Before upgrading the router memory, I had this in place:
C2600 platform with 65536 Kbytes of main memory 16384K bytes of processor board System flash (Read/Write)
I bought 64 MB extra main memory and 16 MB extra flash memory. When I opened up the router, the insides looked like this diagram:
I had a single 64 MB DRAM DIMM in the "Primary memory" slot with one free. I had no memory in the "System-code SIMM (Flash memory)" slot, since the 2651XM must ship with 16 MB on the motherboard. Once I snapped in the extra memory, my router recognized it without any trouble, as will be seen later.
I also decided to upgrade from a 12.2 release to 12.3. My old IOS was 12.2(11)T10, which corresponded to the c2600-ik9s-mz.122-11.T10.bin image. The 'show flash' command showed this after the memory upgrades:
gill#sh flash System flash directory: File Length Name/status 1 14962584 c2600-ik9s-mz.122-11.T10.bin [14962648 bytes used, 18591784 available, 33554432 total] 32768K bytes of processor board System flash (Read/Write)
First I searched for a suitable IOS from the Cisco IOS Feature Navigator and Upgrade Planner tools. I located a version of IOS which offered NetFlow and SSH v2 in the 12.3 train, 12.3(4)T4 (image c2600-a3jk9s-mz.123-4.T4.bin). I downloaded it to a TFTP server on the same network as the router, into the TFTP server's /tftpboot directory.
I did not make a copy of the existing router flash image as I already had it elsewhere for safekeeping.
Next I copied my startup-config to the TFTP server:
gill#copy startup-config tftp://172.27.20.5/gill-startup-config Address or name of remote host [172.27.20.5]? Destination filename [gill-startup-config]? !! 2200 bytes copied in 0.072 secs (30556 bytes/sec)
Now I was ready to copy my new flash image to the router:
gill#copy tftp flash Address or name of remote host []? 172.27.20.5 Source filename []? c2600-a3jk9s-mz.123-4.T4.bin Destination filename [c2600-a3jk9s-mz.123-4.T4.bin]? Accessing tftp://172.27.20.5/c2600-a3jk9s-mz.123-4.T4.bin... Erase flash: before copying? [confirm] Erasing the flash filesystem will remove all files! Continue? [confirm] Erasing device... eeeeeeeeeeeeeeee ...edited... Erase of flash: complete Loading c2600-a3jk9s-mz.123-4.T4.bin from 172.27.20.5 (via FastEthernet0/1):!!!! !!! ...edited... [OK - 24299960 bytes] Verifying checksum... OK (0x5193) 24299960 bytes copied in 182.832 secs (132909 bytes/sec)
Next I checked to see if it was loaded:
gill#sh flash System flash directory: File Length Name/status 1 24299960 c2600-a3jk9s-mz.123-4.T4.bin [24300024 bytes used, 8730120 available, 33030144 total] 32768K bytes of processor board System flash (Read/Write)
This looked fine, so I changed the system boot parameters to use the new image, copied the running-config to startup-config, and reloaded the router:
gill#conf term Enter configuration commands, one per line. End with CNTL/Z. gill(config)#no boot system flash c2600-ik9s-mz.122-11.T10.bin gill(config)#boot system flash c2600-a3jk9s-mz.123-4.T4.bin gill(config)#exit gill# 01:21:28: %SYS-5-CONFIG_I: Configured from console by console gill#copy running-config startup-config Destination filename [startup-config]? Building configuration... [OK] gill#reload Proceed with reload? [confirm] 01:22:32: %SYS-5-RELOAD: Reload requested by console.
I then watched the router come up:
System Bootstrap, Version 12.2(7r) [cmong 7r], RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc1)
Copyright (c) 2002 by cisco Systems, Inc.
C2600 platform with 131072 Kbytes of main memory
program load complete, entry point: 0x80008000, size: 0x172c840
Self decompressing the image : ###########
...edited...
############ [OK]
Smart Init is enabled
smart init is sizing iomem
ID MEMORY_REQ TYPE
00036F 0X00103980 C2651XM Dual Fast Ethernet
0X000F3BB0 public buffer pools
0X00211000 public particle pools
TOTAL: 0X00408530
If any of the above Memory Requirements are
"UNKNOWN", you may be using an unsupported
configuration or there is a software problem and
system operation may be compromised.
Rounded IOMEM up to: 5Mb.
Using 3 percent iomem. [5Mb/128Mb]
...edited...
program load complete, entry point: 0x80008000, size: 0x172c840
Self decompressing the image : ###########
...edited...
