Datasheet

Release Notes for Catalyst 4500 Series Software Release 7.x

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System Requirements

This section describes an upgrade to ROMMON version 6.4(1). The same procedure applies to other

ROMMON versions, but you will have to substitute appropriate version numbers in the upgrade image

names.

Step 1 Download the promupgrade program from Cisco.com, and place it on a TFTP server in a directory that

is accessible from the switch to be upgraded.

The promupgrade programs are available at the same location on Cisco.com where you download

Catalyst 4500 series system images.

To upgrade to ROMMON version 6.1(4), download the cat4000-promupgrade.6-1-4.bin file.

Step 2 In privileged mode on your switch, use the show version command to verify the ROMMON version

loaded on the switch.

The ROMMON version number is listed as the System Bootstrap Version. For example, in this output,

the system is running ROMMON version 6.1(2):

Console> (enable) show version

WS-C4003 Software, Version NmpSW:5.5(8)

NMP S/W compiled on May 24 2001, 21:12:09

GSP S/W compiled on May 24 2001, 18:39:50

System Bootstrap Version:6.1(2)

Hardware Version:1.0 Model:WS-C4003 Serial #:xxxxxxxxx

Console > (enable)

Step 3 Use the dir bootflash: command to ensure that there is sufficient space in Flash memory to store the

promupgrade image. If there is insufficient space, delete one or more images, and then enter the

squeeze bootflash: command to reclaim the space.

Step 4 Download the promupgrade image into Flash memory using the copy tftp command.

This example shows how to download the promupgrade image cat4000-promupgrade.6-1-4.bin from

the remote host Lab_Server to bootflash:

Console> (enable) copy tftp flash

IP address or name of remote host []? Lab_Server

Name of file to copy from []? /cat4000-promupgrade.6-1-4.bin

Flash device []? bootflash

Name of file to copy to []? cat4000-promupgrade.6-1-4.bin

9205592 bytes available on device bootflash, proceed (y/n) [n]? y

CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC

File has been copied successfully.

Console > (enable)

Step 5 Ensure that the last line in the output of the show boot command is boot:image specified by the

boot system commands.

•

If the last line in the output of the show boot command is not boot:image specified by the

boot system commands

, go to Step 6.

• If the last line in the output of the show boot command is boot:image specified by the boot

system commands

, go to Step 7.