Confirm the reload. The device will restart and apply the new firmware. 5. Verification
To perform a TFTP firmware upgrade to version 1255, you must set up a local server to host the file and then command your device to "pull" that file over your network.
: Issue the restart command to initialize the new software environment. Device# reload Use code with caution.
Always back up your current running configuration ( copy run start or similar) before updating. 2. Setting Up the TFTP Server
Once the TFTP transfer completes, your terminal screen will indicate the transfer status with exclamation marks !!!!! or a progress bar showing that all bytes were successfully written to the flash memory memory block.