Versatile Interface Processor Functions
Follow these steps to download (copy) a microcode version from a TFTP server to Flash memory.
Step 1 To display the total amount of Flash memory present, its location, any files that currently exist in Flash memory and their size, and the amount of Flash memory remaining, use the show flash command. Following is an example of the output that is displayed:
Router# show flash
nlen | name | ||||||||
1 | .. FFFFFFFF B4A18E0B 3F6494 | 30 | 4023316 | Jun | 26 1994 | 19:44:29 | image/file/1 | ||
2 | .. FFFFFFFF 8075AA5D 4118B4 | 23 | 111518 | Jun | 29 1994 | 11:05:57 | image/file/2 |
12044568 bytes available (8533736 bytes used)
Step 2 Compare the amount of available Flash memory (last line in the preceding example) to the size of the new microcode image on the floppy disk. If you attempt to copy in a new image, and the size of the new image exceeds the available space in Flash, only part of the new image will be copied, and the following error message will be displayed:
buffer overflow - xxxx/xxxx
where xxxx/xxxx is the number of bytes read in/number of bytes available.
Step 3 After you verify that there is sufficient space available in Flash memory for the new image, use the command copy tftp:filename [ flash slot0 slot1 ]:filename to copy an image to Flash memory. (tftp:filename is the file’s source, and [ flash slot0 slot1 ]:filename is the destination in onboard Flash memory or on either of the Flash memory cards.)
An example of the copy tftp:filename command follows:
Router# copy tftp:vip11-1 slot0:vip11-1
20575008 bytes available on device slot0, proceed? [confirm] Address or name of remote host [1.1.1.1]?
Loading new.image from 1.1.1.1 (via Ethernet1/0): !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!![OK - 7799951/15599616 bytes]
CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC Router#
Step 4 Use the show flash command to verify that the microcode has been copied to Flash. The output should display the filename of the image you copied to Flash (
Router# show flash
nlen | name | ||||||||
1 | .. FFFFFFFF B4A18E0B 3F6494 | 30 | 4023316 | Jun 26 1994 19:44:29 image/file/1 | |||||
2 | .. FFFFFFFF 8075AA5D 4118B4 | 23 | 111518 | Jun | 29 1994 | 11:05:57 | image/file/2 | ||
3 | .. FFFFFFFF EEA1FEEB 8436E8 | 22 | 4398516 | Oct | 10 1995 | 19:35:25 |
7646052 bytes available (16179788 bytes used)
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