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Catalyst 3750 Metro Switch Command Reference
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Chapter 2 Catalyst 3750 Metro Switch Cisco IOS Commands
archive download-sw
archive download-sw
Use the
archive download-sw
privileged EXEC command to download a new image to the switch and
to overwrite or keep the existing image.
archive download-sw
{
/force-reload
|
/imageonly
|
/leave-old-sw
|
/no-set-boot
|
/overwrite
|
/reload
|
/safe
}
source-url
Syntax Description
Note
Though visible in the command-line help strings, the
no-version-check
keyword is not supported.
Defaults
The current software image is not overwritten with the downloaded image.
The new image is downloaded to the flash: file system.
The BOOT environment variable is changed to point to the new software image on the flash: file system.
Image names are case sensitive; the image file is provided in tar format.
/force-reload
Unconditionally force a system reload after successfully downloading the
software image.
/imageonly
Download only the Cisco IOS software image.
/leave-old-sw
Keep the old software version after a successful download.
/no-set-boot
Do not alter the setting of the BOOT environment variable to point to the new
software image after it is successfully downloaded.
/overwrite
Overwrite the software image in flash memory with the downloaded one.
/reload
Reload the system after successfully downloading the image unless the
configuration has been changed and not been saved.
/safe
Keep the current software image; do not delete it to make room for the new
software image before the new image is downloaded. The current image is
deleted after the download.
source-url
The source URL alias for a local or network file system. These options are
supported:
•
The syntax for the local flash file system:
flash:
•
The syntax for the FTP:
ftp:
[[
//
username
[
:
password
]
@
location
]/
directory
]
/
image-name
.tar
•
The syntax for the Remote Copy Protocol (RCP):
rcp:
[[
//
username
@
location
]/
directory
]
/
image-name
.tar
•
The syntax for the TFTP:
tftp:
[[
//
location
]/
directory
]
/
image-name
.tar
The
image-name
.tar
is the software image to download and install on the
switch.
