Hi,
I just unboxed my new Dell X1052P switch. I got into the GUI and first updated the boot code to 1.00.17 rebooted the switch and it was happy. It came right up. Then I loaded firmware 3.00.70 and then selected and rebooted the switch with that firmware. I left it alone for about 20-30 minutes and came back to the activity light flashing green rapidly. Looked it up in the manual and it says that it's booting. So I gave it another 10 minutes and nothing happened. I had no network port lights. So I power cycled it (rookie move maybe..but I needed to keep moving). Now it powers on the fans spin up completely and the System Locator light is solid blue. I tried plugging in the USB console before I power cycled it and couldn't get anything to come up.
Is there a way to get into the boot loader on this to try to reload the firmware? I can't seem to get the USB interface to work in putty. I installed the USB COM driver and I have an active COM port (COM3) but nothing comes up.
I was hoping to get this switch configured this weekend and for some dumb reason this guy wasn't ordered with ProSupport so I'm waiting until Monday to talk to Basic Support. Does anyone have any ideas. I can't find the service manual or troubleshooting manual for this guy.
Thanks!