Management, Switching

Upgrading Cisco switch stack

René Jorissen on December 15, 2010 0 Comments • Tags: #allowfeatureupgrade #archive #downloadsw #ftp #imageonly #overwrite #stack #switch

I always upgrade a switch stack with one single command. Last week I received a call from a customer with the question about the upgrade procedure for a switch stack. The customer wanted to upload the image separately to every single switch. I told him that he could upgrade all switches at once.

Since I am “playing” with a Cisco switch stack of 9 Catalyst 3750X switches today I will describe the upgrade procedure.

  1. 1. You need to download the correct .tar image file;
  2. 2. Copy it to the root of your FTP or TFTP server;
  3. 3. Upload, extract and install the .tar file to the switches (I always use the /imageonly option, because I don’t need the html files for management);
  4. 4. Reload the switch stack;

The command to upload and extract the .tar file can be found below:

sw-stack#archive download-sw /imageonly /overwrite /allow-feature-upgrade ftp://user:password@<IP address FTP server>/image-file.tar

Loading c3750e-universalk9-tar.122-55.SE1.tar !!!!!!!
[OK – 17745920/4096 bytes]

Loading c3750e-universalk9-tar.122-55.SE1.tar !!!!!!!
examining image…
extracting info (110 bytes)
extracting c3750e-universalk9-mz.122-55.SE1/info (444 bytes)
extracting info (110 bytes)

Stacking Version Number: 1.45

System Type:             0x00000002
Ios Image File Size:   0x00DE8200
Total Image File Size: 0x010ECA00
Minimum Dram required: 0x08000000
Image Suffix:          universalk9-122-55.SE1
Image Directory:       c3750e-universalk9-mz.122-55.SE1
Image Name:            c3750e-universalk9-mz.122-55.SE1.bin
Image Feature:         IP|LAYER_3|PLUS|SSH|3DES|MIN_DRAM_MEG=128

Old image for switch 1: flash:/c3750e-universalk9-mz.122-53.SE2
Old image will be deleted after download.
Old image for switch 2: flash2:/c3750e-universalk9-mz.122-53.SE2
Old image will be deleted after download.
Old image for switch 3: flash3:/c3750e-universalk9-mz.122-53.SE2
Old image will be deleted after download.
Old image for switch 4: flash4:/c3750e-universalk9-mz.122-53.SE2
Old image will be deleted after download.
Old image for switch 5: flash5:/c3750e-universalk9-mz.122-53.SE2
Old image will be deleted after download.
Old image for switch 6: flash6:/c3750e-universalk9-mz.122-53.SE2
Old image will be deleted after download.
Old image for switch 7: flash7:/c3750e-universalk9-mz.122-53.SE2
Old image will be deleted after download.
Old image for switch 8: flash8:/c3750e-universalk9-mz.122-53.SE2
Old image will be deleted after download.
Old image for switch 9: flash9:/c3750e-universalk9-mz.122-53.SE2
Old image will be deleted after download.

Extracting images from archive into flash…
Extracting images from archive into flash on switch 2…
Extracting images from archive into flash on switch 3…
Extracting images from archive into flash on switch 4…
Extracting images from archive into flash on switch 5…
Extracting images from archive into flash on switch 6…
Extracting images from archive into flash on switch 7…
Extracting images from archive into flash on switch 8…
Extracting images from archive into flash on switch 9…

extracting c3750e-universalk9-mz.122-55.SE1/c3750e-universalk9-mz.122-55.SE1.bin (14570585 bytes)
extracting c3750e-universalk9-mz.122-55.SE1/info (444 bytes)
extracting info (110 bytes)

<..>

Installing (renaming): `flash:update/c3750e-universalk9-mz.122-55.SE1′ ->
`flash:/c3750e-universalk9-mz.122-55.SE1′
New software image installed in flash:/c3750e-universalk9-mz.122-55.SE1

<..>

Removing old image: flash:/c3750e-universalk9-mz.122-53.SE2
Removing old image: flash2:/c3750e-universalk9-mz.122-53.SE2
Removing old image: flash3:/c3750e-universalk9-mz.122-53.SE2
Removing old image: flash4:/c3750e-universalk9-mz.122-53.SE2

<..>

All software images installed.

The boot parameters are automatically changed to the new IOS firmware. You can check the boot parameters with the show boot command.

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René Jorissen

Co-owner and Solution Specialist at 4IP Solutions
René Jorissen works as Solution Specialist for 4IP in the Netherlands. Network Infrastructures are the primary focus. René works with equipment of multiple vendors, like Cisco, Aruba Networks, FortiNet, HP Networking, Juniper Networks, RSA SecurID, AeroHive, Microsoft and many more. René is Aruba Certified Edge Expert (ACEX #26), Aruba Certified Mobility Expert (ACMX #438), Aruba Certified ClearPass Expert (ACCX #725), Aruba Certified Design Expert (ACDX #760), CCNP R&S, FCNSP and Certified Ethical Hacker (CEF) certified. You can follow René on Twitter and LinkedIn.

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