HP Cisco Catalyst Blade Switch 3020 Release Notes for Cisco Catalyst Blade Swi - Page 3

Upgrading the Switch Software Hardware Requirements Table 2 Minimum Hardware Requirements Processor Speed 233 MHz minimum1 DRAM 512 MB2 1. We recommend 1 GHz. 2. We recommend 1 GB DRAM. Number of Colors Resolution Font Size 256 1024 x 768 Small Software Requirements • Windows 2000, XP, Vista, and Windows Server 2003. • Internet Explorer 6.0, 7.0, Firefox 1.5, 2.0 or later with JavaScript enabled. The device manager verifies the browser version when starting a session and does not require a plug-in. Upgrading the Switch Software • "Finding the Software Version and Feature Set" section on page 3 • "Deciding Which Files to Use" section on page 3 • "Archiving Software Images" section on page 4 • "Upgrading a Switch by Using the Device Manager" section on page 5 • "Upgrading a Switch by Using the CLI" section on page 5 • "Recovering from a Software Failure" section on page 6 Finding the Software Version and Feature Set The Cisco IOS image is stored as a bin file in a directory that is named with the Cisco IOS release. A subdirectory contains the files needed for web management. The image is stored on the system board flash device (flash:). You can use the show version privileged EXEC command to see the software version that is running on your switch. The second line of the display shows the version. You can also use the dir filesystem: privileged EXEC command to see the directory names of other software images that you might have stored in flash memory. Deciding Which Files to Use The upgrade procedures in these release notes describe how to perform the upgrade by using a combined tar file. This file contains the Cisco IOS image file and the files needed for the embedded device manager. You must use the combined tar file to upgrade the switch through the device manager. To upgrade the switch through the command-line interface (CLI), use the tar file and the archive download-sw privileged EXEC command. OL-24325-01 Release Notes for the Cisco Catalyst Blade Switch 3020 for HP, Cisco IOS Release 12.2(58)SE and Later 3