Cisco IE-4000 Software Configuration Manual page 1028

Working with the Cisco IOS File System, Configuration Files, and Software Images
Working with Software Images
Command
5. end
6. archive download-sw /overwrite /reload
rcp:[[[//[username@]location]/directory]/image-nam
e.tar]
7. archive download-sw /leave-old-sw /reload
rcp:[[[//[username@]location]/directory]/image-nam
e.tar]
The download algorithm verifies that the image is appropriate for the switch model and that enough DRAM is present, or
it aborts the process and reports an error. If you specify the /overwrite option, the download algorithm removes the
existing image on the flash device whether or not it is the same as the new one, downloads the new image, and then
reloads the software.
Note: If the flash device has sufficient space to hold two images and you want to overwrite one of these images with the
same version, you must specify the /overwrite option.
If you specify the /leave-old-sw, the existing files are not removed. If there is not enough room to install the new image
an keep the running image, the download process stops, and an error message is displayed.
The algorithm installs the downloaded image onto the system board flash device (flash:). The image is placed into a new
directory named with the software version string, and the BOOT environment variable is updated to point to the newly
installed image.
Purpose
Returns to privileged EXEC mode.
Downloads the image file from the RCP server to the switch,
and overwrite the current image.
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The /overwrite option overwrites the software image in
flash memory with the downloaded image.
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The /reload option reloads the system after
downloading the image unless the configuration has
been changed and not been saved.
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For //username, specify the username. For the RCP
copy request to execute successfully, an account must
be defined on the network server for the remote
username.
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For @location, specify the IP address of the RCP server.
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For /directory/image-name.tar, specify the directory
(optional) and the image to download. Directory and
image names are case sensitive.
Downloads the image file from the RCP server to the switch,
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 been saved.
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For //username, specify the username. For the RCP
copy request to execute, an account must be defined on
the network server for the remote username.
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For @location, specify the IP address of the RCP server.
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For /directory]/image-name.tar, specify the directory
(optional) and the image to download. Directory and
image names are case sensitive.
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