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Release Notes for Cisco IOS 11.1(5)—Cisco CPA2500 Series Routers

Release Notes for Cisco IOS 11.1(5)—Cisco CPA2500 Series Routers

October 14, 1996

These release notes identify the Cisco Internetwork Operating System (Cisco IOS) Release 11.1 feature sets for Cisco CPA2500 series routers. Product numbers supported are as follows:

These release notes include tables that identify feature packs and tables that show the specific features comprising available feature sets for each supported CiscoPro router. These release notes also help you navigate the electronic documentation directly to the Cisco IOS Release 11.1 documentation for CiscoPro products. The CiscoPro Software Installer, delivered on the same CD-ROM as the Cisco IOS feature sets, is designed to work from a PC running Microsoft Windows 95. These release notes also describe how to install the router software feature sets using a PC running Microsoft Windows 3.1.

Note Before running the CiscoPro Software Installer, read the section "Installation Tips,".
Note If you are installing feature sets on a Cisco CPA2500 router with no Ethernet interface (that is, Token Ring only), be sure to use the "CiscoPro Software Installer Version 3.0" diskette that shipped with your router. Use this diskette before you use the feature pack CD containing the feature sets.

Introduction

These release notes contain the following sections:

Note A feature pack can contain multiple feature sets, and each feature set contains many features.

CiscoPro Feature Pack Descriptions

This section describes the CiscoPro feature packs, listing the software feature sets comprising each set. You can use this information to identify your feature pack set in conjunction with the corresponding information provided in the tables in the section "Installation Tips,". Tables in that section identify which features that are supported for a feature set on a specific platform.

Software Feature Packs

Table 1 identifies each feature pack as specified on the label of the CD containing the router software. It also lists the feature sets comprising the feature pack, giving the DOS and UNIX filenames of the images. The table provides a brief description of each feature set and the router platform on which the feature set runs.


Table 1: CiscoPro Feature Pack Feature Set Image Filenames
Feature Sets Included DOS Filename UNIX Filename Description
CPA2500 IP Feature Pack Release 11.1 (model number CPASW25-A-11.1=)
  IP

PY11150N

cpa25-y-l.111-5

IP feature set for CPA2500 series routers

  IP (ISP)

PL11150N

cpa25-p-l.111-5

IP Internet Service Provider feature set for CPA2500 series routers

CPA2500 IP/IPX/AppleTalk Feature Pack Release 11.1 (model number CPASW25-B-11.1=)
  IP/IPX

PN11150N

cpa25-in-l.111-5

IP/IPX feature set for CPA2500 series

  Optimized IP/IPX/AT

Pl11150N

cpa25-g-l.111-5

Optimized IP/IPX/AppleTalk for CPA2500 series routers

CPA2500 IP/IPX/AppleTalk Remote Access Server Release 11.1 (model number CPASW25-E-11.1=)
  RAS

PR11150N

cpa25-c2-l.111-5

Remote Access Server feature set for CPA2509 CPA2511, CPA2520, and CPA2522 routers without ISDN

  Optimized IP/IPX/
AT + RAS

PQ11150N

cpa25-c-l-111-5

Optimized IP/IPX/AppleTalk and Remote Access Server for CPA2509 and CPA2511 routers without ISDN

  Optimized IP/IPX/AT + RAS + ISDN

PG11150N

cpa25-cg-l.111-5

Optimized IP/IPX/AppleTalk and Remote Access Server for CPA2520 and CPA2522 routers

CPA2500 IP/IPX IBM Feature Pack Release 11.1 (model number CPASW25-DS-11.1=)
  IP/IPX IBM

80111101

cpa25-inr-l.111-6

IP/IPX IBM feature set for CPA2500 series routers1

CPA2500 Desktop Feature Pack Release 11.1 (model number CPASW25-F-11.1)
  Desktop

PD11150N

cpa25-d-1.111-5

Desktop feature set for CPA2500 series routers

CPA2500 Enterprise Feature Pack Release 11.1 (model number CPASW25-G-11.1=)
  Enterprise

PJ11150N

cpa25-j-l.111-5

Enterprise feature set for CPA2500 series routers

1For routers with no Ethernet interfaces, these images must be loaded using the "CiscoPro Software Installer Version 3.0" diskette that shipped with your router.

