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Chapter 27 Working with System Software Images
Downloading the Software Images Using FTP or TFTP
Depending on the type of software image that you are downloading, one of the following occurs:
•
Supervisor engine software image—The image file is downloaded to the supervisor engine flash
memory. You can store multiple image files on the flash memory system devices (such as boot flash
and Flash PC cards).
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Intelligent module software images—If you specified a module number, the image file is
downloaded to the specified module only (if the image file is designed for the specified module
type). If you do not specify a module number, the image file is downloaded to every module of the
appropriate type. The file is relayed packet by packet to the appropriate modules using the
Inter-Process Communications protocol that is internal to the system, with communication taking
place across the switching bus. Downloading a software image to multiple modules significantly
speeds up the process of updating the software on multiple modules of the same type.
Note
For more information on working with the system software image files on the flash file system, see
Chapter 26, “Working With the Flash File System.”
Specifying the FTP Username and Password
FTP allows you to specify a username and password to be used for the FTP connection.
To specify the username and password, perform these steps:
Step 1
Enter the
set ftp username
new_ftp_username
command.
Step 2
Enter the
set ftp password
command.
This example shows how to set the FTP username:
Console> (enable)
set ftp username doc_people
ftp username set to doc_people
This example shows how to set the FTP password:
Console> (enable)
set ftp password
Enter password for User 'doc_people':
Retype password for User 'doc_people':
ftp password set.
This example shows how to clear the FTP username:
Console> (enable)
clear ftp username
This example shows how to clear the FTP password:
Console> (enable)
clear ftp password
You can also connect to an FTP server using passive mode. In passive mode, the client initiates the
connection to the server. To use passive mode, enter the
set ftp passive
command.
