[c-nsp] "Boot helper" or small IOS for Catalyst 3750

[Paul Lustgraaf]

> Peter Rathlev wrote:
> > Hi Justin,
> > Strange, I don't have any TFTP-related commands when I boot into ROMMON.
> > I tried after a reboot with 12.2(25)SEE2 and 12.2(35)SE5, just to see if
> > they'd upgrade the ROMMON.
> 
> I could certainly be wrong but I was thinking that they had the ability. 
>   I don't recall ever needing the ability on anything newer than one of 
> the 00xl switches so I guess I've never really tested it out for myself.
> 
> So I've done some searching on Cisco's site and I'm not finding anything 
> positive.  The most definitive hit I see is one on upgrading a 3750 and 
> what might be required if you format the flash and reload before 
> uploading a new image.  It unfortunately says xmodem.  So, I haven't 
> found positive hits and have found that one negative hits.  It's likely 
> that I'm just full of it.  Here I thought my last horrible xmodem 
> experience would be the last thanks to my eliminating old switches from 
> the network.  I guess I have a new feature request for my AM. :-)

Unfortunately, I have been in the position of having a seven switch stack
of 3750s fail an upgrade.

It takes a long time to load seven switches individually via xmodem...

Luckily, the stack wasn't in service yet.

Paul Lustgraaf                   "Change is inevitable.  Progress is not."
Network Engineer
Iowa State University Information Technology Services    grpjl at iastate.edu
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