Cisco Cisco ME 3400EG-2CS-A Switch Release Notes

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Release Notes for the Cisco ME 3400E and ME 3400 Ethernet Access Switches, Cisco IOS Release 12.2(60)EZ and Later
OL-29325-07
  Upgrading the Switch Software
Upgrading the Switch Software
Finding the Software Version and Feature Set
The Cisco IOS image is stored as a bin file in a directory that is named with the Cisco IOS release. The 
image is stored on the system board flash device (flash:).
You can use the show version privileged EXEC command to see the software version that is running on 
your switch. The second line of the display shows the version.
You can also use the dir filesystem: privileged EXEC command to see the directory names of other 
software images that you might have stored in flash memory.
Deciding Which Files to Use
The upgrade procedures in these release notes describe how to perform the upgrade by using a combined 
tar file. This file contains the Cisco IOS image file. To upgrade the switch through the command-line 
interface (CLI), use the tar file and the archive download-sw privileged EXEC command.
 lists the filenames for this software release. 
Note
Effective with Cisco IOS Release 12.2(60)EZ, the ME 3400 metro base image is supported on the Cisco 
ME 3400E switch.
Archiving Software Images
Before upgrading your switch software, make sure that you have archived copies of the current Cisco 
IOS release and the Cisco IOS release to which you are upgrading. You should keep these archived 
images until you have upgraded all devices in the network to the new Cisco IOS image and until you 
have verified that the new Cisco IOS image works properly in your network.
Table 2
Cisco IOS Software Image Files
Filename
Description 
me340x-metrobasek9-tar.122-60.EZ4.tar
Cisco ME 3400 metro base cryptographic image with Kerberos, Secure 
Shell (SSH), and basic Metro Ethernet features.
me340x-metroaccessk9-tar.122-60.EZ4.tar
Cisco ME 3400E and ME 3400 metro access cryptographic image with 
Kerberos, SSH, and Layer 2 + Metro Ethernet features.
me340x-metroipaccess9-tar.122-60.EZ4.tar
Cisco ME 3400E and ME 3400 metro IP access cryptographic image with 
Kerberos, SSH, Layer 2+, and full Layer 3 routing Metro Ethernet features.