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Chapter20 Managing Firmware and Configurations
Working with Software Images
Note To avoid an unsuccessful download, use the archive download-sw /safe command, which downloads
the image first and does not delete the current running version until the download succeeds.
Step3 configure terminal Enter global configuration mode.
This step is required only if you override the default remote
username or password (see Steps 4, 5, and 6).
Step4 ip ftp username username (Optional) Change the default remote username.
Step5 ip ftp password password (Optional) Change the default password.
Step6 end Return to privileged EXEC mode.
Step7 archive download-sw /overwrite /reload
ftp:[[//username[:password]@location]/directory]
/image-name.tar
Download the image file from the FTP server to the access
point, and overwrite the current image.
•The /overwrite option overwrites the software image in
Flash with the downloaded image.
•The /reload option reloads the system after downloading
the image unless the configuration has been changed and
not saved.
•For //username[:password], specify the username and
password; these must be associated with an account on the
FTP server. For more information, see the “Preparing to
Download or Upload an Image File by Using FTP” section
on page 20-23.
•For @location, specify the IP address of the FTP server.
•For directory/image-name.tar, specify the directory
(optional) and the image to download. Directory and
image names are case sensitive.
Step8 archive download-sw /leave-old-sw /reload
ftp:[[//username[:password]@location]/directory]
/image-name.tar
Download the image file from the FTP server to the access
point, and keep the current image.
•The /leave-old-sw option keeps the old software version
after a download.
•The /reload option reloads the system after downloading
the image unless the configuration has been changed and
not saved.
•For //username[:password], specify the username and
password. These must be associated with an account on
the FTP server. For more information, see the “Preparing
to Download or Upload an Image File by Using FTP”
section on page 20-23.
•For @location, specify the IP address of the FTP server.
•For directory/image-name.tar, specify the directory
(optional) and the image to download. Directory and
image names are case sensitive.
Command Purpose