Release Notes for FlexWAN and OSM ROMMON

Table Of Contents

Release Notes for Catalyst 6500 Series Switch and Cisco 7600 Series Internet Router
FlexWAN and OSM ROMMON Software

Contents

Software Images

New and Changed Information

Caveats

Resolved Caveats in FlexWAN and OSM ROMMON Software Release 12.1(5r)E

Upgrading the ROMMON

Additional Documentation

Obtaining Documentation and Submitting a Service Request

Release Notes for Catalyst 6500 Series Switch and Cisco 7600 Series Internet Router
FlexWAN and OSM ROMMON Software

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Current Release: 12.1(5r)E—May 19, 2003

This publication describes how to upgrade the ROMMON on your Catalyst 6500 series switch or Cisco 7600 series Internet Router FlexWAN (WS-X6182-2PA) or Optical Services Module (OSM).

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Tip You should consider the 12.1(5r)E ROMMON software upgrade if you need the bug fix documented in the "Caveats" section.

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With this procedure, you can upgrade the ROMMON image similar to the way that you upgrade the Cisco IOS.

ROMMON software release 12.1(5r)E is supported in Catalyst 6500 series switches and Cisco 7600 series Internet Router systems that are running Cisco IOS software on the Supervisor Engine 2 and on the MSFC2.

Contents

This publication consists of these sections:

•Software Images

•New and Changed Information

•Caveats

•Upgrading the ROMMON

•Additional Documentation

Software Images

Table 1 lists the software releases for the FlexWAN and OSM ROMMON software.

Table 1 Upgradable ROMMON Images

ROMMON Software Release	Filename
12.1(5r)E upgradable module ROMMON image	CWAN RM.121-5r.E

New and Changed Information

FlexWAN and OSM ROMMON software Release 12.1(5r)E contains bug fixes; no new feature support is added.

Caveats

The following section contains resolved caveat information.

Resolved Caveats in FlexWAN and OSM ROMMON Software Release 12.1(5r)E

•The FlexWAN fails to come online. This problem is resolved in FlexWAN and OSM ROMMON software release 12.1(5r)E. (CSCdy50995)

Upgrading the ROMMON

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Note Before performing this procedure, you must download the new ROMMON image from Cisco.com. The download procedure is the same as downloading Catalyst software images.

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To upgrade the ROMMON version on your FlexWAN or OSM, perform these steps (in this example, the module with the FlexWAN is in slot 4):

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Step 1 Check the active ROMMON information:

Router# show rom-monitor slot 4 

Cisco Internetwork Operating System Software

IOS (tm) MSFC2 Software (C6MSFC2-JSV-M), Version 12.1(12c)E2, EARLY DEPLOYMENT RELEASE

SOFTWARE (fc1)

Copyright (c) 1986-2002 by cisco Systems, Inc.

Compiled Thu 22-Aug-02 17:01 by eaarmas

Image text-base: 0x40008980, data-base: 0x4198E000

ROM: System Bootstrap, Version 12.1(1r)E, RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc1)

Router# 

Step 2 Program the new ROMMON to the Flash device on the FlexWAN in slot 4:

Router# upgrade rom-monitor slot 4 file bootflash:CWAN_RM.121-5r.E

Copying bootflash:CWAN_RM.121-5r.E onto bootflash of slot#4 CCCCCCCCC 

CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC 

CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC 

Router#

Step 3 Check the new active ROMMON information:

CWTLC-Slot4# test cwlc upgrade rommon bootflash:CWAN_RM.121-5r.E

ROMMON image upgrade in progress

Erasing flash

Programming flash

Verifying new image

ROMMON image upgrade complete, linecard must reset

CWTLC-Slot4#

Step 4 Reload the FlexWAN for the change to take effect:

Router(config)# no power enable module 4

Router(config)# power enable module 4

Router(config)# end

Router#

<output truncated>

Step 5 After the system boots, check the ROMMON information again:

Router# show rom-monitor slot 4 

Cisco Internetwork Operating System Software

IOS (tm) MSFC2 Software (C6MSFC2-JSV-M), Version 12.1(12c)E2, EARLY DEPLOYMENT RELEASE

SOFTWARE (fc1)

Copyright (c) 1986-2002 by cisco Systems, Inc.

Compiled Thu 22-Aug-02 17:01 by eaarmas

Image text-base: 0x40008980, data-base: 0x4198E000

ROM: System Bootstrap, Version 12.1(5r)E, RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc1)

Router# 

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Additional Documentation

The following documents are available for the Catalyst 6500 series switches and Cisco 7600 series Internet Routers:

•Catalyst 6500 Series and Cisco 7600 Series Internet Router FlexWAN Module Installation and Configuration Note

•Optical Services Modules Installation and Verificiation Note

•Release Notes for Cisco IOS Release 12.1E on the Catalyst 6500 and Cisco 7600 MSFC

•Release Notes for Cisco IOS Release 12.1E on the Catalyst 6500 and Cisco 7600 Supervisor Engine and MSFC

These publications are available for the Catalyst 6500 series switches running Cisco IOS on the supervisor engine and MSFC:

http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/product/lan/cat6000/12_1e/index.htm

These publications are available for the Cisco 7600 series Internet Router running Cisco IOS software on the supervisor engine and MSFC:

http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/product/core/cis7600/index.htm

These publications are available for the Catalyst 6500 series switches running Catalyst 7.x software on the supervisor engine and Cisco IOS software on the MSFC:

http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/product/lan/cat6000/sw_7_6/index.htm

Obtaining Documentation and Submitting a Service Request

For information on obtaining documentation, submitting a service request, and gathering additional information, see the monthly What's New in Cisco Product Documentation, which also lists all new and revised Cisco technical documentation, at:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/general/whatsnew/whatsnew.html

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