Specifications

Interface Processor Installation and Configuration Guide

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Upgrading Interface Processor Microcode Images

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Step 9 To ensure that the new microcode is used when you reboot the system, add the appropriate commands

to the configuration file. To modify the configuration file, enter the following command:

Router# configure terminal

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

Router(config)#

Step 10 Specify that you are changing the microcode for the interface processor (microcode vip2 for example),

and that it will load from Flash memory (bootflash:, slot0:, or slot1:); then add the filename of the new

microcode image to be loaded from Flash. Following is an example of a microcode image that will load

from the Flash memory card in PC Card slot 0:

Router(config)# microcode vip2 slot0:vip221-40

Step 11 To exit Configuration mode, press Ctrl-Z.

Step 12 Copy (save) the new configuration to NVRAM as follows:

Router# copy running-config startup-config

[OK]

Router#

The microcode reload command is automatically added to your running configuration. The new

interface processor microcode image will load automatically the next time the system boots or

reinitializes.

Step 13 To load the new microcode immediately, you can instruct the system to load the new microcode by

issuing the microcode reload configuration command (you must be in Configuration mode to enter this

command):

Router# configure

Router(config)# microcode reload

Immediately after you enter the microcode reload command and press Return, the system reloads all

microcode. Configuration mode remains enabled; after the reload is complete, press Ctrl-Z to exit from

Configuration mode and return to the system prompt.

Step 14 To verify that the interface processor is using the correct microcode, issue the show running-config,

show startup-config, or show controller cbus commands. The show controller cbus display also

indicates the currently loaded and running microcode version for each interface processor.

Router# show running-config

This completes the procedure for downloading microcode to Flash memory. For more information on

downloading microcode, refer to the Upgrading Software and Microcode in Cisco 7000 Series Routers

document at http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/product/software/ssr921/7k_921cn/54755.htm.

Also refer to the specific installation and configuration guide for your interface processor.