Copying Image Files By Using Ftp - Cisco 3200 Series Hardware Reference Manual

Working with Software Images
Uploading an Image File by Using TFTP
You can upload an image from the WMIC to a TFTP server. You can later download this image to the
WMIC or to another WMIC of the same type.
For the download and upload algorithms to operate properly, do not rename image directories.
Caution
Beginning in privileged EXEC mode, follow these steps to upload an image to a TFTP server:
Command
Step 1
Step 1
Step 2 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 IOS image, the HTML files, and info.ver. After these files are uploaded, the
upload algorithm creates the tar file format.

Copying Image Files by Using FTP

You can download a WMIC image from an FTP server or upload the image from the WMIC to an FTP
server.
You download a WMIC image file from a server to upgrade the WMIC software. You can overwrite the
current image with the new one or keep the current image after a download.
You upload an WMIC image file to a server for backup purposes. You can use this uploaded image for
future downloads to the WMIC or another device of the same type.
This section includes this information:
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Preparing to Download or Upload an Image File by Using FTP
You can copy images files to or from an FTP server.
The FTP protocol requires a client to send a remote username and password on each FTP request to a
server. When you copy an image file from the WMIC to a server by using FTP, the Cisco IOS software
sends the first valid username in this list:
Cisco 3200 Series Router Hardware Reference
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Preparing to Download or Upload an Image File by Using FTP, page 7-22
Downloading an Image File by Using FTP, page 7-23
Uploading an Image File by Using FTP, page 7-26
Chapter 7
Purpose
Make sure the TFTP server is properly configured; see the
"Preparing to Download or Upload an Image File by Using TFTP"
section on page 7-19.
Log in to the WMIC through a Telnet session.
Uploads the currently running WMIC 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)
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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.
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