Booting Cisco Ios Xe Software; Booting The Switch In Install Mode - Cisco Catalyst 3850 Deployment Manual

The Cisco IOS XE Software bundle includes these packages:
Package Name
Base
Drivers
Infra
Cisco IOS Software
Platform
WCM

Booting Cisco IOS XE Software

You can boot and run the Cisco IOS XE Software on the Cisco Catalyst 3850 Switch in either of two modes:
●
Install mode (recommended mode of operation)
●
Bundle mode

Booting the Switch in Install Mode

Cisco Catalyst 3850 Switches shipped to customers from manufacturing boot up in install mode. The Cisco
Catalyst 3850 Switch is booted in install mode using a package provisioning file packages.conf. Do not modify this
file.
In this example, the Cisco Catalyst 3850 Switch is configured to autoboot from the built-in flash memory:
Switch# show boot
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Switch 1
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Current Boot Variables:
BOOT variable does not exist
Boot Variables on next reload:
BOOT variable = flash:packages.conf
Allow Dev Key = yes
Manual Boot = no
Enable Break = no
The show version command output displays the Cisco Catalyst 3850 Switch mode of operation:
Switch# show version | begin Switch Ports
Switch
------
* 1
Configuration register is 0x102
The packages and the provisioning file reside in the flash.
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File Name
cat3k_caa-base.SPA.03.07.00E.pkg
cat3k_caa-drivers.SPA.03.07.00.E.pkg
cat3k_caa-infra.SPA.03.07.00E.pkg
cat3k_caa-iosd-universalk9.SPA.152-3.E.pkg
cat3k_caa-platform.SPA.03.07.00.E.pkg
cat3k_caa-wcm.SPA.10.3.100.0.pkg
Ports Model
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32 WS-C3850-24U
Contents
Kernel distribution
Platform drivers
Infrastructure software, including system manager, installer, HA
manager, and more
Cisco IOS Software image
Software not specific to the Cisco IOS Software platform and stack
manager, platform manager, and more
Wireless controller software
SW Version SW Image
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03.07.00.E cat3k_caa-universalk9
Mode
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INSTALL
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