Cisco WS-C2950SX-48-SI Configuration Manual page 536

Chapter 33 Working with System Software Images
Upgrading the ROM Monitor
If you are connected to the console serial port, output similar to the following is displayed after you reset
the switch:
0:00.530901:ig0:00:10:7b:aa:d3:fe is 172.20.59.203
0:00.531660:netmask:255.255.255.0
0:00.532030:broadcast:172.20.59.255
0:00.532390:gateway:172.20.59.1
WS-X4012 bootrom version 6.1(2), built on 2000.04.03 15:20:09
H/W Revisions:Meteor:2 Comet:8 Board:1
Supervisor MAC addresses:00:10:7b:aa:d0:00 through 00:10:7b:aa:d3:ff (1024 addresses)
Installed memory:64 MB
Testing LEDs.... done!
The system will autoboot in 5 seconds.
Type control-C to prevent autobooting.
rommon 1 >
The system will now begin autobooting.
Autobooting image:
"bootflash:cat4000-promupgrade.6-1-4.bin"
CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC#############################
Replacing ROM version 6.1(2) with version 6.1(4)
Upgrading your PROM... DO NOT RESET the system
unless instructed or it may NOT be bootable!!!
Beginning erase of 524288 bytes at offset 0x0... Done!
Beginning write of system prom (467456 bytes at offset 0x0)...
This could take as little as 10 seconds or up to 2 minutes.
Please DO NOT RESET!
*******************************************
Success!
System will reset in 2 seconds...
[ ... ]
The switch reboots back into the supervisor engine software:
0:00.530856:ig0:00:10:7b:aa:d3:fe is 172.20.59.203
0:00.531616:netmask:255.255.255.0
0:00.531967:broadcast:172.20.59.255
0:00.532342:gateway:172.20.59.1
WS-X4012 bootrom version 6.1(4), built on 2000.04.03 15:20:09
H/W Revisions:Meteor:2 Comet:8 Board:1
Supervisor MAC addresses:00:10:7b:aa:d0:00 through 00:10:7b:aa:d3:ff (1024 addresses)
Installed memory:64 MB
Testing LEDs.... done!
The system will autoboot in 5 seconds.
Type control-C to prevent autobooting.
rommon 1 >
The system will now begin autobooting.
Autobooting image:"bootflash:cat4000.5-5-8.bin"
CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC
CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC#####################################
Step 9 In privileged mode on your switch, use the show version command to verify that the new ROMMON
version is running on the switch.
The ROMMON version number is listed as the System Bootstrap Version. For example, the following
system is running ROMMON version 6.1(4):
Console> (enable) show version
WS-C4003 Software, Version NmpSW:5.5(8)
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