cisco 2960c 15.2(3)E to 15.2.7E7) MD upgrade path

[Jmooreatwork]

Greatings, 

                   I was wondering about the upgrade path for a cisco 2960c from 15.2(3)E to 15.2.7E7) MD. I tried to use the archive download-sw command and got an error that 15.2.7E7) MD is not a valid image. See below and TIA!

LD-2960C-01#archive download-sw tftp://1.1.1.1/c2960c405-universalk9-tar.152-7.E7.tar
Could not buffer tarfile...using multiple downloads
examining image...
%Error opening tftp://1.1.1.1/c2960c405-universalk9-tar.152-7.E7.tar (No such file or directory)
%Error opening flash:update/info (No such file or directory)
ERROR: Image is not a valid IOS image archive.

[balaji.bandi · Accepted solution]

Looks like the device is not able to reach the TFTP (I am sure 1.1.1.1 is not a real IP you replaced for post ?)

1. make sure you able to ping TFTP IP

2. for testing copy running  config to tftp confirm tftp working

3. make sure file in root folder to get it in to device.

%Error opening tftp://1.1.1.1/c2960c405-universalk9-tar.152-7.E7.tar (No such file or directory)

Can you also post show version from your device.

you can try example :

#archive download-sw /overwrite tftp://1.1.1.1/c2960c405-universalk9-tar.152-7.E7.tar

[Jmooreatwork]

You where right! I had to use a different tftp server that was closer to the branch. Thanks a ton!