Cisco Ios Xe Software Bundle And Packages Overview - Cisco Catalyst 3850 Deployment Manual

Cisco IOS XE Software Bundle and Packages Overview

The Cisco Catalyst 3850 Switch uses Cisco IOS XE Software. Cisco IOS XE Software is delivered as a bundle that
contains a set of packages. The Cisco IOS XE Software bundle uses this image name convention:
<platform_name>-<bundle_feature_set>.<key_ver>.<IOS-XE_version>.<IOS_image_version> .bin
Example: cat3k_caa-universalk9.SPA.03.02.00.SE.150-1.EX.bin
Explanation of bundle naming convention:
Image Name
Element
platform_name
bundle_feature set
key_ver
IOS_XE_version
IOS_image_version
The Cisco IOS XE Software bundle contains a set of packages and a provisioning file, called packages.conf, that
is created automatically during the install process.
The show version running EXEC command displays the current running package(s) version:
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Explanation
The name of the platform supported by the Cisco IOS XE Software bundle; caa represents
converged access architecture
The feature set provided by the Cisco IOS XE Software bundle
A three-character string indicating that the Cisco IOS XE Software bundle (or the packages it
contains, or both) is digitally signed
The bundle's Cisco IOS XE Software release number
The Cisco IOS Software image version of the Cisco IOS Software package contained in the
bundle
Example
cat3k_caa
universalk9
SPA
3.2.0SE
15.0(1)EX
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