System Image, Microcode Image, and Configuration File Load Commands

filename

Name of the system image you want to netboot.

ip-address

(Optional) IP address of the TFTP server on which the system image resides. If omitted, this value defaults to the IP broadcast address of 255.255.255.255.

flash filename

(Optional) Boots the router from Flash memory with the optional filename of the image you want loaded. The filename is case sensitive. Without a filename, the first valid file in Flash memory is loaded.

device:

(Optional) Valid value is flash.

partition-number:

Boots the router from Flash memory with the optional filename of the image you want loaded from the specified Flash partition. If you do not specify a filename, the first valid file in the specified partition of Flash memory is loaded.

flash

Indicates that the router will be booted from Flash memory.

mop

Indicates that the router will be netbooted from a system image stored on a Digital MOP server.

tftp

(Optional) Indicates that the router will be netbooted from a system image stored on a TFTP server.

filename

(Optional with flash) Name of the system image from which you want to netboot. If you omit the filename when booting from Flash, the router uses the first system image stored in Flash memory.

ip-address

(Optional) IP address of the TFTP server on which the system image resides. If omitted, this value defaults to the IP broadcast address of 255.255.255.255.

mac-address

(Optional) MAC address of the MOP server on which the file resides. If the MAC address argument is not included, a broadcast message is sent to all MOP boot servers. The first MOP server to indicate that it has the file will be the server from which the router gets the boot image.

interface

(Optional) Interface out which the router should send MOP requests to reach the MOP server. The interface options are async, dialer, ethernet, loopback, null, serial, and tunnel. If the interface argument is not specified, a request will be sent on all interfaces that have MOP enabled, and the interface out which the first response is received will be used to load the software.

bytes

Specifies the size of the buffer to be used. There is no minimum or maximum buffer size.

mop

Indicates that the router will be configured from a configuration file stored on a Digital MOP server.

tftp

(Optional) Indicates that the router will be configured from a configuration file stored on a TFTP server.

rcp

(Optional) Indicates that the router will be configured from a configuration file stored on a rcp server.

filename

Name of the file from which you want to load configuration commands.

ip-address

(Optional) IP address of the TFTP server on which the file resides. If omitted, this value defaults to the IP broadcast address of 255.255.255.255.

mac-address

(Optional) MAC address of the MOP server on which the file resides. If the MAC address argument is not included, a broadcast message is sent to all MOP boot servers. The first MOP server to indicate that it has the file is the server from which the router gets the boot image.

interface

(Optional) Interface out which the router should send MOP requests to reach the MOP server. The interface options are async, dialer, ethernet, serial, and tunnel. If the interface argument is not specified, a request is sent on all interfaces that have MOP enabled, and the interface out which the first response is received is used to load the software.

flash

Boots the router from Flash memory.

mop

Boots the router from a system image stored on a Digital MOP server.

rom

Boots the router from ROM.

rcp

(Optional) Boots the router from a system image stored on a network server using rcp. If you omit this keyword, the transport mechanism defaults to tftp.

tftp

(Optional) Boots the router from a system image stored on a TFTP server. If omitted and rcp is not specified, the transport mechanism defaults to tftp.

filename

(Optional with flash.) Name of the configuration file from which you want to netboot. It is case sensitive. If you do not specify a system image file with the boot system command, the router uses the configuration register settings to determine the default system image filename to boot from the network server. The router forms the default boot filename by starting with the word cisco and then appending the octal equivalent of the boot field number in the configuration register, followed by a hyphen, and the processor type name (cisco nn-cpu).

ip-address

(Optional) IP address of the rcp or TFTP server on which the image file resides. Defaults to the IP broadcast address of 255.255.255.255.

mac-address

(Optional) If MOP is used, the MAC address of the server on which the file resides. If the MAC address argument is not included, a broadcast message is sent to all MOP boot servers. The first server to indicate that it has the file will be the server from which the router gets the boot image.

interface

(Optional) Interface out which the router should send MOP requests to reach the server. The interface options are async, dialer, ethernet, serial, and tunnel. If the interface argument is not specified, a request will be sent on all interfaces that have MOP enabled, and the interface out which the first response is received will be used to load the software.

device:

(Optional) Valid value is flash.

