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How To Install IOS in 4500-X

This document provides steps to install IOS on a Cisco 4500-X series switch. It outlines connecting a laptop to the switch's MGMT port, assigning an IP address, configuring the interface for FTP/TFTP, setting the MGMT interface IP, copying IOS from an FTP/TFTP server to the switch's bootflash, and rebooting the switch with the new IOS image. It also describes the different register values used when one or multiple IOS versions are present in bootflash.

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How To Install IOS in 4500-X

This document provides steps to install IOS on a Cisco 4500-X series switch. It outlines connecting a laptop to the switch's MGMT port, assigning an IP address, configuring the interface for FTP/TFTP, setting the MGMT interface IP, copying IOS from an FTP/TFTP server to the switch's bootflash, and rebooting the switch with the new IOS image. It also describes the different register values used when one or multiple IOS versions are present in bootflash.

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How to Install IOS in 4500-X

Series
Step#1 Connect Laptop with MGMT port of 4500-X

Step#2 Assign IP address to Laptop


We are using 192.168.1.2/24

Step#3 Configure Interface for FTP or TFTP


Command:
Switch(config)#ip ftp source-interface fastEthernet 1
Switch(config)#ip tftp source-interface fastEthernet 1

Step#4 MGMT Interface configuration


interface FastEthernet1
vrf forwarding mgmtVrf
ip address 192.168.1.1 255.255.255.0
speed auto
duplex auto

Switch#ping vrf mgmtVrf 192.168.1.2


Type escape sequence to abort.
Sending 5, 100-byte ICMP Echos to 192.168.1.2, timeout is 2 seconds:
!!!!!
Success rate is 100 percent (5/5), round-trip min/avg/max = 1/2/4 ms

Step#6 Copy From FTP/TFTP to BootFlash:

By using TFTP

Switch# copy tftp: bootflash:


By Using FTP

Switch# copy ftp://cisco:[email protected] bootflash:


For Your Information
IOS type
By-Default IOS
cat4500e-universal.SPA.03.07.03.E.152-3.E3.bin
Crypto Image:
cat4500e-universalk9.SPA.03.07.03.E.152-3.E3.bin

Register Value
0x2101

This is used when there is one IOS version is flash

0x2102

And this is used when there is more than one ios version in flash
You need to specify the ios version using command:
Switch(config)#boot system flash bootflash:IOS_name

0x2101
For example:
Switch#dir bootflash:

Directory of bootflash:/

32194 drwx 4096 Jan 4 2017 06:47:00 +00:00 virtual-instance


32196 drwx 4096 Jan 4 2017 06:47:01 +00:00 virtual-instance-stby-sync
32199 -rw- 186387044 Feb 20 2017 21:59:36 +00:00 cat4500e-
universalk9.SPA.03.07.03.E.152-3.E3.bin

1683918848 bytes total (1497219072 bytes free)


Switch#sh boot
Switch#sh bootvar
BOOT variable = bootflash:cat4500e-universalk9.SPA.03.07.03.E.152-3.E3.bin,1;
CONFIG_FILE variable does not exist
BOOTLDR variable does not exist
Configuration register is 0x2101

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