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Appendix B Working with the IOS File S ys tem, Configurat ion Files, and Soft w are Images Working with Software Images
The archive upload-sw privileged EXEC command builds an image file on the server by uploading
these files in order: info, the IOS image, the HTML files, and info.ver. After these files are uploaded,
the upload algorithm creates the tar file format.
Caution For the download and uplo ad algor ithms to operate pro perly, do not rena me imag e name s.
Step 5 end Return to privileged EXEC mode.
Step 6 archive upload-sw
rcp:[[[//[username@]location]/directory]/image-na
me.tar]
Upload the currently running switch image to the RCP
server.
For //username, specify the username; for the RCP copy
request to execute, an acc ount must be de fined on t he
network server for the remote userna me. For more
info rmation , see th e Prepa ring to Download or Upload
an Imag e Fil e By Usin g RCP section on page B-29.
For @location, specify th e IP addr ess of the RCP serv er .
For /directory]/image-name.tar, specify the directory
(optional) and the name of the software image to be
uploaded. Direct ory an d image na mes are ca se
sensitive.
The image-name.tar is the name of software image to
be stor ed on the ser ver.
Command Purpose