Release Notes for Cisco Catalyst Blade Switch 3120 for HP, Cisco IOS Release 12.2(52)SE

OL-19714-01

Upgrading the Switch Software

Software Requirements

These are the supported operating systems and browsers for the device manager:

• Windows 2000, XP, Vista, and Windows Server 2003.

• Internet Explorer 5.5, 6.0, 7.0, Firefox 1.5, 2.0 or later.

The device manager verifies the browser version when starting a session, and it does not require a

plug-in.

Cisco Network Assistant Compatibility

Cisco IOS 12.2(40)EX1 and later is only compatible with Cisco Network Assistant 5.3 and later. You

can download Network Assistant from this URL:

http://www.cisco.com/pcgi-bin/tablebuild.pl/NetworkAssistant

For more information about Cisco Network Assistant, see the Release Notes for Cisco Network Assistant

on Cisco.com.

Upgrading the Switch Software

These are the procedures for downloading software. Before downloading software, read this section for

important information:

• Finding the Software Version and Feature Set, page 4

• Deciding Which Files to Use, page 5

• Upgrading a Switch by Using the Device Manager or Network Assistant, page 6

• Upgrading a Switch by Using the CLI, page 6

• Recovering from a Software Failure, page 7

Finding the Software Version and Feature Set

The Cisco IOS image is stored as a bin file in a directory that is named with the Cisco IOS release.

A subdirectory contains the files needed for web management. The image is stored on the system board

flash device (flash:).

You can use the show version privileged EXEC command to see the software version that is running on

your switch. The second line of the display shows the version.

Note Although the show version output always shows the software image running on the switch, the model

name shown at the end of this display is the factory configuration (IP base feature set or IP services

feature set) and does not change if you upgrade the software license.

You can also use the dir filesystem: privileged EXEC command to see the directory names of other

software images that you might have stored in flash memory.