Wireless

Back to discussions
Expand all | Collapse all

MC4200 Corupt Compact Flash card

  • 1.  MC4200 Corupt Compact Flash card

    This message was posted by a user wishing to remain anonymous
    Posted Jun 16, 2018 06:57 PM

    Hello,

    Does anyone have access to or a copy of the firmware for an MC4200 Controller?   i have one which has corrupted the compact flash and wont boot and it is quite critical to get the system back up and running 

    any help would be greatly appreciated

    Thanks

     

    PEte

     



  • 2.  RE: MC4200 Corupt Compact Flash card

    Posted Jun 16, 2018 11:59 PM

    Hi Pete,

    If the compact flash is corrupt it would need to be re-imaged. The re-image process will factory default the controller settings.

    Can you advise what code version you need and i can share a link to download it.

    Note: This process will void hardware warranty. So if your MC4200 is still under a support contract/warranty please contact customer support for assistance.

    To re-image the flash you need to power off and disconnect the controller from the network. Open the lid on the controller (voids warranty) and remove the 4GB compact flash card.

    Then connect the compact flash card to a compatible reader and load the image file using a program such as WinImage.

    Once the imaging process is complete insert the compact flash card back into the controller. Power it up, before connecting it to the network run the initial setup, then reboot and restore your backup.

    Once the backup is restored connect it to the network and it should be good to go again. If you don't have a backup you can configure it after running setup.

    Kind Regards,

    John Battam



  • 3.  RE: MC4200 Corupt Compact Flash card

    This message was posted by a user wishing to remain anonymous
    Posted Jun 17, 2018 11:55 AM

    Hi John,

     

    Thanks for your quick reply,  the device is out of support contract.

    i am unsure of the current version of the firmware in the unit, can we just reimage with the latest version or will it need to update all the ap's also?

    what will happen to the licenses for the ap's as there doesn't appear to be a config backup

     

    Thanks

     

    Pete



  • 4.  RE: MC4200 Corupt Compact Flash card

    Posted Jun 17, 2018 12:15 PM

    What model AP's do you have?

    The latest versions of code i.e. System Director (SD) 7.0-13 and SD 8.4-1 no longer require AP licenses. This means the controller will natively support the maximum number of APs. i.e. 500 APs are supported on the MC4200.

    If you are using older 802.11n access points (i.e. AP320i) i suggest using SD 7.0-13.

    You can download the image for SD 7.0-13 here;

    meru-7.0-13build-0-MC4200.img.zip
    Password: KvX7UFjf
    https://fortinet.egnyte.com/dl/cwqliJ2QUc

    and SD 8.4-1 here;

    meru-8.4-1build-1-MC4200.img.zip
    Password: 9Qt8e7GJ
    https://fortinet.egnyte.com/dl/4Yvy4BIre6

    Please un-zip the image file before attempting to use it with an image tool. Download links above will expire on 30th June.

     

    Regards,

    JB



  • 5.  RE: MC4200 Corupt Compact Flash card

    Posted Oct 19, 2018 01:13 PM
    Hi John, I have the same issue but I have one for the MC1500. Is it possible to get the link please. I tried to recover the any of the partition in the flash card but came up nothing. Can you help?

    Regards
    Martin

    ------------------------------
    Martin [LastName] [Designation]
    MR
    [CompanyName]
    [City] [State]
    ------------------------------

    Original Message


  • 6.  RE: MC4200 Corupt Compact Flash card

    Posted Oct 19, 2018 02:02 PM
    Hi Martin,

    Just confirming it's an MC1500 you have and not a MC1550. The 1500 was EOL over 5yrs ago.

    I can definitely provide access to MC1550 images. The MC1500 I'll have to do some digging as those files are archived.

    Hopefully you also have a copy of your AP licenses that can be re-installed.

    Regards,
    JB

    ------------------------------
    John Battam
    CSE - Wireless APAC
    Fortinet
    Sydney NSW
    ------------------------------

    Original Message


  • 7.  RE: MC4200 Corupt Compact Flash card

    Posted Oct 19, 2018 03:46 PM
    Sorry. Yes my device is the MC1500. Thank you.

