Booting ios from a remote server

[enochnikoi]

hello all,

i recently bought a cisco small business SG300-28 28-Port Gigabit Managed switch. i updated the firmware and the ros to 1.3.5.58.

i realized the flash size is getting full. i therefore want to be able to boot both the ios and the startupconfig from a remote ftp or tftp server.

kindly advice me with procedures.  from the information below, is it advisable to delete image-1 since image-2 is the active boot image.

secondly, is there a way to upgrade the ram and flash of the switch?

lastly, how to can implement loadbalancing in a L3 mode.

please treat it as urgent.

     File Name      Permission Flash Size Data Size        Modified
------------------- ---------- ---------- --------- -----------------------
backuplo                rw       327600      26      10-Oct-2013 17:16:04
dhcpsn.prv              --       65520       --      19-Jul-2012 17:54:52
directry.prv            --       65520       --      19-Jul-2012 17:54:52
image-1                 rw      6976867    6976867   30-Sep-2012 01:37:25
image-2                 rw      6976867    6976867   14-Mar-2013 16:01:50
startup-config          rw       262080     13729    10-Oct-2013 18:28:04
syslog1.sys             r-       65520       --      12-Nov-2011 23:34:33
syslog2.sys             r-       65520       --      12-Nov-2011 23:34:33

Total size of flash: 16252928 bytes
Free size of flash: 1447434 bytes

[ktonev · Accepted solution]

Hello, 

My name is Kristian and I am one of the engineers from the Small Business team. 

- Unfortunately, there is no option for the SG300 to boot the image or startup config from a remote server.

- It is not recommended to delete image 2 as it serves as backup, in case there is a problem with image 1.

- There is no option to upgrade the ram or flash on this unit.

- Can you clarify a bit more what kind of load balancing you are looking to implement so I can answer your question more accurately.

Kris

[enochnikoi]

Thank you Kris for the response, am looking at implementing HSRP, VRRP or GLBP on the SG300 switches.

-I realize VTP is not available, is there other options or vlans has to be created manually on all switches?

-how do i implement intervlan routing? because i realize also that ip routing is not available.

Enoch.