Specifications

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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 5 To verify router access to the PXM45 hard disk and display the boot file name, enter dir e: command.
Router#dir e:
Directory of c:/
65539 -rw- 815 Sep 13 2001 23:51:10 auto_config_slot09
65540 -rw- 2588780 May 22 2001 19:06:54 rpm-boot-mz_002.001.000.000
84611 -rw- 2452768 Apr 05 2001 05:34:44 rpm-boot-mz.122-4.T
66805 -rw- 8529104 May 22 2001 19:09:00 rpm-js-mz_002.001.000.000
85809 -rw- 7936012 Apr 05 2001 06:28:54 rpm-js-mz.122-4.T
104857600 bytes total (83068928 bytes free)
Step 6 To display the files in the bootflash, enter the show flash: command.
Router#show flash:
-#- ED --type-- --crc--- -seek-- nlen -length- -----date/time------ name
1 .. image F596869A 296D88 27 2452744 Feb 28 2001 03:16:05 rpm-boot-mz_122-4.T
30315128 bytes available (2452872 bytes used)
Step 7 To copy new boot software to the bootflash, enter the copy command.
Router#copy c:rpm-boot-mz_002.001.000.000 bootflash:
Destination filename [rpm-boot-mz_002.001.000.000]?
CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC
CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC
2334044 bytes copied in 35.768 secs (66686 bytes/sec)
Tip When prompted for the destination filename, press enter to use the source filename shown in
the prompt. To change the destination filename, type a new filename after the prompt.
Step 8 To verify that the file was copied, enter the show flash: command.
Step 9 To set the BOOTLDR variable to specify the new boot software, complete the following steps:
a. Enter the router global configuration mode
Router#config terminal
Enter configuration commands, one per line. End with CNTL/Z.
b. Set the BOOTLDR variable to the new boot image to be loaded
Router(config)#boot bootldr bootflash:rpm-boot-mz_002.001.000.000
c. Exit global configuration mode and save the new configuration.
Router(config)#^Z
Router#copy run start
Destination filename [startup-config]?
Building configuration...
[OK]
d. Verify that the BOOTLDR variable is set
RPM-XF#show bootvar
BOOT variable = bootflash:rpmxf-......
CONFIG_FILE variable =
BOOTLDR variable = bootflash:rpm-boot-mz_002.001.000.000
Configuration register is 0x2