Chapter 7 Managing Firmware and Configurations

Working with Software Images

 

Command

Purpose

Step 7

 

 

archive download-sw /overwrite /reload

Downloads the image file from the FTP server to the WMIC,

 

ftp:[[//username[:password]@location]/directory]

and overwrite the current image.

 

/image-name.tar

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 7-22.

 

 

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.

Step 8

 

 

archive download-sw /leave-old-sw /reload

Downloads the image file from the FTP server to the WMIC,

 

ftp:[[//username[:password]@location]/directory]

and keep the current image.

 

/image-name.tar

The /leave-old-swoption 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 7-22.

 

 

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.

 

 

 

Note To avoid an unsuccessful download, use the archive download-sw /safecommand, which downloads the image first and does not delete the current running version until the download succeeds.

The download algorithm verifies that the image is appropriate for the WMIC model and that enough DRAM is present, or it aborts the process and reports an error. If you specify 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 these images with the same version, you must specify the /overwrite option.

Cisco 3200 Series Router Hardware Reference

 

OL-5816-10

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3200 specifications

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