Cisco Cisco IOS Software Release 12.4(2)XB6

An FPD image package is used to upgrade FPD images. Whenever a Cisco IOS image is released that 
supports the FPD feature, a companion FPD image package is also released for that Cisco IOS release. 
The FPD image package is available from Cisco.com and is accessible from the Cisco Software Center 
page, where you also go to download your Cisco IOS image.

This feature guide describes how to upgrade FPD images in the Cisco 7200 VXR router and Cisco 7301 
router, port adapters, and service adapters that support FPD. This feature guide also provides the 
information that you need to determine whether an FPD upgrade is necessary and to verify the FPD 
upgrade process.

This section contains the following procedures:

This section provides information for upgrading FPD as quickly as possible, either before or after 
upgrading the Cisco IOS release. The procedures in this section require that the hardware support 
automatic FPD upgrades. For information on manually upgrading FPD, see the 

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This section describes how to perform an FPD quick upgrade in the following subsections:

The quickest way to upgrade FPD is to do so before upgrading the Cisco IOS release, as described in the 
following procedure.

You must be familiar with the procedures and locations for loading and maintaining Cisco IOS images. 
This information is described in the