How to upgrade Cisco IOS for 2900 and 3500 Switch

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How to upgrade Cisco IOS for 2900 and 3500 Switch

1. Check the Flash memory.

chicagotech#dir flash:

Directory of flash:/

2 drwx 704 Feb 28 1993 18:03:50 html

4 -rwx 109 Feb 28 1993 18:01:57 info

5 -rwx 1751867 Feb 28 1993 18:03:00 c3500XL-c3h2s-mz.120-5.WC3b.bin

16 -rwx 109 Feb 28 1993 18:03:50 info.ver

17 -rwx 94680 Feb 28 1993 18:04:08 c3500XL-hdiag-mz-120.5.2-XU

18 -rwx 355 Dec 31 1969 18:00:08 env_vars

19 -rwx 616 Jan 22 2008 15:21:16 vlan.dat

21 -rwx 2462 Jun 19 1993 18:02:13 config.text

3612672 bytes total (358912 bytes free)

2. Delete the existing image since the file to be loaded is larger than the available capacity.

chicagotech#delete flash:c3500XL-c3h2s-mz.120-5.WC3b.bin

Delete filename [c3500XL-c3h2s-mz.120-5.WC3b.bin]?

Delete flash:c3500XL-c3h2s-mz.120-5.WC3b.bin? [confirm]

3. Delete access to the switch HTML pages.

chicagotech#conf t

Enter configuration commands, one per line. End with CNTL/Z.

chicagotech(config)#no ip http server

chicagotech(config)#end

chicagotech#delete flash:html/*

Delete filename [html/*]?

Delete flash:html/Snmp? [confirm]

%Error deleting flash:html/Snmp (Is a directory)

Delete flash:html/homepage.htm? [confirm]

Delete flash:html/not_supported.html? [confirm]

Delete flash:html/common.js? [confirm]

Delete flash:html/cms_splash.gif? [confirm]

Delete flash:html/cms_12.html? [confirm]

Delete flash:html/cms_13.html? [confirm]

Delete flash:html/cluster.html? [confirm]

Delete flash:html/CMS.jar? [confirm]

Delete flash:html/CiscoChartPanel.jar? [confirm]

Delete flash:html/Redirect.jar? [confirm]

4. Use tar command to copy the combined .tar file to the switch.

chicagotech#tar /x tftp://10.0.0.11/c3500xl-c3h2s-tar.120-5.WC17.tar flash:

Loading c3500xl-c3h2s-tar.120-5.WC17.tar from 10.0.0.11 (via VLAN1): !

extracting c3500xl-c3h2s-mz.120-5.WC17.bin (1811552 bytes)!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

!!!!!!!!!!!!

html/ (directory)

extracting html/homepage.htm (3988 bytes)!

extracting html/not_supported.html (1392 bytes)

extracting html/common.js (9449 bytes)!!

extracting html/cms_splash.gif (22152 bytes)!!!!

extracting html/cms_13.html (1211 bytes)!

extracting html/cluster.html (2823 bytes)!

extracting html/Redirect.jar (4229 bytes)!

extracting html/c4v4_disc.sgz (9806 bytes)!!

extracting html/CMS.sgz (955595 bytes)!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

extracting html/CiscoChartPanel.sgz (58784 bytes)!!!!!!!!!!!!

extracting html/cms_boot.jar (44484 bytes)!!!!!!!!!

extracting info (109 bytes)

extracting info.ver (109 bytes)

[OK - 2938368 bytes]

chicagotech#

5. Use dir flash command to make sure the new image in the Flash.

chicagotech#dir flash:

Directory of flash:/

2 drwx 768 Jan 22 2008 16:12:20 html

4 -rwx 109 Jan 22 2008 16:12:22 info

5 -rwx 1811552 Jan 22 2008 16:11:36 c3500xl-c3h2s-mz.120-5.WC17.bin

16 -rwx 109 Jan 22 2008 16:12:22 info.ver

17 -rwx 94680 Feb 28 1993 18:04:08 c3500XL-hdiag-mz-120.5.2-XU

18 -rwx 355 Dec 31 1969 18:00:08 env_vars

19 -rwx 616 Jan 22 2008 16:12:16 vlan.dat

21 -rwx 2462 Jun 19 1993 18:02:13 config.text

3612672 bytes total (582144 bytes free)

6. Set the boot parameter so that the switch will boots with the new image after reloading.

chicagotech#conf t

Enter configuration commands, one per line. End with CNTL/Z.

chicagotech(config)#boot system flash:c3500xl-c3h2s-mz.120-5.WC17.bin

7. Re-enable access to the switch HTTP pages.

chicagotech(config)#ip http server

chicagotech(config)#end

8. Reload the new image.

chicagotech#reload

System configuration has been modified. Save? [yes/no]: y

Building configuration...

[OK]

Proceed with reload? [confirm]

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