asr9k SW installatiion

[Arjun Dabol]

Hi,

I am in process of installing XR image on asr9k and I have a tar file on my laptop. what i need to do in order to install this on asr9k. i will be connecting on management ethernet : I have a tar file with me and as per my understanding :

# install add tar tftp://<ip add of local laptop>/<SW file name>

my Q is :

1. this command will install the OS or just put the image on router ?

2. if this will just copy the image on router, where will it go ? on disk0 ?

3. Now in order to install one by one packages ..is it correct that I should use 'install activate disk0:<pie 1> <pie 2> ?

thanks in adv

[Philip D'Ath]

I don't know the answer.

But I did find this great article about the entire process.

Upgrading and Managing Software on Cisco ASR 9000 Series Router

[Santosh Sharma]

Hi Arjun,

1. this command will install the OS or just put the image on router ?

This will just add the binaries to the router. You need to "install activate <pie names>" to activate the OS.

2. if this will just copy the image on router, where will it go ? on disk0 ?

Copy can be done anywhere in the router(disk0, harddisk). With copy command you need to specify the destination location in the router

3. Now in order to install one by one packages ..is it correct that I should use 'install activate disk0:<pie 1> <pie 2> ?

Yeah, this will activate the packages. However you can use regular expressions to avoid pasting long list of pies. Something like "install activate disk0:*5.3.3*:, incase you want to activate 5.3.3.

Thanks,
Santosh

[Arjun Dabol]

Hi Santosh,

Many Thanks -

can you plz confirm if these 3 commands will do the job ?

RP/0/RSP0/CPU0:ios(admin)copy tftp://<IP ADD>/FileName harddisk:

RP/0/RSP0/CPU0:ios(admin)#install add /harddisk:/ASR9K-iosxr-px-5.3.3.tar

RP/0/RSP0/CPU0:ios(admin)#install activate disk0:asr9k-services-px-5.3.3 disk0:asr9k-services-infra-5.3.3 disk0:asr9k-fpd-px-5.3.3 disk0:asr9k-optic-px-5.3.3 disk0:asr9k-doc-px-5.3.3

thanks in adv

[Santosh Sharma · Accepted solution]

Yes...this will work...One minor change for "install add /harddisk:/ASR9K-iosxr-px-5.3.3.tar". You need to use "install add tar /harddisk:/ASR9K-iosxr-px-5.3.3.tar"

Also, for install activate, you can use the install id of "install add": "install activate id <>"

Thanks,
Santosh

[Arjun Dabol]

Hi Santosh

Small clarification - I see a USB port as will on router.

can you please tell, Which command can be used to transfer file from usb to harddisk.

Thankyou

[Santosh Sharma]

Hi Arjun,

Copy usb:/<file_name> harddisk:/ can be used to copy the file from usb to harddisk:.

Thanks,
Santosh

[Arjun Dabol]

Hi Santosh

today I tried to use USB on a 9k but looks like there are some limitations with resoect to USB file system. Do i need to have a particular file system on USB drive ? how do I do that ?

[Philip D'Ath]

Format it FAT32 and it should be fine.

[Arjun Dabol]

hi philip

i tried but asr9k still did not recognise usb. looks like it needs a linux file system..now sure how to get it.

my pen drive does not show FAT 16 also..

[Philip D'Ath]

How about formatting it in the ASR itself.  It must use a compatible filesystem then.

http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/routers/asr9000/software/asr9k_r4-1/system_management/command/reference/b_sysman_cr41asr9k/b_sysman_cr41asr9k_chapter_0111.html#wp9177828100

format usb:

[lftorresh]

The solution don t work.

[peter.hloza@orange.com]

show media

copy disk2:/file harddisk:/file

[AARON WEINTRAUB]

for 3) you can also admin install activate id X where X is the install operation in which you added the packages.  This can save you some time if you installed several pies in one operation.