Upgrade switch IOS on one switch in stack manually

[Frank Hansen]

Hi

I have a stack of two 2960X switches. They have different version IOS and I would like to upgrade to the higher version IOS of the two. The Master holds the lower version IOS. Is it possible to initiate a upgrade of the lower version IOS manually?

Switch Ports Model                     SW Version            SW Image                
------ ----- -----                     ----------            ----------              
*    1 52    WS-C2960X-48TS-L          15.2(2)E3             C2960X-UNIVERSALK9-M    
     2 28    WS-C2960X-24TS-L          15.2(2)E5             C2960X-UNIVERSALK9-M

Switch#  Role   Mac Address     Priority Version  State
----------------------------------------------------------
*1       Master 005f.86fa.3f80     15     4       Ready              
 2       Member 0042.5ac0.3180     13     4       Ready

Br

Frank

[Mark Malone · Accepted solution]

Hi

you can copy image to one of the switches manually yes  it will be flash1 , you can check with copy ftp ?

or copy the image from switch2 to switch1

copy flash2:c3750:............................. flash1:

copy ftp flash1:

xxxxxxxxx#copy ftp ?
  flash1:         Copy to flash1: file system
  flash2:         Copy to flash2: file system
  flash:          Copy to flash: file system
  ftp:            Copy to ftp: file system
  http:           Copy to http: file system
  https:          Copy to https: file system
  null:           Copy to null: file system
  nvram:          Copy to nvram: file system
  rcp:            Copy to rcp: file system
  running-config  Update (merge with) current system configuration
  scp:            Copy to scp: file system
  startup-config  Copy to startup configuration
  syslog:         Copy to syslog: file system
  system:         Copy to system: file system
  tftp:           Copy to tftp: file system
  tmpsys:         Copy to tmpsys: file system

[Frank Hansen]

How does the system know where to copy from?

Sorry, forget it. I hadn't read your post correctly.

Br

Frank

[Mark Malone]

Your telling it where to copy from in the statement copy ...copy flash2:c3750:............................. flash1:

so that tells the switch copy file x from flash2 and then put it in flash 1 , then you can check flash1 with ...dir flash1:    to make sure your file is there

as switch 1 is the master and your upgrading it , rebooting it to bring the new software up may cause the stack to reboot

You should have 2 flash like below as stacked with 2 switches

xxxxxx#dir flash1:
Directory of flash:/

    2  -rwx    14607096  Jul 10 2015 12:16:03 +00:00  c3750e-universalk9-mz.122-55.SE9.bin
    3  -rwx        4120   Jul 5 2017 00:00:10 +00:00  multiple-fs
    4  -rwx        1276   Mar 1 1993 00:01:52 +00:00  vlan.dat
  517  -rwx       38069   Jul 5 2017 00:00:12 +00:00  Archive.cfgJul--5-00-00-12.762-UTC-97
    5  drwx         512   Mar 1 1993 00:21:46 +00:00  c3750e-universalk9-mz.122-55.SE8
  513  -rwx        2316   Jul 5 2017 00:00:10 +00:00  private-config.text
  515  -rwx       39650  May 27 2017 22:16:14 +00:00  Archive.cfgMay-27-22-16-09.112-UTC-201
  516  -rwx       39650  May 28 2017 22:19:14 +00:00  Archive.cfgMay-28-22-19-08.709-UTC-202
  518  -rwx       38069   Jul 5 2017 00:00:04 +00:00  Archive.cfgJul--5-00-00-04.684-UTC-96
  519  -rwx       38069   Jul 5 2017 00:00:10 +00:00  config.text

57671680 bytes total (23133184 bytes free)
xxxxxx#dir flash2:
Directory of flash2:/

    2  -rwx       38069   Jul 5 2017 00:00:12 +00:00  config.text
    3  -rwx        2316   Jul 5 2017 00:00:12 +00:00  private-config.text
    4  -rwx       36102   Jun 1 2017 20:54:04 +00:00  config.text.backup
    6  drwx         512   Mar 1 1993 00:21:46 +00:00  c3750e-universalk9-mz.122-55.SE8
  514  -rwx        2316   Jun 1 2017 20:54:04 +00:00  private-config.text.backup
  515  -rwx        1276   Mar 1 1993 00:02:03 +00:00  vlan.dat
  516  -rwx    14607096  Jul 25 2015 14:31:22 +00:00  c3750e-universalk9-mz.122-55.SE9.bin
  517  -rwx        4120  May 29 2017 10:58:49 +00:00  multiple-fs

57671680 bytes total (23251968 bytes free)

[Frank Hansen]

Yeah, sorry. I misread your previous post. Missed out the command where you copied from => to.

It's currently copying :)

Thankz

Frank

[Mark Malone]

cool ,  last thing would be set the boot statement globally for all as example below , so to make sure there both on same image when they come up

boot system switch all flash:/c3750-advipservicesk9-mz.122-25.SEE2.bin

save it , reload , stack will reboot then come back up with same image each switch

[Frank Hansen]

Thank you. After fumbling around with copying to wrong locations (doh), I finally succeeded :) Thankz alot Mark.

[Mark Malone]

no probs glad I could help