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Cisco CSR 1000V Series Cloud Services Router Software Configuration Guide
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Chapter9 Upgrading the Cisco IOS XE Software
Prerequisites for the Software Upgrade Process
The following example shows the startup configuration being copied to a TFTP server:
Router# copy nvram:startup-config tftp:
Remote host[]? 192.0.2.1
Name of configuration file to write [rtr2-confg]? rtr2-config-b4upgrade
Write file rtr2-confg-b4upgrade on host 192.0.0.1?[confirm] <cr>
![OK]
The following example uses the dir bootflash: command in privileged EXEC mode to learn the name
of the system image file and the copy bootflash: tftp: command in privileged EXEC mode to copy the
system image to a TFTP server. The router uses the default username and password.
Router#
Router# dir bootflash:
Directory of bootflash:/
1 -rw- 48311224 Mar 2 1901 11:32:50 +00:00
csr1000v-universalk9-mz.SSA.XFR_20090407
2 -rw- 983 Feb 14 2021 12:41:52 +00:00 running-config
260173824 bytes total (211668992 bytes free)
Router# copy bootflash: tftp:
Source filename [running-config]?
Address or name of remote host []? 192.0.2.1
Destination filename [router-confg]? running-config
983 bytes copied in 0.048 secs (20479 bytes/sec)
Router#
Step3 dir bootflash:
Example:
Router# dir bootflash:
Displays the layout and contents of a bootflash memory file
system. bootflash: is aliased onto flash:.
•Learn the name of the system image file.
Step4 copy bootflash: {ftp: | rcp: | tftp:}
Example:
Router# copy bootflash: ftp:
Copies a file from bootflash memory to a server.
•Copy the system image file to a server. This file can
serve as a backup copy.
•Enter the bootflash memory partition number if
prompted.
•Enter the filename and destination URL when
prompted.
Command or Action Purpose