Booting Cisco Ios Xe Software; Booting The Switch In Install Mode - Cisco Catalyst 3850 Deployment Manual

The Cisco IOS XE Software bundle includes these packages:
Package Name
Base
Drivers
Infra
Cisco IOS Software
Platform
WCM

Booting Cisco IOS XE Software

You can boot and run the Cisco IOS XE Software on the Cisco Catalyst 3850 Switch in either of two modes:
●
Install mode (recommended mode of operation)
●
Bundle mode

Booting the Switch in Install Mode

Cisco Catalyst 3850 Switches shipped to customers from manufacturing boot up in install mode. The Cisco
Catalyst 3850 Switch is booted in install mode using a package provisioning file packages.conf. Do not modify this
file.
In this example, the Cisco Catalyst 3850 Switch is configured to autoboot from the built-in flash memory:
The show version command output displays the Cisco Catalyst 3850 Switch mode of operation:
The packages and the provisioning file reside in the flash.
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File Name
cat3k_caa-base.SPA.03.02.00SE.pkg
cat3k_caa-drivers.SPA.03.02.00.SE.pkg
cat3k_caa-infra.SPA.03.02.00SE.pkg
cat3k_caa-iosd-universalk9.SPA.150-1.EX.pkg
cat3k_caa-platform.SPA.03.02.00.SE.pkg
cat3k_caa-wcm.SPA.10.0.100.0.pkg
Contents
Kernel distribution
Platform drivers
Infrastructure software, including system
manager, installer, HA manager, and more
Cisco IOS Software image
Software not specific to the Cisco IOS Software
platform and stack manager, platform manager,
and more
Wireless controller software
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