Can NOT upgrade IOS in C6880-X-LE

[jesnowakb]

Hi!

I have 2 Catalyst 6880-X-LE that I want to get them into VSS. The problem is that I cant because one of the chassis have IOS version15.1(2)SY4a and the other one Version 15.2(1)SY.

I have being trying to upgrade the one on version 15.1, and in every documentation I´ve checked says that you have to set the bootvar with this command:

boot system flash bootdisk:c6880x-ipservicesk9-mz.SPA.152-1.SY.bin

The problem is that there is no option in the catalyst for the keyword "flash", the options only allow to boot the IOS from an FTP server. I even looked into the configuration guide of the 15.1 version of IOS and the command with the keyword flash is suppose to be supported.

Here is the output for the catalyst when I try to put the command:

SREP7-CORP-VSS(config)#$tdisk:c6880x-ipservicesk9-mz.SPA.152-1.SY.bin
boot system flash bootdisk:c6880x-ipservicesk9-mz.SPA.152-1.SY.bin
                  ^
% Invalid input detected at '^' marker.

SREP7-CORP-VSS(config)#

And this are the only options that I get after the keyword "system":

SREP7-CORP-VSS(config)#boot system ?
  WORD  TFTP filename or URL
  ftp   Boot from a server via ftp
  mop   Boot from a Decnet MOP server
  rcp   Boot from a server via rcp
  tftp  Boot from a tftp server

Can someone help me with the steps or a work around to upgrade the IOS.

Thanks

[Leo Laohoo]

Ooops.

[rakeshvelagala]

Hi,

Can you please post #dir all file-systems

Not sure if it exists though

[jesnowakb]

Hi rakeshvelagala,

Here it is:

SREP7-CORP-VSS#sh file systems 
File Systems:

       Size(b)       Free(b)      Type  Flags  Prefixes
       2702560       2665984     nvram     rw   nvram:
             -             -    opaque     rw   system:
             -             -    opaque     rw   tmpsys:
             -             -    opaque     ro   ivfs:
       1048556       1048000     nvram     rw   const_nvram:
      56608986             0    opaque     ro   microcode:
             -             -    opaque     rw   null:
             -             -    opaque     ro   tar:
             -             -   network     rw   tftp:
             0    1121828704    opaque     rw   image:
             -             -    opaque     wo   syslog:
             -             -   network     rw   rcp:
             -             -   network     rw   ftp:
             -             -   network     rw   http:
             -             -   network     rw   scp:
             -             -   network     rw   https:
             -             -    opaque     ro   cns:
*   1939189760    1645338624  usbflash     rw   bootdisk:
    1024557056    1024540672      disk     rw   dfc#2-bootdisk:
    1024557056    1024540672      disk     rw   dfc#1-bootdisk:
          
SREP7-CORP-VSS#

[rakeshvelagala]

Hi,

Ok. I am not very sure. But to rule out any possibility of bug, if the IOS is already inside. Break the process to rommon and issue the boot command from there and see if the new IOS resolves the problem?

Or may be boot from the USB

[Aninda Chatterjee · Accepted solution]

The documentation is incorrect (if it says 'boot system flash...'). Use boot system location:filename to boot it up.

Regards,

Aninda

[jesnowakb]

Thanks Aninda,

I did that and I had to save the config in order to change the bootvar.

[jcockburn]

Hi,

I think the issue might also be cosmetic...make sure you have the frontslash (/) after the colon (:)...caught me with that one...

example

boot system bootdisk:/c6880x-adventerprisek9-mz.SPA.151-2.SY4a.bin

Hope this helps.

Ciao

JC