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Cisco IE 3000 Switch Command Reference
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Chapter 2 IE 3000 Switch Cisco IOS Commands
archive download-sw
archive download-sw
Use the archive download-sw privileged EXEC command to download a new image from a TFTP server
to the switch and to overwrite or keep the existing image.
archive download-sw {/directory | /force-reload | /imageonly | /leave-old-sw | /no-set-boot |
/no-version-check | /overwrite | /reload | /safe} source-url
Syntax Description /directory Specify a directory for the images.
/force-reload Unconditionally force a system reload after successfully downloading the
software image.
/imageonly Download only the software image but not the HTML files associated with
the embedded device manager. The HTML files for the existing version are
deleted only if the existing version is being overwritten or removed.
/leave-old-sw Keep the old software version after a successful download.
/no-set-boot Do not alter the setting of the BOOT environment variable to point to the
new software image after it is successfully downloaded.
/no-version-check Download the software image without verifying its version compatibility
with the image that is running on the switch.
/overwrite Overwrite the software image in flash memory with the downloaded
image.
/reload Reload the system after successfully downloading the image unless the
configuration has been changed and not saved.
/safe Keep the current software image. Do not delete it to make room for the
new software image before the new image is downloaded. The current
image is deleted after the download.