Cisco Cisco IOS Software Release 12.2(55)SE

You can download Cisco Network Assistant from this URL:

For more information about Cisco Network Assistant, see the Release Notes for Cisco Network Assistant 
on Cisco.com.

The Cisco IOS image is stored as a bin file in a directory that is named with the Cisco IOS release. A 
subdirectory contains the files needed for web management. The image is stored on the compact flash 
memory card.

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.

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 and the files needed for the embedded device 
manager. You must use the combined tar file to upgrade the switch through the device manager. 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. 

If you download the IP services image and plan to use Layer 3 functionality, you must use the Switch 
Database Management (SDM) routing template. To see which template is currently active template, enter 
the show sdm prefer privileged EXEC command. If necessary, change the SDM template to the routing 
template by entering the sdm prefer routing global configuration command. You will be prompted to 
reload the switch to activate the new template. 

The switch must be running Cisco IOS Release 12.2(52)SE or later to configure the routing template.