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Brocade FC Switch in boot loop

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Applies to

  • Brocade FC switch G620
  • Brocade 300 switch
  • Brocade 6505 switch

Issue

Switch continuously reboots even after cold boot (system power was turned off / PSU was unplugged).

Boot sequence:

end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 3177
end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 3217
end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 3241
end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 31705
end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 289593
end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 1194521
EXT4-fs (sda1): error loading journal

Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(8,1)

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