[c-nsp] Need suggestion on cisco 3560 sw IOS

[A.L.M.Buxey at lboro.ac.uk]

Hi,

> Also the OP should note that when you boot from from 12.2(52)SE to a later
> versions, the boot loader will almost do a microcode upgrade on the C3560X
> platform. Depending on the version involved, this can take up to 35 minutes
> downtime per box.  The release notes still don't mention this as a risk,
> which is not good.  It would be very helpful if cisco provided some
> information on this in the release notes.

on recent versions you can do the microcode update BEFORE the reload
(check the update-sw flag list!) which saves loads of down time(!)

alan