Table of Contents
Advertisement
Upgrading Images
Use the HyperTerminal connect window to connect to the Catalyst 4000 Layer 3 Services module
Step 5
ROMMON. Press <Enter> to get to the ROMMON prompt and enter the following information to
initiate the file transfer connection:
xmodem -y -s57600
The ROMMON will return with a question asking whether you accept 57600 as the download speed.
Press <Enter> to accept and proceed.
You are now ready to initiate the file transfer. At this point, the HyperTerminal session is set to
Step 6
9600 baud, and the file transfer is requested at 57600 baud. To reset the session speed and reconnect
the link, follow these steps:
a.
b.
c.
Select the HyperTerminal Transfer drop-down menu from the main menu and select Send to send a file
Step 7
from the PC to the Catalyst 4000 Layer 3 Services module.
A menu appears which allows you to select the PC files to send and the transfer protocol to use. Click
Step 8
the Browse button to select the file to transfer to the Catalyst 4000 Layer 3 Services module. Select the
Ymodem transfer protocol.
Step 9
When the transfer is completed, a message appears requesting that you reset the link speed to 9600. Do
not type "y" at this point even though it is requested by the message on the screen.
From the HyperTerminal menu, select File> Properties> Configure and change the COM1 speed
Step 10
from 57600 to 9600. Close the COM1 Properties window and the HyperTerminal Properties window.
On the HyperTerminal tool bar, click the Disconnect icon and then the Connect icon. When you are
Step 11
ready to continue and the link speed has been changed back to 9600, press the Y key and the <Enter>
key.
After you have completed this procedure, ROMMON boots the image that has been transferred. You
may need to recover the bootflash by reformatting the IOS image after it has been loaded. To reform the
bootflash use the ROMMON format bootflash command.
Upgrading Images
Network downloads take place over the out-of-band Ethernet management port or over the internal
Gigabit Ethernet connections. To perform a network download over the internal Gigabit Ethernet
connections, you must first configure and bring up these connections.
You can configure the Catalyst 4000 Layer 3 Services module to download its runtime image from a
TFTP server and to load images to bootflash. No supervisor engine interaction is required for TFTP
image downloads.
Note
Before you can download an image, you must first configure the management port. See
"Configuring the Management Port" section on page 29.
Installation and Configuration Note for the Catalyst 4000 Layer 3 Services Module
32
From the HyperTerminal menu, select File> Properties, and then click the Configure button.
Change the COM1 speed to 57600 baud.
Close the COM1 Properties window and the HyperTerminal Properties window.
On the HyperTerminal tool bar, click the Disconnect icon and then the Connect icon. The link is
now set for 57600 baud.
78-10164-03
Advertisement
Table of Contents
