RE: IOS upgrade and XMODEM

From: Christopher M. Heffner (cheffner@xxxxxxxxxxxxx)
Date: Wed Oct 25 2000 - 17:25:46 GMT-3


   
   
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   You can also use the ymodem protocol which is even faster. At 115,200
   and ymodem, I can load a new IOS into a 3600 is about 15 minutes.
   
   Change the command to "xmodem -y filename"
   
   Hope this helps.
   
   Chris "The Bulldog" Heffner
   Strategic Network Solutions, Inc.
   IMCR Course Director
   Certified Cisco Systems Instructor
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   cheffner@attglobal.net
   -----Original Message-----
   From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com]On Behalf Of
   McNutt, Steve
   Sent: Wednesday, October 25, 2000 2:00 PM
   To: 'rodrigo.kazuo@equant.com'; kmiho@lycos.ne.jp
   Cc: ccielab@groupstudy.com
   Subject: RE: IOS upgrade and XMODEM
   actually.....
   not too long ago, I needed to swap out the IOS an a 3640 in a remote
   rack
   that I was accessing using telnet to a as2511rj. the rack has a PC
   used a
   TFTP server.
   To make a long story short I nuked the flash card, the bootflash, AND
   loaded
   a 3620 image on the bootflash. doh.
   There was no one on-site to help me. out of desperation I telnetted
   in
   using hyperterminal, used the terminal download command on the as2511,
   put
   the 3640 in rom monitor mode, and did a xmodem file transfer to the
   box from
   across the internet. 90 minutes later the router was back online.
   enabling the break key on the 3640 before I did the upgrade really
   saved my
   behind. Also, use xmodem-1k instead of regular xmodem. much faster.
   -----Original Message-----
   From: rodrigo.kazuo@equant.com [mailto:rodrigo.kazuo@equant.com]
   Sent: Wednesday, October 25, 2000 1:24 PM
   To: kmiho@lycos.ne.jp
   Cc: ccielab@groupstudy.com
   Subject: Re: IOS upgrade and XMODEM
        In Cisco routers, xmodem protocol is usually used for disaster
   recovery, to
   load an IOS using the console port. In the rom mon mode, you type
   xmodem
   <file
   name> and send the IOS file via Hyperterminal (or other terminal)
   using
   Xmodem
   protocol. This procedure is slower than TFTP, because you are using
   console
   speed, not LAN speed. You can increase the Xmodem tranfer, increasing
   the
   console baud rate, but in this case, you can config the speed up to
   115200
   if
   you are directly connected.... I´ve never loaded an IOS via modem
   connection
   to
   the console port, but if you think in this solution, you can set the
   console
   baud rate for the convenient speed, and try to load it.
   Best regards..
   Rodrigo Kazuo Yamamoto
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