Installing Maintenance Software; Downloading And Backing Up Configuration Files - Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series Configuration Manual

Chapter 16 Managing Software and Configuration Files

Installing Maintenance Software

You can download the maintenance software from a TFTP, HTTP, or HTTPS server when you are logged
into the application partition. Passwords for the root and guest accounts of the maintenance partition are
retained after the upgrade.
For multiple context mode, you must be in the system execution space.
Make sure you have network access to the server:
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To upgrade the maintenance partition software, enter one of the following commands for the appropriate
download server:
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The following example shows the prompts for the TFTP server information:
FWSM# upgrade-mp tftp
Address or name of remote host [127.0.0.1]? 10.1.1.5
Source file name [cdisk]? mp.2-1-0-3.bin.gz
copying tftp://10.1.1.5/mp.2-1-0-3.bin.gz to flash
[yes|no|again]? yes
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Received 1695744 bytes.
Maintenance partition upgraded.

Downloading and Backing Up Configuration Files

This section describes how to download and back up configuration files, and includes the following
sections:
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For single context mode, configure any interface, its IP address, and any static routes required to
reach the server. See the "Configuring Interfaces" section on page 6-6
"Configuring IP Addresses, Routing, and DHCP."
For multiple context mode, you must first add the admin context and configure interfaces, IP
addresses, and routing to provide network access. See the
on page 5-19, and then the
"Configuring IP Addresses, Routing, and DHCP."
To download the maintenance software from a TFTP server, enter the following command:
FWSM# upgrade-mp tftp[:// server [: port ][/ path ]/ filename ]
If you do not enter the TFTP server information, you are prompted for the server information.
To download the maintenance software from an HTTP or HTTPS server, enter the following
command:
FWSM# upgrade-mp http[s]://[ user [: password ]@] server [: port ][/ path ]/ filename
Downloading a Text Configuration, page 16-6
Backing Up the Configuration, page 16-7
Catalyst 6500 Series Switch and Cisco 7600 Series Router Firewall Services Module Configuration Guide
"Configuring Interfaces" section on page 6-6
Installing Maintenance Software
and then Chapter 8,
"Configuring a Security Context" section
and Chapter 8,
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