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Chapter 25 Working with System Software Images
Downloading Software Images Over a Serial Connection on the Console Port
Preparing to Upload an Image to an rcp Server
Before you attempt to upload a software image to an rcp server, do the following:
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Ensure that the workstation acting as the rcp server is configured properly.
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Ensure that the switch has a route to the rcp server. The switch and the rcp server must be in the
same subnetwork if you do not have a router to route traffic between subnets. Check connectivity to
the rcp server using the
ping
command.
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If you are overwriting an existing file (including an empty file, if you had to create one), ensure that
the permissions on the file are set correctly. Permissions on the file should be write for the specific
username.
Uploading Software Images to an rcp Server
To upload a software image on a switch to an rcp server for storage, perform these steps:
Step 1
Log into the switch through the console port or a Telnet session.
Step 2
Upload the software image to the rcp server using the
copy flash rcp
command. When prompted, specify
the rcp server address and destination filename. On platforms that support the Flash file systems, you
are first prompted for the Flash device and source filename. If desired, you can use the
copy
file-id
rcp
command on these platforms.
The software image is uploaded to the rcp server.
This example shows how to upload the supervisor engine software image to an rcp server:
Console> (enable)
copy flash rcp
Flash device [bootflash]?
slot0:
Name of file to copy from []?
cat6000-sup.5-3-1.bin
IP address or name of remote host [172.20.52.3]?
172.20.52.10
Name of file to copy to [cat6000-sup.5-3-1.bin]?
CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC
CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC|
File has been copied successfully.
Console> (enable)
Downloading Software Images Over a Serial Connection on the
Console Port
These sections describe how to perform a serial download of software images over the supervisor engine
console port using Kermit, a popular file-transfer and terminal-emulation software program:
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Preparing to Download an Image Using Kermit, page 25-16
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Downloading Software Images Using Kermit (PC Procedure), page 25-16
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Downloading Software Images Using Kermit (UNIX Procedure), page 25-17
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Example Serial Software Image Download Procedures, page 25-18