Cisco Catalyst 2960 Series User Manual

PurposeCommand or Action
•
For @ location, specify the IP address of the FTP
server.
•
For directory/image-name.tar, specify the directory
(optional) and the image to download. Directory
and image names are case sensitive.
Download the image file from the FTP server to the
switch, and keep the current image.
archive download-sw /leave-old-sw/reload
ftp:[[//username[:password]@location]/directory]/image-name.tar
Step 8
•
The /leave-old-sw option keeps the old software
version after a download.
•
The /reload option reloads the system after
downloading the image unless the configuration
has been changed and not been saved.
•
For //username [:password]specify the username
and password; these must be associated with an
account on the FTP server.
•
For @ location, specify the IP address of the FTP
server.
•
For directory/image-name.tar, specify the directory
(optional) and the image to download. Directory
and image names are case sensitive.
The download algorithm verifies that the image is
appropriate for the switch model and that enough DRAM
is present, or it aborts the process and reports an error.
If you specify the /overwrite option, the download
algorithm removes the existing image on the flash device,
whether or not it is the same as the new one, downloads
the new image, and then reloads the software.
If the flash device has sufficient space to hold
two images and you want to overwrite one of
these images with the same version, you must
specify the /overwrite option.
Note
If you specify the /leave-old-sw, the existing files are
not removed. If there is not enough space to install the
new image and keep the running image, the download
process stops, and an error message is displayed.
The algorithm installs the downloaded image onto the
system board flash device (flash:). The image is placed
into a new directory named with the software version
string, and the BOOT environment variable is updated
to point to the newly installed image.
If you kept the old image during the download process
(you specified the /leave-old-sw keyword), you can
Consolidated Platform Configuration Guide, Cisco IOS Release 15.2(4)E (Catalyst 2960-X Switches)
2072
Copying Image Files Using FTP

Cisco Catalyst 2960 Series Specifications

General

Layer	Layer 2
Power over Ethernet (PoE)	Available on some models
RAM	128 MB
Flash Memory	32 MB
MAC Address Table Size	8000
Operating Temperature	0°C to 45°C (32 to 113°F)
Ports	24 or 48 x 10/100/1000