Specifications

Second-Generation Fast Ethernet Interface Processor (FEIP2) Installation and Configuration 39

Upgrading FEIP2 Microcode

Following is an example of a successful ping command to a remote server with the address 1.1.1.10:

Router# ping 1.1.1.10 <Return>

Type escape sequence to abort.

Sending 5, 100-byte ICMP Echoes to 1.1.1.10, timeout is 2 seconds:

!!!!!

Success rate is 100 percent (5/5), round-trip min/avg/max = 1/15/64 ms

Router#

If the connection fails, verify that you have the correct IP address for the server and

that the server is active (powered on), and repeat the ping command.

For complete descriptions of interface subcommands and the conﬁguration options available for

FEIP2-related interfaces, and which support FEIP2 functionality, refer to the publications listed in

the section “If You Need More Information” on page 2.

Upgrading FEIP2 Microcode

The Cisco 7000 series and Cisco 7500 series routers support downloadable microcode, which allows

you to upgrade microcode versions over the network. You can download new microcode versions

and store multiple versions in Flash memory, and you can then boot from them just as you can with

the system software images. System software upgrades might also contain upgraded microcode

images, which load automatically when the new software image is loaded (unless the conﬁguration

states otherwise).

Note Software and interface processor microcode images are carefully optimized and bundled to

work together. Overriding the bundle can result in system incompatibilities. We recommend that you

use the microcode included in the software bundle.

You can download microcode to Flash memory by copying the TFTP image of a microcode version

to Flash memory. When the microcode image is stored in Flash memory, you have to conﬁgure the

router to use that image via the microcode vip2 ﬂash command, then you can use the

microcode reload command to manually load the new microcode ﬁle. You can then use the

conﬁgure command to instruct the system to load the new image automatically at each system boot.

Note The appropriate microcode image runs from dynamic random-access memory (DRAM) on

the FEIP2.

To compare the size of the microcode image and the amount of Flash memory available, you must

know the size of the new microcode image. The image size is speciﬁed in the README ﬁle that is

included on the ﬂoppy disk with the new image.

Note Note the size of the new image before proceeding to ensure that you have sufﬁcient available

Flash memory for the new image.