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Catalyst 6500 Series Switch Command Reference—Release8.1

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Chapter2 Catalyst 6500 Series Switch and ROM Monitor Commands

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The download serial command uses Kermit through the serial EIA/TIA-232 console port. The

download serial command is not allowed from a Telnet session.

Before you can execute the download vmps command successfully, you must use the set vmps

downloadserver command to configure the IP address of the TFTP server and the name of the VMPS

configuration file on that server. If the IP address of the TFTP server is not configured, the

download vmps command reports an error. If the configuration filename is not configured, the

download vmps command uses the default filename vmps-config-database.1.

After a successful download, the new VMPS information replaces a ny existing information. If there are

not enough resources to build the new configuration database, the VMPS is ma de i nac tive.

If you specify the module number, the download goes to the specified module, but the download will

fail if the module is of a different type than is indicated by the download header. If you do not specify

the module number, the download goes to all modules of that type.

Caution After starting the serial download using Kermit, do not attempt to abort the serial download by pressing

Ctrl-C. Pressing Ctrl-C interrupts the download process and could leave the switch in a problematic

state. If the switch is in a problematic state as a result of pressing Ctrl-C, reboot the switch.

If you enter the download epld file command without specifying a module, the new EPLD image is

downloaded to all compatible modules where the new EPLD image version is greater than the existing

version on the module. If the download epld file mod command is used with the force keyword, the

existing EPLD image on a module is upgraded with the new EPLD image regardless of the version le v el

of the existing image.

Caution If you remove the module while the EPLD image is updating, the module might not come back online.

Examples This example shows how to download the c6000_spv11.bin file from the mercury host to the supervisor

engine (by default):

Console> (enable) download mercury c6000_spv11.bin

Download image c6000_spv11.bin from mercury to module 1FLASH (y/n) [n]? y

Finished network single module download. (2418396 bytes)

FLASH on Catalyst:

Type Address Location

Intel 28F008 20000000 NMP (P3) 4MB SIM

Erasing flash sector...done.

Programming flash sector...done.

Erasing flash sector...done.

Programming flash sector...done.

The system needs to be reset to run the new image.

Console> (enable)

This example shows how to download the acpflash_1111.bbi file from the mercury host t o mo dul e 3 :