Chapter 17
Managing Firmware and Configurations
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Downloading an Image File by Using TFTP
You can download a new image file and replace the current image or keep the current image.
For the download and upload algorithms to operate properly, do not rename image directories.
Caution
Beginning in privileged EXEC mode, follow Steps 1 through 3 to download a new image from a TFTP
server and overwrite the existing image.
Command
Step 1
.
Step 2
Step 3
archive download-sw /overwrite /reload
tftp:[[//location]/directory]/image-name
Step 4
archive download-sw /leave-old-sw /reload
tftp:[[//location]/directory]/image-name
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Before uploading the image file, you might need to create an empty file on the TFTP server. To
create an empty file, enter the touch filename command, where filename is the name of the file you
will use when uploading the image to the server.
During upload operations, if you are overwriting an existing file (including an empty file, if you had
to create one) on the server, ensure that the permissions on the file are set correctly. Permissions on
the file should be world-write.
Purpose
Copy the image to the appropriate TFTP directory on the
workstation. Make sure the TFTP server is properly configured; see
the
"Preparing to Download or Upload an Image File by Using
TFTP" section on page 17-20
Log into the bridge through a Telnet session.
Download the image file from the TFTP server to the bridge, and
overwrite the current image.
The /overwrite option overwrites the software image in Flash
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with the downloaded image.
The /reload option reloads the system after downloading the
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image unless the configuration has been changed and not
saved.
For //location, specify the IP address of the TFTP server.
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For /directory/image-name, specify the directory (optional)
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and the image to download. Directory and image names are
case sensitive.
Download the image file from the TFTP server to the bridge, and
keep the current image.
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The /leave-old-sw option keeps the old software version after
a download.
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The /reload option reloads the system after downloading the
image unless the configuration has been changed and not
saved.
For //location, specify the IP address of the TFTP server.
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For /directory/image-name, specify the directory (optional)
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and the image to download. Directory and image names are
case sensitive.
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