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AppendixB Working with the Cisco IOS File System, Configuration Files, and Software Images
Working with Software Images
The download algorithm verifies that the image is appropriate for the switch model and that enough
DRAM is present, or it aborts the process and reports an error. If you spec ify the /overwrite option, the
download algorithm removes the existing image on the flash device whether or not it is the same as the
new one, downloads the new image, and then reloads the software.
Note If the flash device has sufficient space to hold two images and you want to overwrite one of thes e images
with the same version, you must specify the /overwrite option.
If you specify the /leave-old-sw, the e xisting f iles are n ot rem ov ed . If ther e is n ot enough room to instal l
the new image an keep the running image, the download process stops, and an error message is
displayed.
The algorithm installs the downloaded image onto the system board flash device (flash:). The imag e is
placed into a new directory named with the software versio n strin g, and the B OO T en vi ronmen t v ariable
is updated to point to the newly installed image.
If you kept the old software during the download process (you specified the /leave-old-sw keyword), you
can remove it by entering the delete /force /recursive filesystem:/file-url privileged EXEC command.
For filesystem, use flash: for the system board flash device. For file-url, enter the directory name of the
old software image. All the files in the directory and the direc tor y are removed.
Caution For the download and upload algorithms to operate properly, do not rename image names.
Uploading an Image File By Using RCP
You can upload an image from the switch to an RCP server. You can later download this image to the
same switch or to another switch of the same type.
The upload feature should be used only if the web mana ge ment pag es assoc iat ed w it h the embe dd ed
device manager have been installed with the existing image.
Beginning in privileged EXEC mode, follow these steps to upload an image to an RCP server:
Command Purpose
Step1 Verify that the RCP server is properly configured by
referring to the “Preparing to Download or Upload an Image
File By Using RCP” section on page B-35.
Step2 Log into the switch through the console port, the Ethernet
management port, or a Telnet session.
Step3 configure terminal Enter global configuration mode.
This step is required only if you override the default remote
username (see Steps 4 and 5).
Step4 ip rcmd remote-us er na m e username (Optional) Specify the remote username.