Chapter 7 Managing Firmware and Configurations

Working with Software Images

 

Command

Purpose

 

 

 

Step 7 archive download-sw /leave-old-sw /reload

Downloads the image file from the RCP server to the

 

rcp:[[[//[username@]location]/directory]/image-na

WMIC, and keep the current image.

 

me.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, specify the username. For the RCP copy

 

 

request to execute, an account must be defined on the

 

 

network server for the remote username. For more

 

 

information, see the “Preparing to Download or Upload

 

 

an Image File by Using RCP” section on page 7-27.

 

 

For @location, specify the IP address of the RCP 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.

If you specify the /leave-old-sw, the existing files are not removed. If there is not enough room to install 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 image is placed into a new directory named with the software version string, and the BOOT environment variable is updated to point to the newly installed image.

If you kept the old software during the download process (you specified the /leave-old-swkeyword), you can remove it by entering the delete /force /recursive filesystem:/file-urlprivileged 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 directory are removed.

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Cisco Systems 3200 manual Information, see the Preparing to Download or Upload

3200 specifications

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