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Cisco 7304 Network Service Engine Installation and Configuration
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Chapter 7 Upgrading, Configuration, and Troubleshooting Tasks
Upgrading ROMmon
ROM 1 (Field Upgradeable) APPROVED
ROM 2 (Field Upgradeable) APPROVED DEFAULT & IN USE
In ROM 0, ROMMON version is inaccessible when executing from either ROM 1 or ROM 2.
In ROM 1, ROMMON version is not available, possibly an older ROMMON.
In ROM 2, ROMMON version:
System Bootstrap, Version 12.1(12r)EX1, RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc1)
TAC Support: http://www.cisco.com/tac
Copyright (c) 2002 by cisco Systems, Inc.
Using the upgrade rom-monitor Command
To program the ROM monitor, use the following command:
upgrade rom-monitor
{
rom1 | rom2
}
file
file_id
To set a particular ROMmon image as default, use the following command:
upgrade rom-monitor
{
rom0 | rom1 | rom2
}
default
The following example provides the output of a ROMmon upgrade:
Router>
copy tftp://255.255.255.255/siff/WS_RM.srec.121-12r.EX1 disk0:
Destination filename [WS_RM.srec.121-12r.EX1]?
Accessing tftp://255.255.255.255/siff/WS_RM.srec.121-12r.EX1...
Loading siff/WS_RM.srec.121-12r.EX1 from 255.255.255.255 (via FastEthernet0)
: !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
[OK - 975913 bytes]
975913 bytes copied in 20.372 secs (47905 bytes/sec)
Router#
upgrade rom-monitor rom1 file disk0:WS_RM.srec.121-12r.EX1
ROM 1 update in progress
Erasing (this may take a while)...
Programming...
CC
Do you want to verify this image (may take a few minutes)? [yes/no]: y
Verifying ROM 1
Reading from ROM 1...vDone
Comparing with the source file...Passed
Set this ROMMON image as the default (will take effect on next reload)? [yes/no]
:
y
Router#
reload
System configuration has been modified. Save? [yes/no]:
n
Proceed with reload? [confirm]
System Bootstrap, Version 12.1(12r)EX1, RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc1)
TAC Support: http://www.cisco.com/tac
Copyright (c) 2002 by cisco Systems, Inc.
C7300 platform with 131072 Kbytes of main memory
Currently running ROMMON from ROM 1
Note
It is advisable to load a known good Cisco IOS image after a ROMmon upgrade.