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Working with Software Images
Image Location on the Switch
The Cisco IOS image is stored as a .bin file in a directory that shows the version number. A subdirectory
contains the files needed for web management. The image is stored on the system board flash memory
(flash:).
You can use the show version privileged EXEC command to see the software version that is currently
running on your switch. In the display, check the line that begins with
shows the directory name in flash memory where the image is stored.
You can also use the dir filesystem: privileged EXEC command to see the directory names of other
software images that you might have stored in flash memory. You can use the archive download-sw
/directory privileged EXEC command to specify a directory once followed by a tar file or list of tar files
to be downloaded instead of specifying complete paths with each tar file.
File Format of Images on a Server or Cisco.com
Software images on a server or downloaded from Cisco.com are in a file format, which contains these
files:
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This example shows some of the information contained in the info file.
details about this information:
system_type:0x00000000:cbs31x0-universal-mz.122-40.EX1
version_suffix:universal-mz.122-40-EX1
0x40110000
Note
On nonstacking-capable switches, the stacking_number field does not apply to the switch.
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An info file, which serves as a table of contents for the file
One or more subdirectories containing other images and files, such as Cisco IOS images and web
management files
image_family:CBS31x0
stacking_number:1.9
info_end:
version_directory:cbs31x0-universal-mz.122-40.EX1
image_system_type_id:0x00000000
image_name:cbs31x0-universal-mz.122-40.EX1.bin
ios_image_file_size:6398464
total_image_file_size:8133632
image_feature:IP|LAYER_3|PLUS|MIN_DRAM_MEG=128
image_family:CBS31x0
stacking_number:1.9
board_ids:0x401100c4 0x00000000 0x00000001 0x00000003 0x00000002 0x00008000 0x00008002
info_end:
Working with the Cisco IOS File System, Configuration Files, and Software Images
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