PIX 515e IOS 7.0(5) and when the Power goes out, the PIX reboots toBoot Monitor

I have a PIX 515e IOS 7.0(5) and when the Power goes out, the PIX
repoots to Boot Monitor.. I type Reload and its back up and
Running.

What can I do to make it jsut boot into the IOS and get running?

Thanks,
Scott<-

 

just a hint;

do you have the console port permanantly plugged in the serial port of a PC.

I had a situation where both the PC and the PIX would reboot
simultaneously, and i guess
during the reboot , the PC was sending some kind of garbage on the serial
port , causing the
PIX to boot in Monitor mode.

 

1. Get a UPS.

2. Change the config register.

3. Do you have a Smartnet Contract? May I suggest TAC?

 

I have a PIX 515e IOS 7.0(5) and when the Power goes out, the PIX
Did you ever get resolution to your problem?

David

 

Not exactly Scott.

I have followed the Pix Getting Started Guide which uses the ASDM 5.2(4)
software, and got it to "work". However I didn't understand the use of IP
groups, and thus created a weird configuration that gets me close to what
I wanted, but has some problems. I may be able to fix this by starting
over. I really want to establish the inside address NATed address range
to only appear on the outside (Ethernet0) port address. I also want that
address to be a static assignment. I have tried assigning it, and can not
find any place to put a gateway address so that it works. I have been
able to configure the DNS and of course fail to get outside because of
this.

It is my desire to have the pix in a non-routed mode if at all possible.

I have figured out how to make the DMZ port static NAT so that my DNS
address pool is a one to one relationship with 5 of my outside addresses.
However I haven't been able to ping the outside addresss, only the DMZ.
This may be normal. Although it doesn't seem right.

I also don't understand why my higher security ports can't get out to
lower ports without a rule being set up. It doesn't make sense. I was
under the impression that any higher security level automatically could go
to a lower one.

Any comments would be appreciated.

Gracias

David