[cisco-voip] Copying 7925 Firmware files to CCM 4.1(3) without using installer

[Ryan Ratliff]

Typically it is device packs that do the db stuff.  I wouldn't put it past some teams to sneak updates into a load install however.  At the least the installer will set device defaults and bounce TFTP for you.

-Ryan

On Apr 14, 2010, at 12:53 PM, Lelio Fulgenzi wrote:

> Thanks Wes. I always thought it was the devpack that did the database updates.
> 
> I'll try copying the files over for now and see how it goes.
> 
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> Lelio Fulgenzi, B.A.
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Wes Sisk" <wsisk at cisco.com>
> To: "Lelio Fulgenzi" <lelio at uoguelph.ca>
> Cc: "cisco-voip voyp list" <cisco-voip at puck.nether.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 2010 12:37:27 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
> Subject: Re: [cisco-voip] Copying 7925 Firmware files to CCM 4.1(3) without using installer
> 
> The installer may also load the device type into the database so you can configure that model of phone and configure default phone load for that model of phone.
> 
> If you already have the phone model available to add then you *may* be safe just copying in the tftp loads, configuring that as the loadid, and restarting TFTP.
> 
> Occasionally there are patches/updates to database fields in the installers. If there is any database update and you do not run the installer then you will be missing that update.
> 
> /Wes
> 
> On Wednesday, April 14, 2010 12:06:23 PM, Lelio Fulgenzi <lelio at uoguelph.ca> wrote:
> Typically, phone firmware files are included in a zip file so you can just copy them over to a 4.1(3) box. 
> 
> When I look at 7925, it has two installers, one for 4.1 and earlier and one for 5 and later. It also has a TAR file for CME. 
> 
> When I untar the CME file it has the same .LOADS and .SBN files that appear for earlier versions of the firmware on 4.1(3).
> 
> Can I just copy these files over to my TFTP server and I'm good to go?
> 
> ---
> Lelio Fulgenzi, B.A.
> Senior Analyst (CCS) * University of Guelph * Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1
> (519) 824-4120 x56354 (519) 767-1060 FAX (JNHN)
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> 
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