Memory Requirements and Recommendations

This section includes two tables: Table 2 identifies the memory required to run each feature set; Table 3 describes the memory delivered by default and the available memory upgrades.

You can use Table 2 to identify the memory required for your configuration based on the image you run. You can then check this against Table 3 to determine how much memory is available on the router as the factory default and the upgrades that you can obtain to satisfy your requirements.


Table 2: Cisco CPA2500 Feature Set Memory Requirements
Feature Set Description Flash Memory Requirements DRAM Memory
Requirements
CPA2500 IP Feature Pack Release 11.1
  IP

IP feature set for CPA2500 series routers

4 MB (default)

4 MB (default)

  IP + ISP

IP and Internet Service Provider feature set for CPA2500 series routers

4 MB (default)

8 MB upgrade

CPA2500 IP/IPX/AppleTalk Feature Pack Release 11.1
  IP/IPX

IP/IPX feature set for CPA2500 series

8 MB upgrade

4 MB (default)

  Optimized IP/IPX/AT

Optimized IP/IPX/AppleTalk for CPA2500 series routers

4 MB (default)

4 MB (default)

CPA2500 IP/IPX/AppleTalk Remote Access Server Release 11.1
  RAS

Remote Access Server (RAS) feature set for CPA2509, and CPA2511 routers

4 MB (default)

4 MB (default)

  Optimized IP/IPX/
AT + RAS

Optimized IP/IPX/AppleTalk and Remote Access Server for CPA2509 and CPA2511 routers

4 MB (default)

4 MB (default)

  IP/IPX/AT + RAS + ISDN

Optimized IP/IPX/AppleTalk and Remote Access Server for CPA2520 and CPA2522 routers

8-MB upgrade

4 MB (default)

CPA2500 IP/IPX IBM Feature Pack Release 11.1
  IP/IPX IBM

Optimized IP/IPX IBM Feature Pack Release 11.1

8-MB

4MB (default)

CPA2500 Desktop Feature Pack Release 11.1
  Desktop

Desktop feature set for CPA2500 series routers

8-MB upgrade

4 MB (default)

CPA2500 Enterprise Feature Pack Release 11.1
  Enterprise

Enterprise feature set for CPA2500 series routers

8-MB upgrade

8-MB upgrade

Table 3 shows the amount of both Flash and main memory delivered by default on a CiscoPro CPA2500 series router. It also lists the available memory upgrades.


Table 3: CiscoPro Access Default and Memory Upgrade Options
Memory Type Default Upgrade Options

Flash

4 MB

8-MB upgrade: CPA025-MEM8F=

Main

4 MB

8-MB upgrade: CPA025-MEM8D=,
16-MB upgrade: CPA025-MEM16D=

Installation Tips

This section describes several solutions to problems you might encounter when using the CiscoPro Software Installer. These solutions are additions to the installer's online help.

  After you log in, observe the user prompt displayed by the router. If the prompt appears as "rommon 1>" or ">," the router is operating in ROMMON mode. If the prompt is "[router_name](boot)>" or "[router_name]>," the unit is not operating in ROMMON mode.
  To exit ROMMON mode and boot to a system image, enter the b flash command at the router prompt.
  Next, check the Configuration Register value to confirm that ROMMON mode is no longer the default boot setting by entering the show version command. The last line of the output shows the Configuration Register value. Examine the last digit of the value, which represents the boot field. A value of 0 indicates that the router will reload to ROMMON on reboot.
  However, the last digit should be greater than 0 for the CiscoPro Software Installer to communicate with the router. If you need to make this value greater than zero, enter the following commands while in enable (#) mode to change the value of the register to 0x2.
router#config t
router(config)#config 0x2
router(config)#exit
router#reload
  The router should now reload to the system image.
  If the diskette is not available, you can use a TPTP server as described inthe section, "Installing the Router Software Using Microsoft Windows 3.1,".

