Which System Image do I Need?

[Stephen Carville]

Some consultants told us that the IOS on our 6509-E is out of support and must be upgraded.  We are using 12.2(50r)SYS2.

I cannot figure out which file(s) I need to get to do this upgrade.  I am sure it will seem easy once I understand it but until then is there a document somewhere that explains which version and revision I need?

If it helps, the current image file is s2t54-advipservicesk9_npe-mz.SPA.122-50.SY1.bin

[Reza Sharifi · Accepted solution]

Some consultants told us that the IOS on our 6509-E is out of support and must be upgraded.  We are using 12.2(50r)SYS2.

The image goes back to 2011, but that does not mean it is out of support.  As long as you have a service contact with Cisco and the image is available online, they will support it. Now, is that a good idea to upgrade a 6 years old image, I would say yes.

Looking at Cisco IOS download page, the latest version for sup-2T is

s2t54-adventerprisek9-mz.SPA.154-1.SY1.bin

Before upgrading to any version, make sure to read all the release notes for that version.

HTH

[Stephen Carville]

I quite agree that an upgrade is in order.  I was just confused as to which image file I needed.

[Georg Pauwen · Accepted solution]

Hello,

have a look at the link below.

https://software.cisco.com/download/release.html?mdfid=283933147&reltype=all&rellifecycle=ED&relind=AVAILABLE&release=12.2.50-SY&softwareid=280805680&sortparam=2

15.4.1-SY1 is the latest release.

[Stephen Carville]

Thank you.  The file names make more sense now.