Specifying The Startup System Image; Understanding Flash Memory - Cisco 6500 Series Software Configuration Manual

Modifying the Supervisor Engine Startup Configuration
Verifying the Configuration Register Setting
Enter the show version EXEC command to verify the current configuration register setting. In
ROM-monitor mode, enter the o command to verify the value of the configuration register boot field.
To verify the configuration register setting, perform this task:
Command
Router# show version | include Configuration register
In this example, the show version command indicates that the current configuration register is set so that
the switch does not automatically load an operating system image. Instead, it enters ROM-monitor mode
and waits for user-entered ROM monitor commands. The new setting instructs the switch to load a
system image from commands in the startup configuration file or from a default system image stored on
a network server.
Router1# show version | include Configuration register
Configuration register is 0x2102
Router#

Specifying the Startup System Image

You can enter multiple boot commands in the startup configuration file or in the BOOT environment
variable to provide backup methods for loading a system image.
Store the system software image in the sup-bootflash: or slot0: device, not in the bootflash: device.
Note
Store the boot loader image, if any, in the MSFC bootflash: device.
The BOOT environment variable is also described in the "Specify the Startup System Image in the
Configuration File" section in the "Loading and Maintaining System Images and Microcode" chapter of
the Cisco IOS Configuration Fundamentals Configuration Guide.

Understanding Flash Memory

The following sections describe Flash memory:
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The descriptions in the following sections applies to both the bootflash device and to removable Flash
Note
memory cards.
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Flash Memory Features, page 3-25
Security Features, page 3-25
Flash Memory Configuration Process, page 3-25
Chapter 3
Purpose
Displays the configuration register setting.
Configuring the Switch for the First Time
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