Cisco IOS Release 11.1 Feature Sets for Cisco CPA2500 Series Routers

This section identifies specific features supported on Cisco CPA2500 routers. Table 4 lists feature sets that are identical to their Enterprise counterparts. Table 5 lists feature sets that have been optimized to operate in the router's default memory configuration. In Features marked with "Yes" are supported; features marked with "-" are not supported. You can use the information given in the tables provided in this section in conjunction with the information provided in the section "CiscoPro Feature Pack Descriptions,", to determine which features a particular feature set supports.


Table 4: Cisco IOS Release 11.1 Feature Sets for Cisco CPA2500 Routers-Standard Images
Features IP IP/IPX IP/IPX/
IBM Base 		Desktop Enterprise Remote Access
Server

SNMP

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

RMON1

—

—

—

—

—

—

Asynchronous support (SLIP)

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

CSLIP

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

ARAP

—

—

—

Yes

Yes

Yes

Frame Relay

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

SMDS

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

—

X.25

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

ISDN

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

—

PPP

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

CPPP

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

HDLC

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

IP

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

RIP

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

RIPv2

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

IGRP

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Enhanced IGRP

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

OSPF

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

—

BGP

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

EGP

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

—

PIM

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

NHRP

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

—

ES-IS

—

—

—

—

Yes

—

IS-IS

—

—

—

—

Yes

—

Snapshot routing

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

NTP

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Bridging (transparent and translational)

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

—

Multiring

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

LAN extension host

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

—

IPX

—

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

NLSP

—

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

—

IPXWAN 2.0

—

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

RTMP

—

—

—

Yes

Yes

Yes

SMRP

—

—

—

Yes

Yes

Yes

SRTP

—

—

—

—

Yes

Yes

AppleTalk Versions 1 and 2

—

—

—

Yes

Yes

Yes

AURP

—

—

—

Yes

Yes

Yes

DECnet IV

—

—

—

Yes

Yes

—

DECnet V

—

—

—

—

Yes

—

Apollo Domain

—

—

—

—

Yes

—

Banyan VINES

—

—

—

—

Yes

—

ISO CLNS

—

—

—

—

Yes

—

XNS

—

—

—

—

Yes

—

Lock-and-Key

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

MD5 routing authentication

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Kerberized login

—

—

—

—

Yes

—

V.120

—

—

—

—

Yes

—

SRB

—

—

Yes

—

Yes

—

RSRB

—

—

Yes

—

Yes

—

APPN

—

—

—

—

—

—

FRAS BAN

—

—

Yes

—

Yes

—

DLSw (RFC 1795)

—

—

Yes

—

Yes

—

DLSw+

—

—

Yes

—

Yes

—

SDLC

—

—

Yes

—

Yes

—

SDLLC

—

—

Yes

—

Yes

—

STUN

—

—

Yes

—

Yes

—

TG/COS

—

—

—

—

Yes

—

QLLC

—

—

Yes

—

Yes

—

Bisync

—

—

Yes

—

Yes

—

DSPU

—

—

—

—

Yes

—

NetView Native Service Point

—

—

—

—

Yes

—

Protocol translation

—

—

—

—

Yes

Yes

TN3270

—

—

—

—

Yes

Yes

LAT

—

—

—

—

Yes

Yes

SRT Bridging

—

—

Yes

—

Yes

—

XRemote

—

—

—

—

Yes

Yes

Telnet

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

PAD

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

AutoInstall

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Modem auto- configuring

—

—

—

—

Yes

Yes

Router monitoring

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

DHCP

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

NASI

—

—

—

—

—

Yes

NetBEUI over PPP

—

—

—

—

—

Yes

1All feature sets include RMON alarm and events groups. Full, nine-group RMON support is included in the feature sets indicated.
Table 5: Cisco IOS Release 11.1 Feature Sets for Cisco CPA2500 Routers-Optimized Images
                           Optimized
IP/IPX/AT P/IPX/AT+RAS P/IPX/AT+RAS+ISDN

SNMP

Yes

Yes

Yes

RMON1

—

—

—

Asynchronous support (SLIP)

