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Upgrading and Maintaining the
Cisco 6260 System
This chapter describes upgrade and maintenance procedures for the Cisco 6260 system.
6.1 Backing Up Software
We recommend that you maintain, on a TFTP server, current copies of three files for each
Cisco 6260 system:
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If you keep copies of these files on a TFTP server, you can easily recover from a fault in an NI-2 card:
simply replace the NI-2 card, and download the software image and configuration file from the TFTP
server. Remember to update your backup files whenever you change your configuration or upgrade your
Cisco IOS software.
Complete the following steps to copy the Cisco IOS software image and configuration file to a
TFTP server:
Log in to the Cisco 6260 node whose software you wish to back up.
Step 1
Enter the dir command to display the names of the files:
Step 2
6260# dir
Step 3
Enter a copy command to copy the IOS software file to the node TFTP server:
6260# copy bootflash:<image-name> tftp
Enter a second copy command to copy the configuration file to the node TFTP server:
Step 4
6260# copy running-config tftp
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The Cisco IOS software image
The configuration file (running-config)
The bootflash file
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