    ------------------------------
    Regards
    Martin
    ------------------------------

    Original Message


  • 8.  RE: MC4200 Corupt Compact Flash card

    Posted Oct 24, 2018 04:12 AM
    Hi John

    Yes, thats correct I have the Meru MC1500.

    ------------------------------
    Regards
    Martin
    ------------------------------

    Original Message


  • 9.  RE: MC4200 Corupt Compact Flash card

    Posted Oct 30, 2018 12:27 AM
    Hi John

    I have another question. Would you know what is the highest firmware for my unit MC1500, i'm running a couple of AP832 and currently from what I can see on the firmware on the AP is 6.1-3 but can it be upgraded to the 7 or 8?

    Thanks John

    ------------------------------
    Regards
    Martin
    ------------------------------

    Original Message


  • 10.  RE: MC4200 Corupt Compact Flash card

    Posted Nov 02, 2018 03:44 AM
    Hi John

    Did you able to find the image/firmware for MC1500 in your archive?

    ------------------------------
    Regards
    Martin
    ------------------------------

    Original Message


  • 11.  RE: MC4200 Corupt Compact Flash card

    Posted Nov 08, 2018 05:27 AM
    Hi John, I am using 2 MC4200 controllers at the Hotel I work at, and 1 seems to have a faulty SD card, as the system cannot find a boot device. The other controller is stuck in a reboot cycle. It shows a Grub screen, but does not load System Director.

    As I don't have a maintenance contract, could you provide links to download the MC4200 image ?


  • 12.  RE: MC4200 Corupt Compact Flash card

    Posted Oct 05, 2019 09:26 PM
    Hi Martin,

    Not sure if you still need this, linked below is the image file for the MC1500, latest code version being 6.1-1-100.
    The MC1500 will not support 6.1-3. The AP832 is supported from SD 5.3 onwards hence should run with this code version.

    meru-6.1-1-100-MC1500.img
    Password: tF93RLzY
    https://fortinet.egnyte.com/dl/vxtPkqLfJY

    You'll need to open up the MC1500, remove the compact flash card, connect it to your PC and use an imaging tool, such as Win-Image to load the image file onto the compact flash card.
    Once complete, you can then put the card back into the MC1500 and it should boot up ok. Then run setup via CLI etc.

    ------------------------------
    John Battam
    CSE - Wireless APAC
    Fortinet
    Sydney | Australia
    CWNE #327
    ------------------------------

    Original Message


  • 13.  RE: MC4200 Corupt Compact Flash card

    Posted Oct 05, 2019 09:27 PM
    Hi Susheel,

    Please see titled 'MC4200 with a Corrupted SD Card. Anyone have a copy of the firmware?'

    Where have shared legacy image files for the MC4200

    Link here; https://fusecommunity.fortinet.com/groups/community-home/digestviewer/viewthread?MessageKey=7741e728-a918-4e25-b8d8-723ded451876'


  • 14.  RE: MC4200 Corupt Compact Flash card

    Posted Nov 04, 2019 04:16 AM
    Hi John

    Thank you for this. I have manage to get a version 6.1.25 after a long time. It seems to work, but haven't really gone through it thoroughly. I just wanted to get the wifi up and running. I will download this as a backup tho, so I can go back to 6.1.1 instead of the v4...


    Regards,

    Martin Medyanto


    Original Message


  • 15.  RE: MC4200 Corupt Compact Flash card

    Posted Jun 09, 2020 09:48 AM
    Hi John,
    Would you be willing to share the later firmware for the MC1550 controller. Sorry to necro this thread.
    Original Message


  • 16.  RE: MC4200 Corupt Compact Flash card

    Posted Sep 23, 2020 10:38 PM
    Dear Sir,

             Can you please re-post the link to download the image for this version, it shows that it is expired. 
    meru-8.4-1build-1-MC4200.img.zip

    Thank You
    Regards,
    CHAMI

    Original Message


  • 17.  RE: MC4200 Corupt Compact Flash card

    Posted Sep 23, 2020 10:50 PM
    Hi Chami, what controller version and flash image are you after? Assuming you have a corrupt flash card? I'd rather provide you a stable release instead.