Yes

Yes

Yes

CSLIP

Yes

Yes

Yes

ARAP

—

Yes

Yes

Frame Relay

Yes

Yes

Yes

SMDS

Yes

—

—

X.25

Yes

Yes

Yes

ISDN

Yes

—

Yes

PPP

Yes

Yes

Yes

CPPP

Yes

Yes

Yes

HDLC

Yes

Yes

Yes

IP

Yes

Yes

Yes

RIP

Yes

Yes

Yes

RIPv2

Yes

Yes

Yes

IGRP

Yes

Yes

Yes

Enhanced IGRP

Yes

Yes

Yes

OSPF

Yes

Yes

Yes

BGP

—

—

—

EGP

—

—

—

PIM

—

—

—

NHRP

—

—

—

ES-IS

—

—

—

IS-IS

—

—

—

Snapshot routing

Yes

Yes

Yes

NTP

Yes

Yes

Yes

Bridging (transparent and translational)

Yes

Yes

Yes

Multiring

—

—

—

LAN extension host

—

—

—

IPX

Yes

Yes

Yes

NLSP

Yes

Yes

Yes

IPXWAN 2.0

Yes

Yes

Yes

RTMP

Yes

Yes

Yes

SMRP

—

—

—

SRTP

—

—

—

AppleTalk Versions 1 and 2

Yes

Yes

Yes

AURP

Yes

Yes

Yes

DECnet IV

—

—

—

DECnet V

—

—

—

Apollo Domain

—

—

—

Banyan VINES

—

—

—

ISO CLNS

—

—

—

XNS

—

—

—

Lock-and-Key

Yes

Yes

Yes

MD5 routing authentication

Yes

Yes

Yes

Kerberized login

—

—

—

V.120

Yes

—

Yes

SRB

—

—

—

RSRB

—

—

—

APPN

—

—

—

FRAS BAN

—

—

—

DLSw (RFC 1795)

—

—

—

DLSw+

—

—

—

SDLC

—

—

—

SDLLC

—

—

—

STUN

—

—

—

TG/COS

—

—

—

QLLC

—

—

—

Bisync

—

—

—

DSPU

—

—

—

NetView Native Service Point

—

—

—

Protocol translation

—

Yes

Yes

TN3270

—

Yes

Yes

LAT

—

Yes

Yes

SRT Bridging

—

—

—

XRemote

—

Yes

Yes

Telnet

Yes

Yes

Yes

PAD

Yes

Yes

Yes

AutoInstall

Yes

Yes

Yes

Modem auto configuration

—

—

—

Router monitoring

Yes

Yes

Yes

DHCP

Yes

Yes

Yes

NASI

—

—

—

NetBEUI over PPP

—

Yes

Yes

1All feature sets except CFRAD include RMON alarm and events groups. Full, nine-group RMON support is included in the feature sets indicated.

Installing the Router Software Using Microsoft Windows 3.1

In addition to the Cisco IOS feature sets, the CD-ROM also contains the router image loader, which you can use to download the software to the router. The booklet included with the CD-ROM explains how to install the software on a PC running Windows 95, but you can also install the software using Windows 3.1.

This section describes how to install the software images from the CD-ROM using a PC running Windows 3.1. The process requires that you first obtain a Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP) application or a remote copy protocol (rcp) application, which you can use to set up your PC as a TFTP server or an rcp server. You can use either the copy tftp flash or copy rcp flash command to download the software images to the router from a system running Windows 3.1.

Note If you do not already have a TFTP or rcp application, you can choose from a number of applications that are available from independent software vendors. In addition, a number of TFTP programs are available as shareware from public sources on the World Wide Web.

Installation Process

This section provides steps that enable you to install the router software using a TFTP application and a PC running Windows 3.1. To install the software using an rcp application, follow the same steps but use rcp instead of TFTP. You must also substitute the copy rcp flash command for the copy tftp flash command in Step 6. See the next section, "Command Reference Information for TFTP and rcp," for detailed information about the copy rcp flash and copy tftp flash commands.

Step 1   Install the TFTP application on the PC.

Step 2   Launch the TFTP application on the PC, usually by double-clicking the application icon or its filename.

Step 3   Set up the PC as a TFTP server using the TFTP application setup or configuration facility.

