To upgrade a Cisco Switch from a .tar (IOS and Html - Management Web Page), just start TFTP64:
and use the command:
- archive download-sw xxxxxxxxxx
on the switch command line, this will download and install the .tar, and set it to boot next time.
I normally use is the my “Main Command” this should work in most cases, but you have other options like the ones shown in “Command Options”, that you can use “as is”, or by combining them like the “Main Command”.
Main Command
Download & Install - Overwrite & Different Feauture Set
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Download from TFTP server and unpack tar
and install it (IOS and Html - Management Web Page)
even if the current and the new image have diferent
feature sets (ex: ipbase vs ipservices)
archive download-sw /overwrite /allow-feature-upgrade tftp://192.168.1.230/c3560-ipservicesk9-tar.150-2.SE.tar
OPTIONS USED
/allow-feature-upgrade - update/downgrade to
different feature set
/overwrite - overwrite everything in
the flash with the new
IOS tar image
Command Options
Download & Install
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Download from TFTP server and unpack tar and
install it (IOS and Html - Management Web Page)
archive download-sw tftp://192.168.1.230/c3560-ipservicesk9-tar.150-2.SE.tar
Download & Install - Overwrite
============================================
Download from TFTP server and unpack tar and
install it (IOS and Html - Management Web Page)
and overwrite everything in the flash with the
new downloaded IOS tar image
archive download-sw /overwrite tftp://192.168.1.230/c3560-ipservicesk9-tar.150-2.SE.tar
OPTIONS USED
/overwrite - overwrite everything in the flash
with the new IOS tar image
Download & Install - Different Feauture Set
============================================
Download from TFTP server and unpack tar
and install it (IOS and Html - Management Web Page)
even if the current and the new image have diferent
feature sets (ex: ipbase vs ipservices)
archive download-sw /allow-feature-upgrade tftp://192.168.1.230/c3560-ipservicesk9-tar.150-2.SE.tar
OPTIONS USED
/allow-feature-upgrade - update/downgrade to different feature set
Download & Install - Image Only
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Download from TFTP server and unpack tar
and install it only the IOS (.bin) and deletes
the Html files (Management Web Page)
archive download-sw /imageonly tftp://192.168.1.230/c3560-ipservicesk9-tar.150-2.SE.tar
OPTIONS USED
/imageonly - Install only the IOS (.bin) image and
delete the Html files (Management Web Page)
Download & Install - Safe
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Download from TFTP server and unpack tar
and install it (IOS and Html - Management Web Page).
Waits for new IOS to be downloaded successfully
before deleting the old IOS
archive download-sw /safe tftp://192.168.1.230/c3560-ipservicesk9-tar.150-2.SE.tar
OPTIONS USED
/safe - waits for the new IOS to be downloaded
successfully before deleting the old IOS
Base On: https://cyruslab.net/2012/06/03/maintenance-ios-upgradedowngrade-with-archive-download-sw-command/