partition-number:

(Optional) Boots the router from Flash memory with the optional filename of the image you want loaded from the specified Flash partition. If you do not specify a filename, the first valid file in the specified partition of Flash memory is loaded.

value

Hexadecimal or decimal value that represents the 16-bit configuration register value you want to use the next time the router is restarted. The value range is from 0x0 to 0xFFFF (0 to 65535 in decimal). The default is 0x101 for the router models without Flash memory; default is 0x10F for router models with Flash memory.

terminal

Executes configuration commands from the terminal.

memory

Executes the configuration commands stored in nonvolatile random-access memory (NVRAM).

network

Retrieves the configuration commands stored in a file on a server.

ip-address

IP address to be provided in the source protocol address field of the RARP response packet. Normally, this is set to the address you configure as the primary address for the interface.

local-username

Name of the user on the local router. You can specify the router host name as the username. This name needs to be communicated to the network administrator or the user on the remote system. To be allowed to remotely execute commands on the router, the remote user must specify this value correctly.

ip-address

IP address of the remote host from which the local router will accept remotely executed commands. Either the IP address or the host name is required.

host

Name of the remote host from which the local router will accept remotely executed commands. Either the host name or the IP address is required.

remote-username

Name of the user on the remote host from which the router will accept remotely executed commands.

enable

(Optional) Enables the remote user to execute privileged EXEC commands using rsh. This keyword does not apply to rcp.

username

Name of the remote user on the server. This name is used for rcp copy requests. All files and images to be copied are searched for or written relative to the directory of the remote user's account.

interface

One of the following interface processor names: aip, fip, fsip, hip, mip, trip, eip, or sp.

flash

(Optional) If the flash keyword is specified, a filename argument is required, unless you are using the no microcode interface-type flash command.

rom

(Optional) If the rom keyword is specified, no further arguments are necessary. For example, the command microcode fip rom specifies that all FDDI Interface Processors (FIPs) should be loaded from their onboard ROM microcode. This onboard ROM microcode is not the same as the eight ROMs on the RP that contain the system image.

system

(Optional) If specified, the router loads the microcode from the microcode bundled into the system image you are running for that interface type.

filename

(Optional) Filename of the microcode in Flash memory you want to download. This argument is used only with the flash keyword. If you use the flash keyword, the name of the microcode file in Flash is required unless the command is no microcode interface flash. (This command results in the same default condition as the command microcode interface rom, which indicates that the card should be loaded from its onboard ROM microcode.)

cisco

Denotes a Cisco device code.

ds200

Denotes a DECserver 200 device code.

seconds

Sets the length of time, in seconds, that the router waits before retransmitting a message. The value is a number from 1 to 20.

count

Indicates the number of times a router will retransmit a MOP boot request. The value is a number from 3 to 24.

ip-address

IP address of the remote host on which to execute the rsh command. Either the IP address or the host name is required.

host

Name of the remote host on which to execute the command. Either the host name or the IP address is required.

/user username

(Optional) Remote username. If you do not specify a remote username, the router software uses the configured remote username, if one exists. Otherwise, the router software uses the username associated with the current TTY, if it is a valid name. If this name is invalid, the router software uses the host name as the username.

remote-command

Command to be executed remotely. This is a required parameter. Unlike UNIX, the router software does not default to a remote login. Instead, the router provides Telnet and connect services.

all

(Optional) Shows complete information about Flash memory, including information about the individual ROM devices in Flash memory and the names and sizes of all system image files stored in Flash, including those that are invalidated.

chips

(Optional) Shows information per partition and per chip, including which bank the chip is in, its code, size, and name.

detailed

(Optional) Shows detailed file directory information per partition, including file length, address, name, Flash checksum, computer checksum, bytes used, bytes available, total bytes, and bytes of system Flash memory.

err

(Optional) Shows write or erase failures in the form of number of retries.

partition number

(Optional) Shows output for the specified partition number. If you specify the partition keyword, you must specify a partition number. You can use this keyword only when Flash memory has multiple partitions.

summary

(Optional) Shows summary information per partition, including the partition size, bank size, state, and method by which files can be copied into a particular partition. You can use this keyword only when Flash memory has multiple partitions.