ios upgrade via ftp

[m.erkul]

trying to upgrade the cat6500 via ftp.

set up an ability ftp server defined the user but ftp fails on the last mile..following is the ftp deb from the cat6500:what may be the issue?

GT1#copy ftp://guest:guest@10.129.3.7/s72033-pk9sv-mz.122-18.SXD1.bin disk0:/

Destination filename [s72033-pk9sv-mz.122-18.SXD1.bin]?

Accessing ftp://guest:guest@10.129.3.7/s72033-pk9sv-mz.122-18.SXD1.bin...

04:12:44: FTP: 220 Welcome to Code-Crafters Ability FTP Server.

04:12:44: FTP: ---> USER guest

04:12:44: FTP: 331 Please send PASS now.

04:12:44: FTP: ---> PASS guest

04:12:44: FTP: 230 You are currently in directory "/".

04:12:44: FTP: ---> TYPE I

04:12:44: FTP: 200 Type set to 'I' (IMAGE).

04:12:44: FTP: ---> PASV

04:12:44: FTP: 227 Entering Passive Mode (10,129,3,7,13,244)

04:12:44: FTP: ---> RETR s72033-pk9sv-mz.122-18.SXD1.bin

04:12:44: FTP: 150 Data connection established, beginning transfer.

04:12:44: FTP: ---> ABOR

%Error opening ftp://guest:guest@10.129.3.7/s72033-pk9sv-mz.122-18.SXD1.bin (Protocol error)

GT1#

GT1#

04:12:45: FTP: 226 Transfer complete.

04:12:46: FTP: 426 Transfer successfully aborted.

04:12:46: FTP: ---> QUIT

04:12:46: FTP: 221 Thanks for visiting.

GT1#

[milan.kulik]

Hi,

I'd guess either your FTP server doesn't support passive mode or there is no s72033-pk9sv-mz.122-18.SXD1.bin file in the guest user directory on it (maybe a typo in the file name?).

Have you checked the FTP server log for any error messages?

Regards,

Milan

[dwploc]

I am having the identical problem. Couldn't get the http upgrade mechanism to work so I tried this. I verified that it is finding the file by specifying a non-existant file. (different error message).

Looking at the tar file the info file is NOT the first file in the tar. I uploaded the current image via the ftp and it created a tar the had both info files at the end of the tar. I could not upload the original into the device.

[m.erkul]

i did the ftp with another server and it worked

ok, nothing changed on the cisco site. but it is ok now.

[dwploc]

Just get a tftp server and use it instead. I loaded the solarwinds tftp server and the upgrade worked great. Still not sure why ftp fails.

Dave