Solved: Re: WS-3550-48-SMI upgrade

nelsonm · ‎05-06-2009

I am planning on upgarding some old code on 4 WS-3550-48-SMI switches.

I was planning on using:

Release 12.2.44-SE6

Filename c3550-ipbasek9-tar.122-44.SE6.tar (16 MB Flash reqiured)

It appears the flash only has 15.25 MB of RAM which can't be right??

Switch01#sho flash

Directory of flash:/

2 -rwx 0 Jan 01 1970 00:01:26 env_vars

3 -rwx 342 Jan 01 1970 00:01:26 system_env_vars

5 -rwx 3911 Dec 17 1994 18:14:43 config.text

9 drwx 192 Mar 01 1993 00:03:24 c3550-i9q3l2-mz.121-9.EA1c

15998976 bytes total (11633152 bytes free)

Switch01#

Am I miscalulating??

Switch01#sho ver

Cisco Internetwork Operating System Software

IOS (tm) C3550 Software (C3550-I9Q3L2-M), Version 12.1(9)EA1c, RELEASE SOFTWARE

(fc1)

Compiled Tue 28-May-02 10:06 by antonino

Image text-base: 0x00003000, data-base: 0x004E4568

ROM: Bootstrap program is C3550 boot loader

PJAX_Switch01 uptime is 2 years, 4 weeks, 2 days, 4 hours, 35 minutes

System returned to ROM by power-on

System image file is "flash:c3550-i9q3l2-mz.121-9.EA1c/c3550-i9q3l2-mz.121-9.EA1

c.bin"

cisco WS-C3550-48 (PowerPC) processor (revision E0) with 65526K/8192K bytes of m

emory.

Processor board ID *****

Last reset from warm-reset

Running Layer2 Switching Only Image

Ethernet-controller 1 has 12 Fast Ethernet/IEEE 802.3 interfaces

Ethernet-controller 2 has 12 Fast Ethernet/IEEE 802.3 interfaces

Ethernet-controller 3 has 12 Fast Ethernet/IEEE 802.3 interfaces

Ethernet-controller 4 has 12 Fast Ethernet/IEEE 802.3 interfaces

Ethernet-controller 5 has 1 Gigabit Ethernet/IEEE 802.3 interface

Ethernet-controller 6 has 1 Gigabit Ethernet/IEEE 802.3 interface

48 FastEthernet/IEEE 802.3 interface(s)

2 Gigabit Ethernet/IEEE 802.3 interface(s)

The password-recovery mechanism is enabled.

384K bytes of flash-simulated non-volatile configuration memory.

Base ethernet MAC Address: 00:0A:F4:1F:45:80

Motherboard assembly number: 73-5701-06

Power supply part number: 34-0967-01

Motherboard serial number: *****

Power supply serial number: DCA06351VJ3

Model revision number: E0

Motherboard revision number: D0

Model number: WS-C3550-48-SMI

System serial number: *****

Configuration register is 0x10F

Switch01#

Any issues/problem with upgrading this?

Any input would be appreciated.

Thanks in advance!!

kplunkett512 · ‎05-06-2009

Flash Memory

All 3550s have 16 MB of internal Flash memory. The Flash memory is not upgradeable.

There is a limit to the number of images that you can store in Flash. Always check the size, in bytes, of the image in the LAN Switches section of Downloads - Switches ( registered customers only) before you upgrade software. Issue the dir flash: command in order to compare the size of this image with the free space in Flash.

Attached is a link for additional reference:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/switches/ps646/products_configuration_example09186a0080169623.shtml

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kplunkett512 · ‎05-06-2009

Flash Memory

All 3550s have 16 MB of internal Flash memory. The Flash memory is not upgradeable.

There is a limit to the number of images that you can store in Flash. Always check the size, in bytes, of the image in the LAN Switches section of Downloads - Switches ( registered customers only) before you upgrade software. Issue the dir flash: command in order to compare the size of this image with the free space in Flash.

Attached is a link for additional reference:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/switches/ps646/products_configuration_example09186a0080169623.shtml

nelsonm · ‎05-06-2009

Thanks for the input! Link is very helpful!