Re: 3550 upgrade

Hi Keith,

If you're going to use the .tar file (which contains the .bin inside,
along with the web-based device management HTML stuff), you need to
use the "archive download-sw" command instead of "copy tftp". This
will download and unpack the tar, and also do useful things like set
the system boot variable appropriately.

Is your new image a .tar or a .bin? If it's a standalone .bin file,
make sure the file is in your TFTP server's root directory.

You're not supposed to unpack the .tar on your TFTP server, if that's
what you're trying -- use "archive download-sw" instead.

It looks like you're upgrading a switch which has been loaded with the
.tar-based IOS package (indicated by the fact the .bin is inside a
directory in flash). In many cases I've found it best to clear out the
flash completely first -- literally delete everything that's in there
-- directories, files (including the old IOS). Just don't reload
before you manage to get the new IOS downloaded.

Make sure you're not running some kind of host-based firewall on the
computer running the TFTP service -- I don't think that's the case if
you went flash -> TFTP, but something to be aware of.

cheers,
Dale

On Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 6:00 PM, kevin dalby <ccieconsult_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Shahid,
>
> Here is the try with the directory, the tftp ios name is
> c3550-ipservicesk9-mz.122-50.SE1:
>
>
> sw1#copy tftp flash
> Address or name of remote host [10.1.1.2]?
> Source filename [c3550-ipservicesk9-mz.122-50.SE1.bin]?
> c3550-ipservicesk9-mz.122-50.SE1
> Destination filename [c3550-ipservicesk9-mz.122-50.SE1]?
> c3550-ipservicesk9-mz.122-50.SE1/c3550-ipservicesk9-mz.122-50.SE1.bin
> Accessing tftp://10.1.1.2/c3550-ipservicesk9-mz.122-50.SE1...
> %Error opening tftp://10.1.1.2/c3550-ipservicesk9-mz.122-50.SE1 (Timed out)
>
> sw1#dir
> Directory of flash:/
> 2 -rwx 342 Mar 01 1993 00:07:36 +00:00 system_env_vars
> 3 -rwx 5 Mar 01 1993 01:08:48 +00:00 private-config.text
> 4 -rwx 4 Mar 01 1993 05:10:39 +00:00 test.txt
> 5 -rwx 3573 Mar 01 1993 01:08:48 +00:00 config.text
>
>
>
>
> On Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 1:37 AM, Shahid Ansari <shahid1357_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I think Your destination should be *
>> c3550-i9q3l2-mz.121-22.EA1a/filename.bin*
>> as c3550-i9q3l2-mz.121-22.EA1a is a directory .
>>
>> Thanks
>> Shahid
>>
>> On Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 10:25 AM, kevin dalby <ccieconsult_at_gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>> Hi All,
>>>
>>> Just bought some 3550s and II'm having an issue upgrading them
>>> to c3550-ipservicesk9-mz.122-50.SE1
>>>
>>> I would think this would be pretty simple but I'm not sure if I'm missing
>>> the .bin on the end or if the directory is getting in the way.
>>>
>>> Details below.
>>>
>>> Any help is appreciated.
>>>
>>> Thanks in advance.
>>> ________________________________
>>>
>>>
>>> works fine flash to tftp:
>>>
>>> sw2#copy
>>> flash:c3550-i9q3l2-mz.121-22.EA1a/c3550-i9q3l2-mz.121-22.EA1a.bin
>>> tftp:
>>> Address or name of remote host []? 10.1.1.2
>>> Destination filename [c3550-i9q3l2-mz.121-22.EA1a.bin]?
>>>
>>> !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!3485744
>>> bytes copied in 9.948 secs (350396 bytes/sec)
>>>
>>>
>>> fails from tftp to flash:
>>>
>>> sw1#copy tftp flash
>>> Address or name of remote host [10.1.1.2]?
>>> Source filename [c3550-i9q3l2-mz.121-22.EA1a]?
>>> Destination filename [c3550-i9q3l2-mz.121-22.EA1a]?
>>> Accessing tftp://10.1.1.2/c3550-i9q3l2-mz.121-22.EA1a...
>>> %Error opening tftp://10.1.1.2/c3550-i9q3l2-mz.121-22.EA1a (Timed out)
>>>
>>>
>>> also tried it with the .bin
>>>
>>> sw1#copy tftp flash
>>> Address or name of remote host [10.1.1.2]?
>>> Source filename [c3550-i9q3l2-mz.121-22.EA1a]?
>>> c3550-ipservicesk9-mz.122-50.SE1.bin
>>> Destination filename [c3550-ipservicesk9-mz.122-50.SE1.bin]?
>>> Accessing tftp://10.1.1.2/c3550-ipservicesk9-mz.122-50.SE1.bin...
>>> %Error opening tftp://10.1.1.2/c3550-ipservicesk9-mz.122-50.SE1.bin(Timed
>>> out)
>>>
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