev/null || exit

curl --basic --user "$USERNAME:$PASSWORD" -A "Mozilla/4.73 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.2.15 i686)" --refer "http://$ROUTER_IP" "$ROUTER_IP/Reboot.asp"

The contents of the script will be placed in a new file, for example, using the nano editor (“CTRL+X” to exit and “y” to save the changes):

nano file.sh

Let’s make it executable:

chmod 777 file.sh

After this, we execute:

./file.sh

You can also manually open the link http://192.168.1.1/Reboot.asp in the browser if you need to reboot the router once.