Specifications

Ethernet Interface Processor (EIP) Installation and Configuration 33
Upgrading Microcode
Step 7 If you do not want Flash erased, enter no at the next prompt. If you accept the default to
erase by pressing Return without first typing no, the new image will write over the entire
contents of Flash memory and you will lose all other microcode and system software
images stored in Flash.
Erase flash before writing? [confirm] no
While the file is copied to Flash, output similar to the following is displayed:
Loading from 131.108.12.106: !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
[OK - 108966/4194304 bytes]
Verifying via checksum...
Flash verification successful. Length = 53364, checksum = 0x0000
Step 8 Use the show flash command to verify that the microcode has been copied to Flash. The
output should display the file name of the image you copied to Flash (eip1-1 in the
following example):
Router# show flash
4096K bytes of flash memory on embedded flash (in RP1).
file offset length name
0 0x40 55410 sp1-2
1 0xD0D4 53364 eip1-1
[4085336/4194304 bytes free]
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 EIP (microcode eip), and that it will
load from Flash memory (flash). Then add the file name of the new microcode image to be
loaded from Flash:
Router(config)# microcode eip flash eip1-1
Step 11 To save the configuration file, press Ctrl-Z.
Step 12 Copy 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 EIP 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
Enter configuration commands, one per line. End with CNTL/Z.
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.