The user interface of most TFTP applications includes a setup facility that allows you to specify the PC as a server. For example, from the TFTP menu of one application, you can select Settings to display a panel that includes a checkbox beside the word Server. To configure the local PC as a server, click in this checkbox.

Caution Be certain to set up your local PC as a TFTP server. If you overlook this step, you will not be able to copy the new software images. If you are using rcp instead of TFTP, you should also be certain to set up your local PC as an rcp server before you copy the software images.

Step 4   Establish a console session from your local PC (which is now configured as a TFTP server) to the router. You can do this in either of two ways:

  This is the recommended method. If you use this method, you will remain connected to the router when you reload the router to cause the image to take effect (in Step 11).

Step 5   Connect your PC's Ethernet port to the router's Ethernet port using the 10BaseT crossover cable provided.

Step 6   At the router prompt, enter the following command to copy the new software image from the CD-ROM drive of the PC to the router:

# copy tftp flash

Step 7   When prompted, enter the IP address of your local Windows 3.1-based PC, as in the following example:

Address or name of remote host [255.255.255.255]? 131.108.1.1

This is the IP address of your local PC not the router.

Step 8   When prompted, enter the full path name of the image to be copied to the router as in the following example:

Source file name? d:\images\cisco.mz

Step 9   In response to the following prompt, enter the destination filename and press Enter to indicate that you want to copy the image.

Destination file name [d:\images\cisco.mz]?cisco.mz

(This is the location and name of the image file on the router, not the full path name of the image on the CD-ROM on the PC.)

During the transfer process, messages indicate that the software has accessed the file you have specified and is loading it.

Step 10   Enter Yes or No in response to the prompt asking if you want to erase the existing image in the router's Flash memory before copying the new one:

Erase flash device before writing? [confirm] yes

When copying to Flash memory, the system provides an option to erase existing internal Flash memory before writing onto it. The entire copying process takes several minutes and differs from network to network.

The exclamation point (!) indicates that the copy process is taking place. Each exclamation point indicates that ten packets have been transferred successfully. A series of "V" characters indicates that a checksum verification of the image is occurring after the image is written to Flash memory.

Step 11   Enter the reload command to reload the router:

# reload

Command Reference Information for TFTP and rcp

This section includes detailed information about the copy rcp flash and copy tftp flash commands. This information supplements the information provided in the steps described in the section "Installation Process,".

copy rcp flash

To copy a file from a network server to the router or to another destination using rcp, use the copy rcp flash EXEC command:

copy rcp flash

Syntax Description

flash

Specifies internal Flash memory as the destination of the copy operation.

Command Mode

EXEC

Usage Guidelines

The rcp protocol requires that a client send the remote username of an rcp request to the server. When you enter the copy rcp flash command, by default the Cisco IOS software sends the username associated with the current teletype (TTY), if that name is valid. For example, if the user is connected to the router through Telnet and the user was authenticated through the username command, then the software sends that username as the remote username.

Note TTY lines are commonly used for access services for Cisco routers. The concept of TTY originated with UNIX. For UNIX systems, each physical device is represented in the file system. Terminals are called TTY devices, which stands for teletype, the original UNIX terminal.

If the TTY username is invalid, the software uses the host name as the both the remote and local usernames. To specify a different remote username to be sent to the rcp server, use the ip rcmd remote-username command. You can also specify the path of an existing directory along with the remote username.

Caution The remote username must be associated with an account on the destination server. If you do not use the ip rcmd remote-username command to specify the name of a remote user associated with an account on the server, then the remote username associated with the current TTY process must be associated with an account on the server. If there is no username for the current TTY process, then the host name must be associated with an account on the server. If the network administrator of the destination server did not establish accounts for the remote username used, this command will not execute successfully when a default remote username is used.

If you copy a system image from a PC used as a file server, the remote host computer must support the remote shell (rsh) protocol.

Use the copy rcp flash command to copy a system image from a network server to the router's internal Flash memory using rcp. The Cisco IOS software prompts for the address of the rcp server and rcp filename. When you enter this command, the system provides an option to erase existing Flash memory before writing onto it. The entire copying process takes several minutes and differs from network to network.

