Release Notes for the Cisco Catalyst Blade Switch 3120 for HP, Cisco IOS Release 15.0(2)SE and Later

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Release Notes for Cisco Catalyst Blade Switch 3120 for HP, Cisco IOS Release 15.0(2)SE and Later
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Upgrading the Switch Software
Cisco Network Assistant Compatibility
Cisco IOS Release 12.2(40)EX1 and later is only compatible with Cisco Network Assistant 5.3 and later.
You can download Network Assistant from this URL:
http://www.cisco.com/pcgi-bin/tablebuild.pl/NetworkAssistant
For more information about Cisco Network Assistant, see the Release Notes for Cisco Network Assistant
on Cisco.com.
Upgrading the Switch Software
These are the procedures for downloading software. Before downloading software, read this section for
important information:
• Finding the Software Version and Feature Set, page 4
• Deciding Which Files to Use, page 4
• Upgrading a Switch by Using the Device Manager or Network Assistant, page 6
• Upgrading a Switch by Using the CLI, page 6
• Recovering from a Software Failure, page 7
Finding the Software Version and Feature Set
The Cisco IOS image is stored as a bin file in a directory that is named with the Cisco IOS release.
A
subdirectory contains the files needed for web management. The image is stored on the system board
flash device (flash:).
You can use the show version privileged EXEC command to see the software version that is running on
your switch. The second line of the display shows the version.
Note Although the show version output always shows the software image running on the switch, the model
name shown at the end of this display is the factory configuration (IP base feature set or IP services
feature set) and does not change if you upgrade the software license.
You can also use the dir filesystem: privileged EXEC command to see the directory names of other
software images that you might have stored in flash memory.
Deciding Which Files to Use
The upgrade procedures in these release notes describe how to perform the upgrade by using a combined
tar file. This file contains the Cisco IOS image file and the files needed for the embedded device
manager. You must use the combined tar file to upgrade the switch through the device manager. To
upgrade the switch through the command-line interface (CLI), use the tar file and the archive
download-sw privileged EXEC command.
Note To use the IPv6 routing and IPv6 ACL features on the Cisco Catalyst Blade Switch 3120 for HP, you
must purchase the IP services software license from Cisco.