Re: upgrade catos to ios

From: Ryan Morris (ryan@egate.net)
Date: Wed Apr 23 2008 - 12:13:48 ART

We did this last year on an MSFC2/SUP2. We didn't do it in place... we
upgraded in the lab and then swapped in the upgraded modules. It's a
pretty involved process and the "conversion tool" is almost more trouble
than it's worth. The upgrade process can take hours, and will probably
take you two tries the first time. I highly recommend doing it offline.

Also: you need to be very conscious of the memory and flash in your 6509.
We had to upgrade both to hold all the required images. I think we also
had to patch the boot loader.

Here's a doc with info:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/prod/collateral/switches/ps5718/ps708/prod_white_paper09186a00800c8441.html

and at the bottom of that doc is the conversion instructions, which you
need partner access to view. Our Cisco partner sent us the PDF:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/partner/products/hw/switches/ps708/products_tech_note09186a008015bfa6.shtml.

Good luck!

Ryan Morris
CCIE #18953

On Tue, 22 Apr 2008, Gary Duncanson wrote:

> Have you tried www.cisco.com or spoken to your 'channel' about this?
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ashwin Iyer" <ash.iyer@gmail.com>
> To: "Cisco certification" <ccielab@groupstudy.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2008 3:03 PM
> Subject: upgrade catos to ios
>
>
> > hi group
> > i need to upgrade my 6500 catos box to ios.This my hardware config.kindly
> > suggest which ios is suitable or whether it is even doable?
> >
> > WS-C6506E-S32-10GE Cat6506E chassis, WS-SUP32-10GE-3B, Fan Tray (req.P/S)
> > S323IB-12218SXF Cisco CAT6000 IP BASE WS-X6148-GE-TX Catalyst 6500
> > 48-port
> > 10/100/1000 GE Mod., RJ-45 WS-CAC-3000W Catalyst 6500 3000W AC power
> > supply
> > CAB-AC-2500W-INT Power Cord, 250Vac 16A, INTL WS-SUP32-10GE-3B Cat 6500
> > Supervisor 32 with 2 ports 10GbE and PFC3B MEM-XCEF720-256M Catalyst 6500
> > 256MB DDR, xCEF720 (67xx interface, DFC3A) MEM-MSFC2-256MB Catalyst 6500
> > 256MB DRAM on the MSFC2 WS-C6506-E-FAN Catalyst 6506-E Chassis Fan Tray
> > --
> > Ashwin Iyer
> >
> >
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