From: Hewie (whewetson@gmail.com)
Date: Sun Apr 15 2007 - 07:52:16 ART
I wonder why Cisco hasn't put a USB or flash slot on the newer 3750, 3560
switches? I am sure a lot of people would agree that it would be pretty
handy.
Hewie
On 4/15/07, CCIE 19999 <ccie@iprimus.com.au> wrote:
>
> Yes, if you have a very large image file it takes hours together to upload
> the image through Xmodem. My work around is, load the smallest
> possible/available image via Xmodem, this might take much less time
> compared
> to the latest image. Once you got the device working, upload the
> latest/required image via TFTP. This technique saved a lot of time on
> uploading 12.4 image to my 3640 routers.
>
> HTH,
> RS
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of
> Roger
> Sent: Sunday, 15 April 2007 5:38 PM
> To: 'Hewie'
> Cc: 'Cisco certification'
> Subject: RE: 3560 Image Recovery Possible?
>
> Thanks, Hewie. I was afraid of that. It painfully took me 2.5 hours to
> upload the image via Xmodem.
>
> -Roger
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of
> Hewie
> Sent: Saturday, April 14, 2007 11:12 PM
> To: Cisco
> Cc: Cisco certification
> Subject: Re: 3560 Image Recovery Possible?
>
> Hi Roger,
>
> As far as I know, Xmodem is your only option, not too slow if you crank up
> the speed of your serial port.
>
>
> http://www.cisco.com/en/US/partner/products/hw/switches/ps628/products_tech_
> note09186a0080169696.shtml
>
> Hewie
>
> On 4/15/07, Cisco <cisco@securabyte.com> wrote:
> >
> > I just erased the entire contents of flash on my 3560 trying to update
> my
> > switch with a newer version of an image. My switch locked up and I had
> to
> > manually restart it and obviously now it stays in the "safe mode".
> >
> >
> >
> > Is there a way where I can boot up my switch from an image on my TFTP
> > server
> > the same way I would do it with a router in rommon mode?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Roger
> >
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