Specifications

Identify the VFC/ROM Monitor Mode
Upgrade VoIP Software D-3
Identify the VFC/ROM Monitor Mode
To identify the VFC/ROM Monitor software version, perform the following task in privileged EXEC
(enable) mode:
After you have determined in which mode your voice card is running, go to one of the following
procedures:
• “Download Software in VCWare Mode”, if your voice card is running in VCWare mode.
• “Download Software in ROM Monitor Mode”, if your voice card is running in ROM Monitor
mode.
Download Software in VCWare Mode
Use the steps in the following table to download new voice software if your voice card is running in
VCWare mode from a floppy diskette. To do so, first copy the software from the floppy diskette to a
TFTP server. After the software is on the TFTP server, begin the steps in the following Configure
section.
Configure
Step Command Purpose
1 5300> enable
Password: <password>
5300#
Enter enable mode.
Enter the password.
You have entered enable mode when the
prompt changes to
5300#.
3 5300# show vfc slot_number
[VCWARE running | ROMMON] board
5300#
Shows whether your selected voice card
is running in VCWare mode or in ROM
Monitor mode.
Step Command Purpose
1 5300# erase vfc slot_number
This will erase the contents of VFC Flash. Continue
?[y/n]:yes
This will take some time. Please, wait...vfc
Erase the contents of the VFC Flash in
the selected voice card.
2 5300# show vfc slot_number directory
Verify that the VFC Flash memory is
empty.
3 5300# copy tftp: vfc:
Voice card slot number <slot ? 1>
Address or name of remote host [UNKNOWN]?
223.255.212.244
Source file name? vcware.vcw
Destination file name [vcware.vcw]? vcware.vcw
! note, the destination filename is *IMPORTANT*
Accessing file 'vcware.VCW' on 223.255.212.244...
Loading vcware.vcw from 223.255.212.244 (via
Ethernet0):
Use TFTP to download the new images
to VFC flash memory.
Note If the VFC ROM version is 1.1 the
image name must end with the extension
“.VCW” (all uppercase). If the VFC
ROM is version 1.2, the image name
must begin with “vcw-” (all lowercase)
and no other character can be in front of
the “vcw-“, so no directory path should
be prepended to the image name.
4 5300> clear vfc slot_number
Reboot the voice feature card so you can
add the new VCWare image into the
voice card.