Before booting from Flash memory, verify that the checksum of the image in internal Flash memory matches the checksum listed in the README file distributed with the system software image. The checksum of the image in Flash memory is displayed at the bottom of the screen when you issue the copy rcp flash command. The README file was copied to the rcp server automatically when you installed the system software image.

Caution If the checksum value does not match the value in the README file, do not reboot the router. Re-enter the copy rcp flash command and compare the checksums again. If the checksum is repeatedly wrong, copy the original system software image back into Flash memory before you reboot the router from Flash memory. If you have a corrupted image in Flash memory and try to boot from Flash memory, the router starts the system image contained in ROM (assuming booting from a network server is not configured). If ROM does not contain a fully functional system image, the router cannot function and must be reconfigured through a direct console port connection.
Examples

The following example shows how to use the copy rcp flash command on a Cisco 4500 router. The interface might differ slightly on other systems. This example copies a system image named file1 from the netadmin1 directory on the remote server named SERVER1.CISCO.COM with an IP address of 131.108.101.101 to Flash memory. To ensure that enough Flash memory is available to accommodate the system image to be copied, the Cisco IOS software allows you to erase the contents of Flash memory first.

Router1# configure terminal Router1(config)# rcmd remote-username netadmin1 Router(config)# Ctrl-Z Router# copy rcp flash
System flash directory, partition 2: File Length Name/status 1 984 file1 [deleted] 2 984 file1 [2096 bytes used, 8386512 available, 8388608 total] Address or name of remote host [255.255.255.255]? 131.108.101.101 Source file name? file1 Destination file name [file1]? Accessing file 'file1' on 131.108.101.101... Loading dirt/ssangiah/file1 .from 131.108.101.101 (via Ethernet0): ! [OK] Erase flash device before writing? [confirm] Flash contains files. Are you sure you want to erase? [confirm] Copy 'file1' from server as 'file1' into Flash WITH erase? [yes/no] yes Erasing device... eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee ...erased Loading file1 from 131.108.101.101 (via Ethernet0): ! [OK - 984/8388608 bytes] Verifying checksum... OK (0x14B3) Flash copy took 0:00:01 [hh:mm:ss]

The following example shows sample output resulting from copying a system image into a partition of Flash memory. The system prompts only if there are two or more read/write partitions or one read-only and one read/write partition and dual Flash memory bank support in boot ROMs. If the partition entered is not valid, the process terminates. You have the option to enter a partition number, a question mark (?) for a directory display of all partitions, or a question mark and a number (?number) for a directory display of a particular partition. The default is the first read/write partition.

Router# copy rcp flash System flash partition information: Partition Size Used Free Bank-Size State Copy-Mode     1 4096K 2048K 2048K 2048K Read Only RXBOOT-FLH     2 4096K 2048K 2048K 2048K Read/Write Direct [Type ?<no> for partition directory; ? for full directory; q to abort] Which partition? [default = 2]

If the partition is read-only and has dual Flash memory bank support in boot ROMs, the session continues as follows:

                               **** NOTICE **** Flash load helper v1.0 This process will accept the copy options and then terminate the current system image to use the ROM based image for the copy. Routing functionality will not be available during that time. If you are logged in via telnet, this connection will terminate. Users with console access can see the results of the copy operation.                                ---- ******** ---- Proceed? [confirm] System flash directory, partition 1: File Length Name/status   1 3459720 master/igs-bfpx.100-4.3 [3459784 bytes used, 734520 available, 4194304 total] Address or name of remote host [255.255.255.255]? 131.108.1.1 Source file name? master/igs-bfpx-100.4.3 Destination file name [default = source name]?

The file will be copied into the partition given earlier by the user:

Loading master/igs-bfpx.100-4.3 from 131.108.1.111: ! Erase flash device before writing? [confirm] Flash contains files. Are you sure? [confirm] Copy 'master/igs-bfpx.100-4.3' from TFTP server as 'master/igs-bfpx.100-4.3' into Flash WITH erase? [yes/no] yes

If the partition is read/write, the session continues as follows:

System flash directory, partition 2: File Length Name/status   1 3459720 master/igs-bfpx.100-4.3 [3459784 bytes used, 734520 available, 4194304 total] Address or name of remote host [255.255.255.255]? 131.108.1.1 Source file name? master/igs-bfpx.100-4.3 Destination file name [default = source name]?

