Previously in Cisco C93180 Switch Upgrade Guidelines in an article introduced to the BOOT command to upgrade the CISCO switch system software, the next Moduletek Limited Labs to take you to learn how to use the INSTALL command and how to upgrade the software on the switch.
      We will take CISCO Catalyst 9k series switches as an example to demonstrate the method of upgrading the system software version by INSTALL command:
I. Materials
      1. USB flash disk (USB2.0, FAT32). 2;
      2. switch system software (downloaded from the official website : https://software.cisco.com/download/home ; the target software version of this upgrade is IOS XE 17.12.01);
      3. serial cable;
      4. switch (CISCO C9300-24T-E) and computer;
II. Upgrade Steps
Figure 1 Description of the upgrade program
      Note: The system software version of this example is upgraded from IOS XE 16.12.01 to 17.12.01, and the INSTALL command is used for the upgrade program.
      1. Check the switch disk space, the size of available memory must be larger than the size of the software package to be installed;
Figure 2 Viewing switch storage files and disk space
      2. Insert a USB flash disk into the USB port of the switch and execute the command "dir usbflash0:" to view the files in the USB;
      Note: usbflash0 is the name of USB disk recognized by the switch, you can use "dir ?" to view. View.
Figure 3 U disk file view
      3. Upload the system files that need to be upgraded from USB flash disk to the flash memory of the switch, execute the command "copy usbflash0:filename flash:filename", and then execute the command "dir flash:" to view the files after the upload is completed;
Figure 4 System File Upload
      4. Boot the image that needs to be upgraded to IOS, execute the command "boot system flash:packages.conf " in global configuration mode, and use "show boot" to view the configuration.
Figure 5 Switching boot image
      5. To upgrade ROMMON, execute the command "upgrade rom-monitor capsule golden switch active".
Figure 6 Description of the ROMMON version in the system version file.

Figure 7 Upgrade ROMMON manually
      6. To activate the imported system file, execute the command "install add file flash:filename activate commit".
Figure 8 Activate install system file
      7. During the installation process, you will be prompted to reboot the switch, enter "y" to agree to the execution; Figure 9 Reboot the switch.
Figure 9 Reboot the switch
      8. When the reboot of the switch is completed, execute the command "show version" to view the current running system software version of the switch, the version shown here is 17.12.01, which indicates that the system software version has been successfully upgraded.
Figure 10 View the current software version of the switch
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