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Upgrade Cisco IOS in a Router or a Switch

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0 tweet upgrading IOS on Cisco routers and switches is hightly recommendable because of the following reasons
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Patch critical vulnerabilities: Just like any other network device or application, Cisco routers and switches are also prone to security holes. And because routers and switches are critical to network infrastructure, you should plug these security holes as soon as possible. Incorporate new features: Unless an update is simply a bug fix, every new release of the Cisco IOS includes new features. Upgrading your routers and switches in a timely manner means youll have more features to potentially make your job easier.

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Stay current: Staying current with the latest IOS may sound like a flimsy justification to upgrade, especially when you consider your daily task list. However, when you consider the many different tools that communicate with the routers IOS, staying current can take on a new importance. For example, if youre using a SNMP network management tool, it may require your router to run a certain version of the IOS. Follow this procedure if you want to upgrade cisco IOS NOTE :- Before doing any upgrades plesae take a complete backup of your cisco device configuration for safer side Download the Correct version of Cisco IOS for you from here http://www.cisco.com/tacpage/sw-center/index.shtml Write Unsaved configurations
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Setup a TFTP server in the same IP range as the Cisco device to backup the configs, IOS image and also for later to upload the new IOS image. testrouter# copy startup-config tftp Address or name of remote host []? 10.10.10.2 Destination filename [startup-config]? !! 1278 bytes c opied in 0.100 secs Backup Current IOS Image testrouter# copy flash: tftp: Source filename []? xxxxx-xx-xx.121-x.XB Address or name of remote host []? 10.10.10.2 Destination filename [xxxxx-xx-xx.121-x.XB]? Now, Load the new IOS image from the TFTP onto the flash ciscorouter#copy tftp: flash: Address or name of remote host []? 10.10.10.2 Source filename []? c3560-ipbasek9-mz.122-40.SE.bin Destination filename [c3560-ipbasek9-mz.122-40.SE.bin]? Accessing tftp://10.10.10.2/c3560-ipbasek9-mz.122-40.SE.bin Loading c3560-ipbasek9-mz.122-40.SE.bin from !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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!!!!!!!!!! [OK - 8295106 bytes] 8295106 bytes copied in 124.571 secs (66589 bytes/sec) Now you need to make sure you are booting with the correct version of IOS image for this you need to use the following command to set. testrouter(config)#boot system flash:/c3560-ipbasek9-mz.122-40.SE.bin Now you need to reload the Cisco Router testrouter# reload After rebooting cisco device with the new Cisco IOS image you need to make sure this use the following command testrouter# sh ver Thats it now we are using the latest IOS on your cisco device

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9 Responses to Upgrade Cisco IOS in a Router or a Switch

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rajendra says:
October 4, 2008 at 12:26 pm i wannt upgrade my router ios

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Morefyah27 says:
November 21, 2008 at 6:50 am AbsolutlyAMAZING instructions!!!Seamless and exact. I got my ROuter upgraded and reconfigured in minutes. Thanks a million. Morefyah27

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Gabriel Garcia says:

January 23, 2009 at 5:09 pm Hi, the procedure is great, I have done it. But to Downgrade, is the same procedure???. For instance, I have a Switch 4510, I have found the procedure to upgrade the ios, but Ill need to downgrade it. I would thank and rapid answer. Thank you

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Adam says:
April 29, 2009 at 7:45 pm @Gabriel Garcia It is the same to downgrade except for one thing You have to run the command erase flash: to remove the current IOS before loading the new/old one. What kind of problems are you having with the newer IOS that would make you want to downgrade? Adam

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Virender Singh Negi says:

May 3, 2009 at 3:34 pm Yes I got my switch ios upgraded. Thanks a lot. Virender S. Negi

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April 27, 2010 at 9:32 am Many Thanks it works for me. 7.

shrijan says:
September 23, 2010 at 4:31 am The steps are really appreciable. After upgraded I have few more things that Im not satisfied: product:catalyst cisco 3560 series IOS ver before : 12.2(44)SE5 IOS ver after: 12.2.(55)SE when I access the new upgraded IOS from the browser, I didnt find the IOS upgrade options, details of switch like its current IOS, model no. and etc that used to diplay in previous IOS.. So, for the basic and important features like I have mentioned above in the cisco switch new latest upgraded one is not user frendly. So my concerns: 1. To find the old versions features like I have mentioned above do I need to downgrade the IOS? 2. To downgrade from CLI you have mentioned to erase flash first. Erase flash means delete all the current configurations. Is there any way to downgrade the IOS and not loosing of current configurations? shrijan

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deimos3428 says:
October 1, 2010 at 3:22 pm @shrijan: The reason you need to erase the flash is that it typically isnt large enough to hold two system images.

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Nobo says:
February 7, 2011 at 10:48 am use command switch#dir to list flash: -content. If there is enough of room for two IOS images, then you can, by all means have two IOS images running on same switch. If you want to go for the older IOS image use boot system command to do that. First list your running boot settings switch#sh boot BOOT path-list : flash:c2960-lanbasek9-mz.122-53.SE2/c2960-lanbasek9-mz.122-53.SE2.bin then you can change it to different image and keep the current as backup.. switch#configure terminal switch(config)#boot system flash:c2960-lanbase-mz.122-35.SE2/c2960-lanbase-mz.122-35.SE2.bin;flash:c2960lanbasek9-mz.122-53.SE2/c2960-lanbasek9-mz.122-53.SE2.bin as an example.. Assuming that you have two different directories in flash: called: c2960-lanbase-mz.122-35.SE2 and c2960-lanbasek9-mz.122-53.SE2 and that those both house refered ios image file (.bin) c2960-lanbase-mz.122-35.SE2.bin @ flash:/c2960-lanbase-mz.122-35.SE2 etc. Why would you not use Cisco Network Assistant to upgrade IOS? It makes it easy as what..

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