Release Notes for the Cisco Catalyst Blade Switch 3020 for HP, Cisco IOS Release 15.0(2)SE and Later

OL-27324-02

Upgrading the Switch Software

• “Finding the Software Version and Feature Set” section on page 3

• “Deciding Which Files to Use” section on page 3

• “Archiving Software Images” section on page 4

• “Upgrading a Switch by Using the Device Manager” section on page 4

• “Upgrading a Switch by Using the CLI” section on page 4

• “Recovering from a Software Failure” section on page 5

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

ash device (flash:).

You can use the s

how version privileged EXEC command to see the software version that is running on

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

You can also use the di

r filesystem: privileged EXEC command to see the directory names of other

software images that you might have stored in flash memory.

Deciding Which Files to Use

The upgrade procedures in these release notes describe how to perform the upgrade by using a combined

tar file. This file contains the Cisco IOS image file and the files needed for the embedded device

manager. You must use the combined tar file to upgrade the switch through the device manager. To

upgrade the switch through the command-line interface (CLI), use the tar file and the archive

download-sw privileged EXEC command.

Note If you wish to use Device Manager to upgrade the switch from Cisco IOS Release 12.2(35)SE through

Cisco IOS Release 12.2(40)SE1 (the LAN Base image) to Cisco IOS Release 12.2(50)SE or later (the IP

base image), you must first upgrade to Cisco IOS Release 12.2(40)SE2.

Table 3 lists the filenames for this software release.

Ta b l e 3 Cisco IOS Software Image Files

Filename Description

cbs30x0-ipbase-tar.150-2.SE.tar Cisco Catalyst Blade Switch 3020 for HP image file and

vice manager files. 

This image has Layer 2+ features.

cbs30x0-ipbasek9-tar.150-2.SE.tar Cisco Catalyst Blade Switch 3020 for HP cryptographic

image f

ile and device manager files.

This image has the Kerberos and SSH features.