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Loading Software
March 2005
5
Use the
install
command after the software files have
been transferred to the switch via FTP. For example:
-> install /flash/working/*.img
Note.
For more information on the
install
command, refer
to the
Switch Management Guide
or the
CLI Reference
Guide
.
6
Reload the switch from the
/flash/working
directory.
To do this, enter
-> reload working no rollback-timeout
at the CLI prompt.
Note.
This reload process will take a few moments to
complete.
Following the reload, the switch will come up running
from the
/flash/working
directory (i.e., the new release
software) until the next system reboot. Meanwhile, the
software in the
/flash/certified
directory remains
unchanged and available as a last known good version if
an error should occur with the new software.
Once the release software is considered valid and reliable
with your network configuration, the contents of the
/flash/working
directory can be copied to the
/flash/certified
directory via the
copy working certified
command.
Redundant Configurations
1
Verify that the OK1 LED is solid green and the OK2
LED is flashing green on both the primary and secondary
CMM modules.
2
Next, verify that all required image files from the new
software release are located on your computer’s hard drive
or a
locally-accessible
server.
3
Establish an FTP session to the switch, then access the
/flash/working
directory.
Note.
Before attempting to establish an FTP session, be
sure that you have first unlocked the FTP session type via
the
aaa authentication
command. Otherwise, an FTP
login error will occur. See
“Unlocking Session Types” on
page 22
for more information.
4
Using your FTP client or the CLI’s
rm
command,
delete all
.img
files from the
/flash/working
directory on
the
primary
CMM. (To determine whether you are logged
into the primary CMM, use the
show running-directory
command.) You can use the asterisk (
*
) wildcard to delete
all
.img
files at once. For example:
-> rm working/*.img
Important.
Do not delete the
boot.cfg
file. Otherwise,
any configuration changes you have saved will be lost.
Also, do not delete files from the
/flash/certified
direc-
tory.
