Upgrading IOS Firmware
via USB
- Obtain a USB drive and format it to FAT32
- Copy the firmware bin file to the USB drive
- Insert the USB drive into the switch.
Oct 30 17:26:51.035: %USBFLASH-5-CHANGE: usbflash0 has been inserted
- List the files on the USB drive
dir usbflash0:
- Copy the files from the USB drive to the internal flash storage
copy usbflash0:****.bin flash:
- Configure the system to boot from the new flash image
conf t
boot system flash:****.bin
exit
reload
- Delete the old bin file from the flash storage
delete /recursive /force flash:**old.bin