    ------------------------------
    John Battam
    CSE - Wireless APAC
    Fortinet
    Sydney | Australia
    CWNE #327
    ------------------------------

    Original Message


  • 18.  RE: MC4200 Corupt Compact Flash card

    Posted Sep 23, 2020 11:13 PM
    Dear Sir,

    What I have is corrupted is Meru 4200 Controller compact flash  832i Access points.

    Thank You
    Best Regards,
    CHAMI
    Original Message


  • 19.  RE: MC4200 Corupt Compact Flash card

    Posted Sep 23, 2020 11:39 PM
    Hi Chami,

    Here's a temp link for SD 8.4-7.

    meru-8.4-7build-3-MC4200.img.zip
    Password: vH5ZnMzm
    https://fortinet.egnyte.com/dl/52rb3pRqnP

    If you have a backup you'll need the right version to restore it to. Alternatively, you can just dump in the parts of the config that are relevant via CLI. i.e. security profiles, ESS profiles, etc.





    ------------------------------
    John Battam
    CSE - Wireless APAC
    Fortinet
    Sydney | Australia
    CWNE #327
    ------------------------------

    Original Message


  • 20.  RE: MC4200 Corupt Compact Flash card

    Posted Sep 23, 2020 11:46 PM
    Dear Sir,

    If you do have meru-8.5-0build-6-MC4200 full os image, that is even better. I can upgrade to 8.5 but sometimes it says disk is full and pain to go through it.

    I do have one more type controller with 7.0-8-0  MC3200 with AP320i. That is the most up to date for those.
    If you do have full os image for 7.0-8-0-MC3200, please share.


    When I format compact flash card, is it exFat or Fat32 is used?

    Thank You So Much.
    Regards,
    CHAMI




    Original Message:
    Sent: Sep 23, 2020 11:38 PM
    From: John Battam
    Subject: MC4200 Corupt Compact Flash card

    Hi Chami,

    Here's a temp link for SD 8.4-7.

    meru-8.4-7build-3-MC4200.img.zip
    Password: vH5ZnMzm
    https://fortinet.egnyte.com/dl/52rb3pRqnP

    If you have a backup you'll need the right version to restore it to. Alternatively, you can just dump in the parts of the config that are relevant via CLI. i.e. security profiles, ESS profiles, etc.





    ------------------------------
    John Battam
    CSE - Wireless APAC
    Fortinet
    Sydney | Australia
    CWNE #327

    Original Message


  • 21.  RE: MC4200 Corupt Compact Flash card

    Posted Sep 24, 2020 12:08 AM
    Sure if you are planning to upgrade here's a temp link to the SD 8.5-2GA image.

    meru-8.5-2build-5-MC4200.img.zip
    Password: L5AhKFii
    https://fortinet.egnyte.com/dl/dlziBXDoaA

    You don't need to format the card (you can but there's no point) Just re-image it using this img file (extract from zip). Use an application such as winimage to write the image file to the compact flash disk.

    ------------------------------
    John Battam
    CSE - Wireless APAC
    Fortinet
    Sydney | Australia
    CWNE #327
    ------------------------------

    Original Message


  • 22.  RE: MC4200 Corupt Compact Flash card

    Posted Sep 24, 2020 08:34 AM
    Thanks for all your help


  • 23.  RE: MC4200 Corupt Compact Flash card

    Posted Sep 24, 2020 08:54 AM
    Dear Sir,
     
    meru-8.4-7build-3-MC4200.img.zip  Is this full operating system image I can format the flash and put in and boot up or just an update?

    Thank You
    Regards,
    CHAMI
    Original Message