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Catalyst 2950 and Catalyst 2955 Switch Command Reference
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Chapter 2 Catalyst 2950 and 2955 Cisco IOS Commands
archive upload-sw
archive upload-sw
Use the archive upload-sw privileged EXEC command to upload an existing Long-Reach Ethernet
(LRE) switch image to a server.
archive upload-sw [/version version_string] destination-url
This command is supported only on Catalyst 2950 LRE switches.
Syntax Description
Defaults The switch uploads the currently running image from the flash: file system.
Command Modes Privileged EXEC
Command History
Usage Guidelines Use the upload feature only if the files associated with the device manager have been installed with the
existing image.
The files are uploaded in this sequence: info, the software image, the device manager files, LRE binary
files, and info.ver. After these files are uploaded, the software creates the tar file.
Image names are case sensitive.
/version version_string (Optional) Specify the version string of the image to be uploaded.
destination-url The destination URL alias for a local or network file system. These options
are supported:
• The syntax for the local flash file system:
flash:
• The syntax for the FTP:
ftp:[[//username[:password]@location]/directory]/image-name.tar
• The syntax for the Remote Copy Protocol (RCP):
rcp:[[//username@location]/directory]/image-name.tar
• The syntax for the TFTP:
tftp:[[//location]/directory]/image-name.tar
The image-name.tar is the name of software image to be stored on the
server.
Release Modification
12.1(11)YJ This command was introduced.