Cisco Cisco Video Surveillance 2500 IP Camera

Click Administration, then click Firmware.

The Firmware window appears.

In the Firmware window, click the Upgrade button.

The Upgrade Firmware window appears.

In the Upgrade Firmware window, enter the path and folder where the firmware upgrade file for the IP 
camera is stored.

The upgrade file may be stored on another PC. You can click Browse to find this location.

Click Upgrade and follow the on-screen prompts to load the firmware upgrade on the IP camera.

Do not power down the IP camera during the upgrade procedure.

After you upgrade firmware, the IP camera restarts automatically. It retains all configuration 
information.

If your IP camera is running firmware release 1.x or 1.x.W, perform the following steps to upgrade its 
firmware to release 2.1.4.

You can use this procedure to upgrade up to two IP cameras simultaneously. Be aware that the all 
configuration for an IP camera, including its IP address, reset to the factory default settings after an 
upgrade.

Take these actions to obtain the release 2.1.4 firmware:

From a PC that is on the same subnet and LAN as the IP camera that you are upgrading, go to this 
URL: 

Click the Download Software link, log in to Cisco.com, and locate the 2.1.4 firmware file, which 
is named CIVS-IPC-2.1.4-bin.gz.

Double-click the 2.1.4 firmware file name and follow the on-screen prompts to download it to your 
PC.

Unzip the file on your PC.

You can unzip the file into any folder on the PC.

Take these actions to download the upgrade utility:

From a PC that is on the same subnet and LAN as the IP camera that you are upgrading, go to this 
URL: 

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You can use the same PC that you used in 

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Click the Download Software link, log in to Cisco.com, and locate the upgrade utility file, which 
is named CIVS-IPC-2500_UpgradeUtility_v2.1.zip.

Double-click the file name and follow the on-screen prompts to download it to your PC.

Unzip the file on your PC.

You can unzip the file into any folder on the PC.