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Appendix B. Software Upgrade and Boot Options | 805
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2. Load the new image onto an external compact flash memory card (if you are using the
external compact flash slot). This method is available only on modular switches.
Use a PC with appropriate hardware such as a compact flash reader/writer and follow the
manufacturer’s instructions to access the compact flash card and place the image onto
the card.
For more information about installing the external compact flash memory card into the
external compact flash slot of the MSM/MM, see the hardware documentation listed in
Chapter 1, Overview.
3. From a login session on the master, verify which virtual router connects to your TFTP server.
If you loaded the image onto an external compact flash (modular switches only), proceed
to
step 4.
If you loaded the image onto a TFTP server, use one of the following ping commands to
confirm which virtual router reaches your TFTP server:
ping vr vr-Mgmt <host>
ping vr vr-Default <host>
At least one of these commands must successfully reach your TFTP server for you to
download the image. After verifying the virtual router that reaches your TFTP server,
specify that virtual router when you download the image.
4. Determine your booted and selected partition using the following command:
show switch
Output from this command indicates the selected and booted images and if they are in
the primary or the secondary partition. The selected image partition indicates which
image will be used at the next reboot. The booted image partition indicates the image
used at the last reboot. It is the active partition.
5. Select the partition to use when downloading an image. For more information, see Selecting
a Primary or a Secondary Image on page 803.
6. Download the new image to the switch using one of the following commands:
download image [[<hostname> | <ipaddress>] <filename> {{vr} <vrname>} |
memorycard <filename>] {<partition>} {msm <slotid>}
• Before the download begins, the switch asks if you want to install the image
immediately after the download is finished.
Enter y to install the image after download. Enter n to install the image at a later time.
When you install the image after download to the alternate partition, you then need to
reboot the switch.
• If you install the image at a later time, the image is still downloaded and saved to the
switch, but you must use the following command to install the software and reboot the
switch:
install image <fname> {<partition>} {msm <slotid>} {reboot}