Hardware Requirements; Software Requirements; Upgrading The Switch Software - Cisco 3020 - Catalyst Blade Switch Release Note

Hardware Requirements

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Processor Speed
233 MHz minimum
1. We recommend 1 GHz.
2. We recommend 1 GB DRAM.

Software Requirements

These are the supported operating systems and browsers for the device manager:
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The device manager verifies the browser version when starting a session, and it does not require a
plug-in.

Upgrading the Switch Software

These are the procedures for downloading software. Before downloading software, read this section for
important information:
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Finding the Software Version and Feature Set
The Cisco IOS image is stored as a bin file in a directory that is named with the Cisco IOS release.
A subdirectory contains the files needed for web management. The image is stored on the system board
flash device (flash:).
You can use the show version privileged EXEC command to see the software version that is running on
your switch. The second line of the display shows the version.
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.
OL-18274-02
lists the minimum hardware requirements for running the device manager.
Minimum Hardware Requirements
DRAM
1
512 MB
Windows 2000, XP, Vista, and Windows Server 2003
Internet Explorer 5.5, 6.0, 7.0, Firefox 1.5, 2.0 or later
"Finding the Software Version and Feature Set" section on page 3
"Deciding Which Files to Use" section on page 4
"Archiving Software Images" section on page 4
"Upgrading a Switch by Using the Device Manager" section on page 5
"Upgrading a Switch by Using the CLI" section on page 5
"Recovering from a Software Failure" section on page 6
Release Notes for the Cisco Catalyst Blade Switch 3020 for HP, Cisco IOS Release 12.2(50)SE and Later
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Upgrading the Switch Software
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