About Rommon Installation Files; Locating Installable Files - Cisco ASR 9000 Series Configuration Manual

About ROMMON Installation Files

Reinstalling the Cisco IOS XR software from ROM Monitor mode replaces the currently installed router
Caution
software and causes substantial router downtime. We recommend installing or upgrading software packages
from administration EXEC mode using PIE files, as described in the Upgrading and Managing Cisco IOS
XR Software module of the Cisco ASR 9000 Series Aggregation Services Router System Management
Configuration Guide.
About ROMMON Installation Files
This section includes the following topics:

Locating Installable Files

To obtain Cisco IOS XR software and version information, use the Cisco Software Delivery System (SDS),
available at the following URL:
http://www.cisco.com/cisco/software/navigator.html?mdfid=279844343&flowid=2130
To locate Cisco IOS XR software images:
• Select any entry under Cisco ASR 9000 Series Aggregation Services Routers.
• Select IOS XR software to see the image tar files, or choose any of the other categories to see the other
The table below lists the software packages that you can install from ROMMON.
Table 4: Downloadable Software for Installation from ROM Monitor
Software Package Name
Cisco IOS XR IP/MPLS Core
Software
Cisco IOS XR IP/MPLS Core
Software 3DES
The table above lists packages that are distributed in files with tar filename extensions (tar files are assembled
with the UNIX tar utility). When you download a tar file, you must unpack the tar file with a software program
before you can install any of the files in the package.
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files.
Description
This package contains two copies of the Cisco IOS XR Unicast Routing Core
Bundle. One copy is in the Package Installation Envelope (PIE) file format
and can be installed while Cisco IOS XR is running, as described in
theUpgrading and Managing Cisco IOS XR Software module of the
Cisco ASR 9000 Series Aggregation Services Router System Management
Configuration Guide. The other copy is in a vm file that can be installed
from ROM Monitor. This package also includes Cisco IOS XR MPLS,
Manageability, and Multicast packages (in PIE files).
This package contains everything in the Cisco IOS XR IP/MPLS Core
Software package in addition to Cisco IOS XR Security package (in a PIE
file).
Router Recovery with ROM Monitor
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