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The Warm Upgrade feature provides the capability for a Cisco IOS image to read and decompress another Cisco IOS image and then transfer control to this new image. This functionality reduces the downtime of a device during planned Cisco IOS software upgrades or downgrades. The Warm Upgrade feature is complementary with the Warm Reload feature introduced in Cisco IOS Release 12.3(2)T.
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12.3(11)T |
This feature was introduced. |
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The Warm Upgrade feature provides the capability for a Cisco IOS image to read and decompress another Cisco IOS image and then transfer control to this new image. This functionality reduces the downtime of a device during planned Cisco IOS software upgrades or downgrades. To perform a warm upgrade, use the reloadwarmfileurl command. The Warm Upgrade feature is complementary with the Warm Reload feature introduced in Cisco IOS Release 12.3(2)T.
Prior to the Warm Upgrade feature, a Cisco IOS image transferred control to ROM monitor mode (ROMMON) to perform a Cisco IOS software upgrade or downgrade. ROMMON, along with the help of the boot loader image, carried out the required upgrade or downgrade procedures. While this process is in progress, the networking device is down. With the introduction of the Warm Upgrade feature, packet forwarding is able to continue while the new Cisco IOS image is read and decompressed. The device is down only when the current image is overwritten with the new image, and the new image loads and reconfigures the operating system.
If a warm upgrade operation fails, the current Cisco IOS image should continue to run unless it has been partly or fully overwritten. In this case, ROMMON is allowed to load any image that is configured.
Note | For cases where a Cisco IOS image is to be downgraded to an image that does not support the image verification functionality of the reload command, a warning message will be displayed before the warm upgrade operation is performed telling the user that the image does not have a digital signature. |
Perform this task to reload a Cisco IOS image using the warm upgrade functionality.
The Warm Reload feature introduced in Cisco IOS Release 12.3(2)T must be enabled.
The ability to upgrade or downgrade a Cisco IOS image using the Warm Upgrade feature assumes that the current Cisco IOS image supports the warm upgrade functionality. However, the new image to which the current image is being upgraded or downgraded does not need to support the warm upgrade functionality.
Note | A software upgrade or downgrade using the warm upgrade functionality can only be performed if there is enough free memory in the system to accommodate a decompressed Cisco IOS image. |
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enable
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reload
[/verify |
/noverify] [warm [fileurl]] [in [hh:]mm |
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Perform this task to monitor and troubleshoot the warm upgrade functionality.
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show
warm-reboot
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debug
warm-reboot
Command or Action | Purpose | |
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show
warm-reboot
Example: Router> show warm-reboot |
Displays the statistics for attempted warm reboots. |
Step 2 |
debug
warm-reboot
Example: Router> debug warm-reboot |
Displays warm reboot debug information. |
The following example shows how to reload the operating system with a new image whose location and name is tftp://9.1.0.1/c7200-p-mz.port. The reload is performed using the warm upgrade functionality.
Router> reload warm file tftp://9.1.0.1/c7200-p-mz.port Proceed with reload? [confirm] Loading c7200-p-mz.port from 9.1.0.1 (via Ethernet5/0):!!! [OK - 15323964 bytes] Decompressing the image :### [OK] 02:37:42:%SYS-5-RELOAD:Reload requested by console. Reload Reason:Reload Command. Restricted Rights Legend . . . Press RETURN to get started! 00:00:12:%LINK-3-UPDOWN:Interface Ethernet5/0, changed state to up 00:00:12:%LINK-3-UPDOWN:Interface Ethernet5/1, changed state to up 00:00:12:%LINK-3-UPDOWN:Interface Ethernet5/2, changed state to up 00:00:12:%LINK-3-UPDOWN:Interface Ethernet5/3, changed state to up 00:00:12:%LINK-3-UPDOWN:Interface FastEthernet6/0, changed state to up 00:00:12:%LINK-3-UPDOWN:Interface FastEthernet6/1, changed state to up 00:00:12:%SYS-5-CONFIG_I:Configured from memory by console 00:00:13:%SYS-5-RESTART:System restarted -- 00:00:13:%SYS-6-BOOTTIME:Time taken to reboot after reload = 25 seconds 00:00:14:%LINEPROTO-5-UPDOWN:Line protocol on Interface Ethernet5/0, changed state to up 00:00:14:%LINEPROTO-5-UPDOWN:Line protocol on Interface Ethernet5/1, changed state to down 00:00:14:%LINEPROTO-5-UPDOWN:Line protocol on Interface Ethernet5/2, changed state to down 00:00:14:%LINEPROTO-5-UPDOWN:Line protocol on Interface Ethernet5/3, changed state to down 00:00:14:%LINEPROTO-5-UPDOWN:Line protocol on Interface FastEthernet6/0, changed state to down 00:00:14:%LINEPROTO-5-UPDOWN:Line protocol on Interface FastEthernet6/1, changed state to down 00:00:14:%LINEPROTO-5-UPDOWN:Line protocol on Interface Fddi4/0, changed state to down 00:00:14:%LINK-5-CHANGED:Interface Fddi4/0, changed state to administratively down 00:00:14:%LINK-5-CHANGED:Interface Ethernet5/1, changed state to administratively down 00:00:14:%LINK-5-CHANGED:Interface Ethernet5/2, changed state to administratively down 00:00:14:%LINK-5-CHANGED:Interface Ethernet5/3, changed state to administratively down 00:00:14:%LINK-5-CHANGED:Interface FastEthernet6/0, changed state to administratively down 00:00:14:%LINK-5-CHANGED:Interface FastEthernet6/1, changed state to administratively down
The following sections provide references related to the Warm Upgrade feature.
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Additional booting commands |
Cisco IOS Configuration Fundamentals Command Reference |
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