Installation guide

Release Notes for Cisco IOS Release 12.0(5)XK Feature Packs for Cisco MC3810 15
Installation Notes
Installation Notes
This section describes the following topics:
• Image Installation Tips and Troubleshooting When Using RSL, page 15
• Alternatives to RSL, page 16
Image Installation Tips and Troubleshooting When Using RSL
Image Installation Tips
The following information about RSL operations can help you with the installation process:
• If you are loading software on a preconfigured router, save the router configuration file on your
PC before running RSL.
• If you have added any static entries to the PC Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) table, one or
more of them may be deleted by RSL. Manually re-enter any deleted entries in the PC ARP table.
• During a connection, if the router’s running configuration is not the same as its startup
configuration, the exact configuration is not restored. Any changes that you made since the last
time you entered copy running-config startup-config or write memory commands are lost.
• RSL restores the router’s startup configuration, but some running configuration commands are
not restored. To restore the exact running configuration, reboot the router. The following interface
configuration commands are not restored to the running configuration:
— no shutdown
— no ringspeed
— media-type aui
Recovering from a Connection Error
If any of the following elements apply to your installation, modify the Short Timeout value from the
Options dialog box in RSL:
• You are connecting to a router or access server that has a large configuration file.
• You are connecting to a Cisco AS5200 access server.
• You see the following error message:
"Failed to configure the router to enable the Cisco IOS software image and
configuration file upload and download operations. You may want to check the router to
make sure that the selected interface exists."
If you are connecting to a Cisco AS5200, increase the Short Timeout value to 60 seconds. The
Cisco AS5200 requires up to 45 seconds to write a configuration to nonvolatile random-access
memory (NVRAM) due to the number of interfaces it must check during this process.
If you are connecting to any other router or access server, increase the Short Timeout value to more
than 25 seconds.
Note If you change the timeout value, you must do so before connecting to the device, or the new
value will not be used. Also, increasing the Short Timeout value can increase the time it takes for
RSL to connect to the target device.