############ [OK]
Smart Init is enabled
smart init is sizing iomem
ID MEMORY_REQ TYPE
00036F 0X00103980 C2651XM Dual Fast Ethernet
0X000F3BB0 public buffer pools
0X00211000 public particle pools
TOTAL: 0X00408530
If any of the above Memory Requirements are
"UNKNOWN", you may be using an unsupported
configuration or there is a software problem and
system operation may be compromised.
Rounded IOMEM up to: 5Mb.
Using 3 percent iomem. [5Mb/128Mb]
...edited...
Cisco IOS Software, C2600 Software (C2600-A3JK9S-M), Version 12.3(4)T4,
RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc2)
Technical Support: http://www.cisco.com/techsupport
Copyright (c) 1986-2004 by Cisco Systems, Inc.
Compiled Thu 11-Mar-04 19:57 by eaarmas
Image text-base: 0x80008098, data-base: 0x8243BC1C
...edited...
Cisco 2651XM (MPC860P) processor (revision 0x100) with 125952K/5120K bytes of me
mory.
Processor board ID JAE071601DV (2514262155)
M860 processor: part number 5, mask 2
2 FastEthernet interfaces
32K bytes of NVRAM.
32768K bytes of processor board System flash (Read/Write)
Press RETURN to get started!
*Mar 1 00:00:04.695: %LINEPROTO-5-UPDOWN: Line protocol on Interface VoIP-Null0,
changed state to up
*Mar 1 00:00:15.280: %LINK-3-UPDOWN: Interface FastEthernet0/0,
changed state to up
*Mar 1 00:00:15.280: %LINK-3-UPDOWN: Interface FastEthernet0/1,
changed state to up
00:00:16: %LINEPROTO-5-UPDOWN: Line protocol on Interface FastEthernet0/0,
changed state to up
00:00:16: %LINEPROTO-5-UPDOWN: Line protocol on Interface FastEthernet0/1,
changed state to up
00:00:18: %SYS-5-CONFIG_I: Configured from memory by console
00:00:19: %SYS-5-RESTART: System restarted --
Cisco IOS Software, C2600 Software (C2600-A3JK9S-M), Version 12.3(4)T4, RELEASE
SOFTWARE (fc2)
Technical Support: http://www.cisco.com/techsupport
Copyright (c) 1986-2004 by Cisco Systems, Inc.
Compiled Thu 11-Mar-04 19:57 by eaarmas
00:00:19: %SNMP-5-COLDSTART: SNMP agent on host gill is undergoing a cold start
00:00:19: %NTP-6-RESTART: NTP process starts
00:00:20: %LINEPROTO-5-UPDOWN: Line protocol on Interface FastEthernet0/0,
changed state to down
00:00:20: %LINEPROTO-5-UPDOWN: Line protocol on Interface FastEthernet0/1,
changed state to down
00:00:21: %LINEPROTO-5-UPDOWN: Line protocol on Interface FastEthernet0/1,
changed state to up
00:00:27: %DHCP-6-ADDRESS_ASSIGN: Interface FastEthernet0/0 assigned DHCP address edited,
mask 255.255.254.0, hostname gill
00:00:30: %LINEPROTO-5-UPDOWN: Line protocol on Interface FastEthernet0/0,
changed state to up
00:00:33: %NTP-5-PEERSYNC: NTP synced to peer 204.152.184.72
00:00:33: %NTP-6-PEERREACH: Peer 204.152.184.72 is reachable
Everything looks fine, including the time setting via NTP. I also looked again at the flash and then the filesystem:
gill>enable
Password:
gill#sh flash detailed
System flash directory:
File Length Name/status
addr fcksum ccksum
1 24299960 c2600-a3jk9s-mz.123-4.T4.bin
0x40 0x5193 0x5193
[24300024 bytes used, 8730120 available, 33030144 total]
32768K bytes of processor board System flash (Read/Write)
gill#show file systems
File Systems:
Size(b) Free(b) Type Flags Prefixes
- - opaque rw system:
29688 26383 nvram rw nvram:
- - opaque rw null:
- - opaque ro xmodem:
- - opaque ro ymodem:
- - network rw tftp:
* 33030144 8730120 flash rw flash:
- - network rw pram:
- - network rw rcp:
- - network rw scp:
- - network ro http:
- - network rw ftp:
- - network ro https:
- - opaque ro cns:
My upgrade was complete!