The file will be copied into the partition given earlier by the user:

Accessing file 'master/igs-bfpx.100-4.3' on ABC.CISCO.COM... Loading master/igs-bfpx.100-4.3 from 131.108.1.111: ! Erase flash device before writing? [confirm] Flash contains files. Are you sure? [confirm] Copy 'master/igs-bfpx.100-4.3' from TFTP server as 'master/igs-bfpx.100-4.3' into Flash WITH erase? [yes/no] yes
Related Commands

boot config
boot system flash
cd
copy flash rcp
ip rcmd remote-username
verify flash

copy tftp flash

To copy a file from a TFTP server to the router or to another destination, use the copy tftp flash EXEC command.

copy tftp flash

Syntax Description

flash

Specifies internal Flash memory as the destination of the copy operation.

Command Mode

EXEC

Usage Guidelines

The system prompts for the address of the TFTP server and TFTP filename if you do not provide them at the command line. When copying to internal Flash memory, the system provides an option to erase existing internal Flash memory before writing onto it. The entire copying process takes several minutes and differs from network to network.

Before booting from Flash memory, verify that the checksum of the image in Flash memory matches the checksum listed in the README file distributed with the system software image. The checksum of the image in Flash memory is displayed at the bottom of the screen when you enter the copy tftp flash command. The README file was copied to the TFTP server automatically when you installed the system software image.

Caution If the checksum value is not correct according to the value in the README file, do not reboot the router. Enter the copy tftp flash command and compare the checksums again. If the checksum is repeatedly wrong, copy the original system software image back into Flash memory before you reboot the router from Flash memory. If you have a corrupted image in Flash memory and try to boot from Flash memory, the router starts the system image contained in ROM (assuming booting from a network server is not configured). If ROM does not contain a fully functional system image, the router cannot function and must be reconfigured through a direct console port connection.

Examples

The following example shows sample output of copying a system image named file1 into Flash memory:

Router# copy tftp flash System flash directory, partition 2: File Length Name/status 1 984 file1 [deleted] 2 984 file1 [2096 bytes used, 8386512 available, 8388608 total] Address or name of remote host [255.255.255.255]? 223.255.254.254 Source file name? file1 Destination file name [file1]? Accessing file 'file1' on 223.255.254.254... Loading dirt/ssangiah/file1 .from 223.255.254.254 (via Ethernet0): - [OK] Erase flash device before writing? [confirm] Flash contains files. Are you sure you want to erase? [confirm] Copy 'file1' from server as 'file1' into Flash WITH erase? [yes/no] yes Erasing device... eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee ...erased Loading file1 from 223.255.254.254 (via Ethernet0): !!!!... [OK - 984/8388608 bytes] Verifying checksum... OK (0x14B3) Flash copy took 0:00:01 [hh:mm:ss]

The exclamation point (!) indicates that the copy process is taking place. Each exclamation point indicates that ten packets have been transferred successfully. A series of "V" characters indicates that a checksum verification of the image is occurring after the image is written to Flash memory.

The following example shows sample output resulting from copying a system image into a partition of Flash memory. The system will prompt only if there are two or more read/write partitions or one read-only and one read/write partition and dual Flash memory bank support in boot ROMs. If the partition entered is not valid, the process terminates. You can enter a partition number, a question mark (?) for a directory display of all partitions, or a question mark and a number (?number) for directory display of a particular partition. The default is the first read/write partition.

