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Upgrading IOS Firmware

via USB

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