2960L 8TS LL upgrade procedure

[bigkeoni64]

I've got a couple of 2960L 8 port switches that I need to upgrade, and I was wondering if they were basically the same procedure as upgrading a 2960x 48 port switch?

Since I do not have remote access to load the code, I was going to have someone load the 2960L firmware onto the 8 port switch and push it to the flash: 

Then proceed as if it were a 2960X switch.

1. Switch(conf)# no boot system
2. Switch(conf)# do write mem
3. Switch(conf)# boot system switch all flash:c2960l-universalk9-mz.152-7.E5.bin
4. Switch(conf)# do write mem
5. Switch(conf)# exit
6. Switch# reload

After reload

1. Switch# show version

[marce1000 · Accepted solution]

 - Basically that should work , verify the boot binary first with this (extra) command : show start | inc boot ,

 M.

[Richard Burts]

Wondering about a picky detail: why use "do write mem" and not simply "write men".

Also wondering about why you show the steps to alter boot system and reload but not the steps to load the 2960L firmware onto the 8 port switch and push it to the flash. Seems to me that this would be the more complicated steps.

[bigkeoni64]

Richard, I could probably clean that up and do th exit first, then the 'write mem'.

Good point about loading to the flash as it is the most complicated. In this case since it is a remote device, I will have the client push the firmware to a USB stick, and then I will do a:

Switch# copy usb0: flash1:"xxxxxx"

[balaji.bandi]

step 2 not required

if this is stack first thing first - what is current version, what version you looking to upgrade, just validate informaton, some time may requird ROMMON upgrade due to old code, this will take more time of upgrade rather normal timings.

1. check the space, make sure you have enough space before you copy new verion.

2. copy to flash1: and Fahsl2: so on if this is stack

3. check dir flash: make sure it copied.

4. no boot system

5. boot system switch all flash:c2960l-universalk9-mz.152-7.E5.bin

6. write

7. verify show boot before you reload.

8. reload

[bigkeoni64]

Hey BB

No stack. Just two single units and I will be upgrading to version "c2960l-universalk9-mz.152-7.E5.bin"

COLO-2960L-01#show version
Cisco IOS Software, C2960L Software (C2960L-UNIVERSALK9-M), Version 15.2(7)E2, RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc3)

ROM: Bootstrap program is C2960L boot loader
BOOTLDR: C2960L Boot Loader (C2960L-HBOOT-M) Version 15.2(6r)E1, RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc1)System image file is "flash:c2960l-universalk9-mz.152-7.E2/c2960l-universalk9-mz.152-7.E2.bin"

Switch Ports Model SW Version SW Image
------ ----- ----- ---------- ----------
* 1 10 WS-C2960L-8TS-LL 15.2(7)E2 C2960L-UNIVERSALK9-M

COLO-2960L-01#dir flash:
Directory of flash:/

776 -rwx 2072 Dec 3 2022 00:03:30 -08:00 multiple-fs
518 drwx 2048 Jun 30 2020 22:09:49 -07:00 c2960l-universalk9-mz.152-7.E2
764 drwx 2048 Jun 30 2020 22:09:49 -07:00 dc_profile_dir
769 -rwx 34 Sep 21 2020 17:51:29 -07:00 pnp-tech-time
258 -rwx 138097 Sep 21 2020 17:51:31 -07:00 pnp-tech-discovery-summary
512 -rwx 5137 Oct 24 2022 16:13:51 -07:00 config.text
257 -rwx 3572 Oct 24 2022 16:13:51 -07:00 private-config.text
262 -rwx 736 Sep 21 2020 17:56:11 -07:00 vlan.dat
519 drwx 2048 Dec 3 2022 00:03:25 -08:00 archive
2 drwx 2048 Feb 28 1993 16:00:02 -08:00 lost+found

244711424 bytes total (209324032 bytes free)

[balaji.bandi]

ok that should work as expected.

[Leo Laohoo]

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@bigkeoni64 wrote:

1. Switch(conf)# boot system switch all flash:c2960l-universalk9-mz.152-7.E5.bin

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If there is only one BIN file then this line is not needed.