Hello Hernan,
the file with extension bin is the normal image file format.
The file with .tar extension is a compressed file that needs to be decompressed.
In each case you need to download the image using the web broswer on your PC.
Later using an FTP server or a TFTP server software on your PC you can ask to the switch to copy the file to the flash , if there is enough free space by specifying the IP address of your PC and the filename.
To check free space use command dir
For using ftp you need to configure the ftp username and password on the swich in global config
ip ftp username <user>
ip ftp password <password>
then you exit the config mode
from # privilege prompt issue
copy ftp flash:
enter
the switch will ask you the IP of the PC and then the filename to download
Your FTP server needs to support the provided username/password pair and need to have the image file in the working directory of the FTP server.
For using TFTP
copy tftp flash:
Note: flash: is a generic name that may be not supported on your platform
use dir /all
to find out the right name.
As noted previously it is important to check the free space on the flash and to compare it with the file size of the image.
For optimal transfer it would be better to connect the PC directly to one of the switch ports.
Hope to help
Giuseppe
