Cisco Systems VG224 manual Using the tftpdnld Command

Appendix C Using the ROM Monitor

Entering the ROM Monitor Mode

•-r—Copies the image to DRAM for launch

•-x—Does not launch image on completion of download

Using the tftpdnld Command

The tftpdnld command downloads a Cisco IOS software image from a remote server into flash memory using TFTP.

tftpdnld—Begins the TFTP copy command. The following variables are required:

–IP_ADDRESS—IP address for the router you are using.

–IP_SUBNET_MASK—Subnet mask for the router you are using.

–DEFAULT_GATEWAY—Default gateway for the router you are using.

–TFTP_SERVER—IP address of the server from which you want to download the image file.

–TFTP_FILE—Name of the file that you want to download.

The following variables are optional:

–TFTP_VERBOSE—Print setting. 0=quiet, 1=progress, 2=verbose. The default is 1.

–TFTP_RETRY_COUNT—Retry count for ARP and TFTP. The default is 7.

–TFTP_TIMEOUT—Overall timeout of the download operation in seconds. The default is 2400 seconds.

–TFTP_CHECKSUM—Performs a checksum test on the image. 0=no, 1=yes. The default is 1. The syntax for specifying the variables is:

VARIABLE_NAME=value

After you specify the variables, you must reenter the tftpdnld command. For example:

rommon 1 > tftpdnld

rommon 2 > IP_ADDRESS=172.15.19.11 rommon 3 > IP_SUBNET_MASK=255.255.255.0 rommon 4 > DEFAULT_GATEWAY=172.15.19.1 rommon 5 > TFTP_SERVER=172.15.20.10 rommon 6 > TFTP_FILE=/tftpboot/cVG224-i-mzrommon 7 > TFTP_VERBOSE=1

rommon 8 > tftpdnld

IP_ADDRESS=172.15.19.11

IP_SUBNET_MASK=255.255.255.0

DEFAULT_GATEWAY=172.15.19.1

TFTP_SERVER=172.15.20.10

TFTP_FILE=/tftpboot/VG224-i-mz

TFTP_VERBOSE=1

Invoke this command for disaster recovery only.

WARNING: all existing data in flash will be lost!

Do you wish to continue? y/n: [n]:

Enter y to begin downloading the Cisco IOS software image. When the process is complete, the ROM monitor mode prompt appears on your screen.

Cisco VG224 Voice Gateway Software Configuration Guide

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