Uploading An Image File By Using Tftp - Cisco Catalyst 3550 series Software Configuration Manual

Appendix B Working with the Cisco IOS File System, Configuration Files, and Software Images

Uploading an Image File By Using TFTP

You can upload an image from the switch to a TFTP server. You can later download this image to the
switch or to another switch of the same type.
The upload feature should be used only if the HTML pages associated with the Cluster Management
Suite (CMS) have been installed with the existing image.
Beginning in privileged EXEC mode, follow these steps to upload an image to a TFTP server:
Command
Step 1
Step 2
Step 3 archive upload-sw
tftp:[[//location]/directory]/image-name.tar
The archive upload-sw privileged EXEC command builds an image file on the server by uploading these
files in order: info, the Cisco IOS image, the HTML files, and info.ver. After these files are uploaded,
the upload algorithm creates the tar file format.
Caution For the download and upload algorithms to operate properly, do not rename image names.
Copying Image Files By Using FTP
You can download a switch image from an FTP server or upload the image from the switch to an FTP
server.
You download a switch image file from a server to upgrade the switch software. You can overwrite the
current image with the new one or keep the current image after a download.
You upload a switch image file to a server for backup purposes. You can use this uploaded image for
future downloads to the switch or another switch of the same type.
This section includes this information:
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Preparing to Download or Upload an Image File By Using FTP, page B-24
Downloading an Image File By Using FTP, page B-25
Uploading an Image File By Using FTP, page B-26
Purpose
Make sure that the TFTP server is properly configured; see the
"Preparing to Download or Upload an Image File By Using TFTP"
section on page B-20.
Log into the switch through the console port or a Telnet session.
Upload the currently running switch image to the TFTP server.
For //location, specify the IP address of the TFTP server.
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• For /directory/image-name.tar, specify the directory (optional)
and the name of the software image to be uploaded. Directory
and image names are case sensitive. The image-name.tar is the
name of the software image to be stored on the server.
Catalyst 3550 Multilayer Switch Software Configuration Guide
Working with Software Images
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