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Downloading Switch Software
CLI: Switch-To-Switch Downloads
Where two switches in your network belong to the same series, you can
download a software image between them by initiating a copy tftp command
from the destination switch. The options for this CLI feature include:
■ Copy from primary flash in the source to either primary or secondary in
the destination.
■ Copy from either primary or secondary flash in the source to either
primary or secondary flash in the destination.
Downloading from Primary Only.
Syntax: copy tftp flash < ip-addr > flash [ primary | secondary ] [oobm]
This command (executed in the destination switch)
downloads the software flash in the source switch’s primary
flash to either the primary or secondary flash in the
destination switch.
For switches that have a separate out-of-band management
port, the oobm parameter specifies that the TFTP traffic must
come in through the out-of-band management interface. If this
parameter is not specified, the TFTP traffic comes in through
the data interface. The oobm parameter is not available on
switches that do not have a separate out-of-band management
port. Refer to Appendix I, “Network Out-of-Band
Management” in this guide for more information on out-of-
band management.
If you do not specify either a primary or secondary flash location for the
destination, the download automatically goes to primary flash.
For example, to download a software file from primary flash in a switch with
an IP address of 10.29.227.103 to the primary flash in the destination switch,
you would execute the following command in the destination switch’s CLI:
Running Total
of Bytes
Downloaded
Figure A-8. Switch-To-Switch, from Primary in Source to Either Flash in Destination
Downloading from Either Flash in the Source Switch to Either Flash
in the Destination Switch.
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