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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
Upgrade Procedures for RPM-PR Cards
Step 3 To commit to the software version, enter the following command:
mgx8850a.7.PXM.a > commitrev <slot> <revision>
Replace <slot> with the card slot number for the active PXM45, AXSM, or FRSM-12 card, and replace
<revision> with the software version number for the currently used software version. To display the
software version number, use the dspcd <slot> command to view the software version in use. You can
also view the revision levels with the dsprevs command.
Note Cisco Systems recommends that you avoid configuration changes until after you have run the commitrev
or abortrev commands.
Upgrade Procedures for RPM-PR Cards
The following sections describe how to upgrade boot and runtime software on RPM-PR cards.
Upgrading RPM-PR Boot Software
At the factory, a boot file is installed in the bootflash on the RPM-PR card and is used to boot the card.
The runtime software is updated more frequently than the boot software. However, the boot software is
updated occasionally. When you are updating runtime software, check the release notes that accompany
the runtime software to see if a boot software upgrade is required.
The boot software is stored in bootflash memory on the RPM-PR card. To manage the software in
bootflash, you access it as if it were a hard disk. For example, in copy and delete file commands, files
are identified as bootflash:filename (which is similar to e:filename).
The following example shows a directory of bootflash contents:
Router(boot)#show flash:
-#- ED --type-- --crc--- -seek-- nlen -length- -----date/time------ name
1 .D config D4F7352A 40330 18 686 Jan 30 2001 18:18:41 auto_config_slot09
2 .D config CBF007C1 40660 9 688 Feb 22 2001 15:33:11 slot9.cnf
3 .. image F596869A 2973E8 27 2452744 Feb 28 2001 03:16:05
rpm-boot-mz_002.001.000.000
Note Although you can display directory contents with the dir bootflash: command, the show flash:
command provides more detail. Although bootflash and flash are separate entities on other Cisco
Routers, both terms refer to the same entity on the RPM.
In the example above, the numbers in the left column indicate the order in which the RPM-PR will try
to load software. The second column shows that the first two files are marked for deletion (D). The last
column lists the names of the files stored in bootflash.