Cisco ASR 9000 Series

PurposeCommand or Action
• hostname_or_ipaddress—Host name or IP address of the
network file server.
• directory-path—Network file server path that leads to
the PIE file to be added.
• username—Username of user that has access privileges
to the directory in which the PIE file is stored.
• password—Password associated with the username of
user that has access privileges to the directory in which
the PIE file is stored.
• activate—Automatically activates the software package
after it is successfully added.
Multiple versions of a software package can be added
to the storage device without impacting the running
configuration, but only one version of a package can
be activated for a card.
Note
The automatic FPD upgrade occurs only when the FPD
pie is added and activated together with the install PIE.
Tip
(Optional)
Displays the inactive packages on the router. Verify that the
package added in the previous step appears in the display.
show install inactive summary
Example:
RP/0/RSP0/CPU0:router(admin)# show install inactive
summary
Step 5
Activates a package that was added to the router. (Skip this
step if the package was activated earlier with the install add
command.)
install activate {id add-id | device package} [test] [location
node-id] [pause sw-change] [prompt-level {all | none}]
[auto-abort-timer {time | off}]
Step 6
Example:
RP/0/RSP0/CPU0:router(admin)# install activate
disk0:asr9k-mini-px-4.3.99
• id add-id—Specifies the package using the operation ID
of the install add operation in which you added the
package. The operation ID is provided in the output of
the install add command. You can also use show install
log to display installation operation IDs.
• device:package—Specifies the package by name. Replace
the device:package argument with the name of the boot
device and inactive package, which can be displayed as
described in the previous step.
Press ? after a partial package name to display
all possible matches available for activation. If
there is only one match, press [TAB] to fill in
the rest of the package name.
Note
• location node-id—Activates a package for a specific card
(node). To display a list of node IDs for the entire system,
enter the show platform command in administration
EXEC mode. A package cannot be activated on a single
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Upgrading and Managing Cisco IOS XR Software
Adding and Activating Packages