38 Second-Generation Channel Interface Processor (CIP2) Installation and Configuration
CIP2 Microcode
Note
If you have a Cisco 7000 series router and plan to install new software ROMs with Cisco IOS
Release 11.1 or later, skip Steps 4 and 5 and turn off power to your router.
Install the new ROMs, then proceed to Step 6.
Step 4
Download the Cisco IOS image to Flash memory.
Step 5
Configure the router to boot from the Flash memory where the Cisco IOS image resides.
Step 6
Boot the Cisco IOS image.
Note
The router must already be running a CIP2-compatible Cisco IOS image before performing
a copy of the CIP2 microcode image to Flash memory in the following step, because the CIP2
microcode image must be “exploded” from the single image file on the TFTP server to multiple files
in Flash memory. This capability is available in Cisco IOS Release 11.1 or later.
Step 7
Download the CIP2 microcode image to the Flash memory card in slot 0 or to flash
memory, if you have a 7000 or 7010 with a RP.
Step 8
Restore the running configuration with the configuration you saved to the TFTP server in
Step 3.
Step 9
Reconfigure the router, as required, to use the CIP2 microcode image stored in the Flash
memory card in slot 0.
Step 10
Perform a microcode reload.
For CIP2 microcode that shipped on Flash memory cards, do the following:
Step 1
Insert the Flash memory card into a Flash memory card slot 0.
Step 2
Configure the router to boot from the Flash memory card in slot 0.
Note
For the specific procedures associated with the steps in this overview, refer to the companion
publication Upgrading Software and Microcode in Cisco 7000 Family Routers (Document Number
78-1144-xx), which includes the information and procedures necessary to upgrade your CIP2
microcode. The Upgrading Software and Microcode in Cisco 7000 Family Routers publication
includes information on upgrading software and microcode images, transferring files to and from
Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP) servers, copying files between nonvolatile random-access
memory (NVRAM) and Flash memory, and between TFTP servers and Flash memory; the
publication also includes basic instructions for booting your system.