Cisco Catalyst 4506-E Upgrading to support SSH

[Irshad Mohammed Hussain]

I would like to Upgrade Cisco 4506-E Switch " PID: WS-C4506-E " as current IOS doesn't support SSH  Please suggest me the right version to go for.

Current Version :  Version 03.08.02.E RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc2)    

Regards

Irshad

[Leo Laohoo]

Load the IOS with a "k9" in the filename.  For example:  cat4500es8-universalk9.SPA.03.08.02.E.152-4.E2.bin

[Irshad Mohammed Hussain]

Current IOS Version is : cat4500es8-universal.SPA.03.08.02.E.152-4.E2.bin

sw4500-cs-i#sh bootflash:
-#- --length-- ---------date/time--------- path
  1       4096 Dec 02 2016 06:18:48.0000000000 +00:00 virtual-instance
  2       4096 Dec 02 2016 06:18:48.0000000000 +00:00 vman_fdb
  3       4096 Dec 02 2016 06:18:48.0000000000 +00:00 virtual-instance-stby-sync
  4       4096 Dec 02 2016 06:18:48.0000000000 +00:00 virtual-instance-stby-sync/guestshell+
  5  222832320 Dec 02 2016 07:02:25.0000000000 +00:00 cat4500es8-universal.SPA.03.08.02.E.152-4.E2.bin
  6       6227 Mar 12 2017 01:27:05.0000000000 +00:00 startup-config.converted_vs-20170312-012641
  7       6227 Mar 12 2017 01:34:43.0000000000 +00:00 startup-config.saved_vs-20170312-013443
  8  195894252 Mar 22 2017 01:42:55.0000000000 +00:00 cat4500es8-universal.SPA.03.06.06.E.152-2.E6.bin
  9       4096 Mar 22 2017 02:01:37.0000000000 +00:00 onep
 10       4096 Mar 22 2017 02:01:37.0000000000 +00:00 onep/apps-cli

1199595520 bytes available (421851136 bytes used)

[Leo Laohoo]

The filename does NOT have a "k9" in it's filename. I've provided an example of what the filename should look like if you want to enable SSH.

[saif musa]

As Leo said, (K9) in the file name means crypto that is SSH. 

Regards

[Irshad Mohammed Hussain]

you mean i should upgrade IOS with filename which should has k9 in it, to support ssh ?

[Leo Laohoo]

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@Irshad Mohammed Hussain wrote:

you mean i should upgrade IOS with filename which should has k9 in it, to support ssh ?

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Yes.  

Download the correct filename from the Cisco website, load the IOS into the switch and reboot.

[Irshad Mohammed Hussain]

So, once  i download  IOS with k9, can i use below command to upgrade my 4506-E  VSS Cluster

boot system flash bootflash:cat4500es8-universalk9.SPA.03.10.00.E.152-6.E.bin

[Leo Laohoo]

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@Irshad Mohammed Hussain wrote:

So, once  i download  IOS with k9, can i use below command to upgrade my 4506-E  VSS Cluster

boot system flash bootflash:cat4500es8-universalk9.SPA.03.10.00.E.152-6.E.bin

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Yes, you can use that command to change the boot variable statement. 

Did you read the Release Notes for 3.10.0E?  I recommend that you do.