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AppendixB Working with the Cisco IOS File System, Configuration Files, and Software Images
Working with Software Images
Copying Image Files By Using FTP, page B-24
Copying Image Files By Using RCP, page B-29
Note For a list of software images and the supported upgrade paths, s ee the release notes.
Image Location on the Switch
The Cisco IOS image is stored as a .bin file in a directory that shows the version number. A subdirectory
contains the files needed for web management. The image is stored on the system board flash memory
(flash:).
You can use the show version privileged EXEC command to see the software version that is currently
running on your switch. In the display, check the line that begins with System image file is... . It
shows the directory name in flash memory where the image is stored.
You can also use the dir filesystem: privileged EXEC command to see the directory names of other
software images that you might have stored in flash memory.
tar File Format of Images on a Server or Cisco.com
Software images located on a server or downloaded from Cisco.com are provided in a tar file format,
which contains these files:
An info file, which serves as a table of contents for the tar file
One or more subdirectories containing other images and files, such as Cisco IOS images and web
management files
This example shows some of the information contained in the info file. Tabl e B-3 provides additional
details about this information:
system_type:0x00000000:c2960-lanbase-mz.122.25-FX
image_family:C2960
stacking_number:1.11
info_end:
version_suffix:lanbase-122-25.FX
version_directory:c2960-lanbase-mz.122.25-FX
image_system_type_id:0x00000000
image_name:c2960-lanbase-mz.122.25-FX.bin
ios_image_file_size:4413952
total_image_file_size:4424192
image_feature: LAYER_2|MIN_DRAM_MEG=64
image_family:C2960
stacking_number:1.11
board_ids:0x00000034 0x00000042 0x00000037 0x00000041 0x0000003c
info_end:
Note Disregard the stacking_number field. It does not apply to the switch.