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Appendix B Working with the Cisco IOS File System, Configuration Files, and Software Images
Working with Software Images
Step 2
Log into the switch through the console port or a Telnet
session.
Step 3
configure terminal
Enter global configuration mode.
This step is required only if you override the default remote
username (see Steps 4 and 5).
Step 4
ip rcmd remote-username username
(Optional) Specify the remote username.
Step 5
end
Return to privileged EXEC mode.
Step 6
archive download-sw /overwrite /reload
rcp:[[[//[username@]location]/directory]/image-na
me.tar]
Download the image file from the RCP server to the switch,
and overwrite the current image.
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The /overwrite option overwrites the software image in
flash memory with the downloaded image.
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The /reload option reloads the system after downloading
the image unless the configuration has been changed and
not been saved.
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For //username, specify the username. For the RCP copy
request to execute successfully, an account must be
defined on the network server for the remote username.
For more information, see the
“Preparing to Download
or Upload an Image File By Using RCP” section on
page B-32
.
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For @location, specify the IP address of the RCP server.
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For /directory/image-name.tar, specify the directory
(optional) and the image to download. Directory and
image names are case sensitive.
Step 7
archive download-sw /leave-old-sw /reload
rcp:[[[//[username@]location]/directory]/image-na
me.tar]
Download the image file from the RCP server to the switch,
and keep the current image.
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The /leave-old-sw option keeps the old software version
after a download.
•
The /reload option reloads the system after downloading
the image unless the configuration has been changed and
not been saved.
•
For //username, specify the username. For the RCP copy
request to execute, an account must be defined on the
network server for the remote username. For more
information, see the
“Preparing to Download or Upload
an Image File By Using RCP” section on page B-32
.
•
For @location, specify the IP address of the RCP server.
•
For /directory]/image-name.tar, specify the directory
(optional) and the image to download. Directory and
image names are case sensitive.
Command
Purpose