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Cisco Router IOS Upgrade Guide

The document outlines the steps to upgrade the IOS image on a Cisco router. It involves downloading a new IOS file and the TFTP server application, backing up the current IOS, deleting the existing IOS, uploading the new IOS using TFTP, verifying the MD5 checksum matches, setting the boot path to the new IOS, and rebooting the router.

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Cisco Router IOS Upgrade Guide

The document outlines the steps to upgrade the IOS image on a Cisco router. It involves downloading a new IOS file and the TFTP server application, backing up the current IOS, deleting the existing IOS, uploading the new IOS using TFTP, verifying the MD5 checksum matches, setting the boot path to the new IOS, and rebooting the router.

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Step1: Download TFTP server application (Solar winds) from Google.

Step 2: Install the TFTP server to your local system.

Step 3: Need to check the connectivity from router to TFTP (Ping TFTP
IP) if successful go to step 4:

Step 4: Download new IOS File from cisco, upload it to TFTP Root
Directory. Need to check MD5 verification for the new IOS image & Old
IOS image should be same.

Step 5: Need to check the flash free memory space. If enough free have
it go ahead next step

Step 6: Before upgrading the new IOS image you have to take out the
backup current IOS image using TFTP

Step 7: After done above step 6, you have to delete the Existing IOS
from router. Do not reboot the router

Step 8: upgrade the new IOS using TFTP server once done have to check
the flash whether it’s done or not

Step 9: once done above step 8. Need to check the MD5 verification.
You have to set boot image using command

Step 10: After that you have to check the flash directory.

Step 11: Write Mem

Step 12: Reboot

BACKUP REQUIRED:
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copy flash:(Old IOS Image) tftp:


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Step : 2
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Delete IOS :
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Delete flash:(Old IOS Image)

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Step 3 :
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Upgrade IOS :
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copy tftp: flash:
tftp IP :XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX

Sourcename :(New IOS image file name)--Stored in TFTP Root directory.


Designation name :
enter

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Step 4 :
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To Verify the MD5 :
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verify /md5 flash: (New IOS image file name)

compare the MD5 version using winMd5Sum if both are same then ok
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Step 5 :Set Boot path
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configure terminal
boot system flash: (New IOS image file name)

end

wr mem

show boot
show version
show flash

reload

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