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Cisco MGX 8850 (PXM45) and MGX 8950 Software Configuration Guide
Release 3, Part Number 78-14788-01 Rev. C0, January 2004
Appendix A Downloading and Installing Software Upgrades
Quickstart Procedures for Software Upgrades
Note Cisco Systems recommends that you upgrade software on one AXSM or FRSM-12 card at a time within
a switch. Wait until each AXSM or FRSM-12 card upgrade is complete before starting an upgrade on
another AXSM or FRSM-12 card.
To upgrade the runtime software, use the following procedure.
Command Purpose
Step 1
ftp Copy the boot and runtime files you want to use to the switch.
See the “Copying Software Files to the Switch” section, which
appears later in this appendix.
Step 2
If the Release Notes for Cisco MGX 8850 and MGX 8830
Software Version 3 (PXM45/B and PXM1E) or the Release Notes
for Cisco MGX 8950 Software Version 3 call for a boot software
upgrade, upgrade the boot software for the card you are
upgrading.
PXM45 cards should be upgraded first. See the “Graceful PXM45
Boot Upgrades” section, which appears earlier in this appendix.
For instructions on upgrading AXSM or FRSM-12 boot software,
see the “Graceful AXSM or FRSM-12 Boot Upgrades” section,
which appears later in this appendix.
Step 3
username
password
Establish a CLI session with the active PXM45 card using a user
name with SERVICE_GP privileges.
Step 4
saveallcnf This optional step saves the current configuration to the hard disk.
See the “Saving a Configuration” section in Chapter 7, “Switch
Operating Procedures.”
Step 5
dspcd
commitrev <slot> <revision>
Verify that all previous upgrades have been committed.
If a previous upgrade is not committed, commit to the new
upgrade.
See the “Committing to a Runtime Software Upgrade” section,
which appears later in this appendix.
Step 6
loadrev <slot> <revision>
dspcd
Load the new runtime software on the standby PXM45.