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Chapter 3 Consolidated Packages and SubPackages Management
Software File Management Using Command Sets
The
request platform software package
command requires that the destination device or process be
specified in the command line, so the commands can be used to upgrade software on both an active or a
standby processor. The
request platform software package
command allows for no downtime software
upgrades in many scenarios.
The basic syntax of the command is
request platform software package install rp
rp-slot-number
file
file-URL
, where
rp-slot-number
is the number of the RP slot and
file-URL
is the path to the file being
used to upgrade the Cisco ASR 1000 Series Router. The command has other options; see the
request
platform software package
command references for information on all of the options available with
this command set.
In Cisco IOS XE Release 2.4, the
request platform software package uninstall
command is introduced
on the Cisco ASR 1000 Series Routers to remove provisioning of an optional subpackage from an RP.
The syntax for the command follows the install form of the command:
request platform software
package uninstall rp
rp-slot-number
type
pkg
, where
rp-slot-number
is the number of the RP slot and
pkg
is the type of optional subpackage file to be removed.
Note
For additional information on limited downtime upgrades using the
request platform software package
command set, see the
“Software Upgrade Process” section on page 4-1
.
The copy Command
The
copy
command can be used to move consolidated packages and individual subpackages onto the
router, though using this command to move individual subpackage files from one storage area to another
is often inefficient (in these scenarios, it is almost always preferable to move the consolidated package,
then extract the subpackages, or to extract the subpackages without moving the consolidated package).
To upgrade a consolidated package on the Cisco ASR 1000 Series Routers, copy the consolidated
package onto a file system, usually bootflash: or usb[0-1]: on the router, using the
copy
command as you
would on most other Cisco routers. After making this copy, configure the router to boot using the
consolidated package file.
To upgrade the router and reboot using individual subpackages, copy the consolidated package onto the
router using the
copy
command, enter the
request platform software package expand
command to
extract the individual subpackages, and configure the router to boot using subpackages. Other methods,
such as copying each individual subpackage in the same consolidated package from a directory or using
the
request platform software package
command to extract the subpackages onto a router directory are
also usable, though copying individual subpackages is often inefficient.
See the
copy
command reference for a list of the options that are available with the
copy
command.
The issu Command Set
The
issu
command set that is available on other Cisco routers is also available on the Cisco ASR 1000
Series Routers. The
issu
command set can be used to perform both consolidated package and individual
subpackage upgrades.
The
issu
command set includes the
issu
command with the
loadversion
,
runversion
,
commitversion
,
and
abortversion
options. See the
issu
command references for information on all of the options
available with each of these commands.
A confirm prompt is displayed when the command
issu abortversion
is issued
and
when the standby has
not reached the terminal (hot) state.
