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Cisco 3200 Series Wireless MIC Software Configuration Guide
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Chapter 15 Managing Firmware and Configurations
Working with Software Images
Working with Software Images
This section describes how to archive (download and upload) software image files, which contain the
system software, IOS code, radio firmware, and the web management HTML files.
You download an WMIC image file from a TFTP, FTP, or RCP server to upgrade the WMIC software.
You upload an WMIC image file to a TFTP, FTP, or RCP server for backup purposes. You can use this
uploaded image for future downloads to the same WMIC or another of the same type.
The protocol you use depends on which type of server you are using. The FTP and RCP transport
mechanisms provide faster performance and more reliable delivery of data than TFTP. These
improvements are possible because FTP and RCP are built on and use the Transmission Control
Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) stack, which is connection-oriented.
This section includes this information:
• Image Location on the WMIC, page 15-19
• tar File Format of Images on a Server or Cisco.com, page 15-19
• Copying Image Files by Using TFTP, page 15-20
• Copying Image Files by Using FTP, page 15-23
• Copying Image Files by Using RCP, page 15-27
• Reloading the Image Using the Web Browser Interface, page 15-32
Note For a list of software images and supported upgrade paths, refer to the release notes for your WMIC.
Image Location on the WMIC
The IOS image is stored in a directory that shows the version number. A subdirectory contains the HTML
files needed for web management. The image is stored on the system board Flash memory (flash:).
You can use the show version privileged EXEC command to see the software version that is currently
running on your WMIC. In the display, check the line that begins with
System image file is... It shows
the directory name in Flash memory where the image is stored.
You can also use the dir filesystem: privileged EXEC command to see the directory names of other
software images you might have stored in Flash memory.
tar File Format of Images on a Server or Cisco.com
Software images located on a server or downloaded from Cisco.com are provided in a tar file format,
which contains these files:
• info file (The info file is always at the beginning of the tar file and contains information about the
files within it.)
• IOS image
• Web management files needed by the HTTP server on the WMIC
• radio firmware 6500.img file
• info.ver file