Router# copy tftp flash System flash partition information: Partition Size Used Free Bank-Size State Copy-Mode     1 4096K 2048K 2048K 2048K Read Only RXBOOT-FLH     2 4096K 2048K 2048K 2048K Read/Write Direct [Type ?<no> for partition directory; ? for full directory; q to abort] Which partition? [default = 2]

If the partition is read-only and has dual Flash memory bank support in boot ROMs, the session continues as follows:

                               **** NOTICE **** Flash load helper v1.0 This process will accept the copy options and then terminate the current system image to use the ROM based image for the copy. Routing functionality will not be available during that time. If you are logged in via telnet, this connection will terminate. Users with console access can see the results of the copy operation.                                ---- ******** ---- Proceed? [confirm] System flash directory, partition 1: File Length Name/status   1 3459720 master/igs-bfpx.100-4.3 [3459784 bytes used, 734520 available, 4194304 total] Address or name of remote host [255.255.255.255]? 131.108.1.1 Source file name? master/igs-bfpx-100.4.3 Destination file name [default = source name]?

The file will be copied into the partition given earlier by the user:

Loading master/igs-bfpx.100-4.3 from 131.108.1.111: ! Erase flash device before writing? [confirm] Flash contains files. Are you sure? [confirm] Copy 'master/igs-bfpx.100-4.3' from TFTP server as 'master/igs-bfpx.100-4.3' into Flash WITH erase? [yes/no] yes

If the partition is read/write, the session continues as follows:

System flash directory, partition 2: File Length Name/status   1 3459720 master/igs-bfpx.100-4.3 [3459784 bytes used, 734520 available, 4194304 total] Address or name of remote host [255.255.255.255]? 131.108.1.1 Source file name? master/igs-bfpx.100-4.3 Destination file name [default = source name]?

The file will be copied into the partition given earlier by the user:

Accessing file 'master/igs-bfpx.100-4.3' on ABC.CISCO.COM... Loading master/igs-bfpx.100-4.3 from 131.108.1.111: ! Erase flash device before writing? [confirm] Flash contains files. Are you sure? [confirm] Copy 'master/igs-bfpx.100-4.3' from TFTP server as 'master/igs-bfpx.100-4.3' into Flash WITH erase? [yes/no] yes
Related Commands

copy flash tftp
verify
verify flash

Additional Release Note Information

For detailed information about this software release, see the Enterprise release notes located on the Cisco Connection Documentation, CD-ROMs. Information that about the feature pack described in this release note includes the following:

About the Cisco IOS Software Electronic Documentation

Cisco IOS software documentation is provided on the Cisco Connection Documentation CD that is included with your feature pack. The documentation is organized into three main categories:

  Cisco IOS Command Summary: This document summarizes the commands in the six command reference publications. For each command, it provides complete syntax, the purpose of the command, and a description of each keyword and argument in the command syntax. Where possible, it also identifies the default values of keywords and arguments.
  System Error Messages: This document describes system error messages reported by Cisco IOS software. It includes possible causes and recommended actions. The System Error Messages publication is intended for network administrators who are responsible for monitoring and maintaining internetworking equipment.
  Cisco Access Connection Guide: This document explains how to use an access server or a router to connect to network hosts. It also describes how to manage and monitor network connections and how to change terminal parameters.
  Cisco Management Information Base (MIB) User Quick Reference: This document describes the Cisco Systems private, or local, Management Information Base (MIB), which is provided with all Cisco software releases and with CiscoWorks router management software. A MIB file contains variables that can be set or read to provide information on network devices and interfaces. The Cisco MIB is a set of variables that are private extensions to the Internet standard MIB II.
  Debug Command Reference: This document provides information about using debug commands to troubleshoot your internetwork. The Debug Command Reference is intended for network administrators who already know how to configure a router and are familiar with all relevant network equipment.

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For service and support for a product purchased directly from Cisco, use CCO.

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Available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, CCO provides a wealth of standard and value-added services to Cisco's customers and business partners. CCO services include product information, software updates, release notes, technical tips, the Bug Navigator, configuration notes, brochures, descriptions of service offerings, and download access to public and authorized files.

CCO serves a wide variety of users through two interfaces that are updated and enhanced simultaneously—a character-based version and a multimedia version that resides on the World Wide Web (WWW). The character-based CCO supports Zmodem, Kermit, Xmodem, FTP, and Internet e-mail, and is excellent for quick access to information over lower bandwidths. The WWW version of CCO provides richly formatted documents with photographs, figures, graphics, and video, as well as hyperlinks to related information.

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