Download The Software Image From The Support Site; Transfer Staros Image To /Flash On The Chassis; Saving A Copy Of The Current Configuration File - Cisco ASR 5000 Administration Manual

Software Management Operations

Download the Software Image from the Support Site

Access to the Cisco support site and download facility is username and password controlled. You must have
an active customer account to access the site and download the StarOS image.
Download the software image to a network location or physical device (PCMCIA card) from which it can be
uploaded to the /flash device.
Contact your Cisco representative or Cisco TAC for additional information.

Transfer StarOS Image to /flash on the Chassis

Transfer the new operating system image file to the /flash device on the SMC using one of the following
methods:
• Copy the file from a network location or local device plugged in into the SMC by entering the following
• Transfer the file to the /flash device using an FTP client with access to the system.
• Transfer the file to the /flash device using an SFTP client with access to the system.
Verify that the image file was successfully transferred to the /flash device by running the following Exec
mode command:
[local]
The image filename should appear in the displayed output.
Run the show version /flash/image_filename command to verify the build information.
[local

Saving a Copy of the Current Configuration File

Prior to upgrading to a new software release, you should copy and rename the current configuration file to
the /flash device and to an off-chassis location (external memory device or network URL). This renamed
copy assures that you will have a fallback, loadable configuration file should a problem be encountered during
the upgrade.
command:
host_name copy from_url to_url [-noconfirm]
[local] #
Whenever transferring a operating system software image file using the file transfer
Important
protocol (FTP), the FTP client must be configured to transfer the file using binary mode.
Failure to use binary transfer mode will make the transferred operating system image
file unusable. In release 20.0 and higher Trusted StarOS builds, FTP is not supported.
host_name directory /flash
#
host_name
show version /flash/image_filename.bin
#
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