Thanks however my switch is not an LRE model not sure if that matters or not and the page says the download is not available. Buy or Renew. Find A Community. Cisco Community. Join us in congratulating October's Spotlight Award Winners! Turn on suggestions. Auto-suggest helps you quickly narrow down your search results by suggesting possible matches as you type. Showing results for. Search instead for. Did you mean:. All Community This category This board. Where can IOS firmware be downloaded for a Cisco ?
Labels: Labels: Cisco Software. Tags: All forum topics Previous Topic Next Topic. VIP Master. In response to balaji. In response to javond And here is a guide on how to update:. As posted above you need a smartnet agreement to download the software. You can find the downloads in the support section of the Cisco. Smartnet agreements can be purchased online from retailers such as cdw. That's a really good answer on how to update the firmware but also keep in mind that there should also be a reason to need to do this.
Switch software from 10 years ago works fine and you generally update switch firmware because you need to in order to address a specific issue you are having or you need to take advantage of a new feature in the newer software, it really doesn't change much from the original except to fix very minor bugs you will likely never encounter.
The switch software is kind of unique in that it programs the ASICs and ports on start-up in accordance with your configuration but once the switch is running, most of the work is done in silicon. Unless you have hit a bug or a limitation that you need to get around, leave it alone. Your school may like the , but if they're trying to train you on current Cisco technology and features, they may want to think about advancing just a tiny bit and investing in the Both are supported on the , but not the Then the IOS you have will be fine.
I have two 's here in my lab alongside one S and one X. As far as layer 2 goes, there is nothing the 's do that the can't. In fact the is better to learn on because it has a number of deprecated commands that are useful to learn.
Anyone learning on a will never see things like the vlan-database command and will never have to choose a trunk encapsulation mode before configuring a trunk interface. Both those are pretty much never used these but knowing them gives you the edge in case you come across a in the field that needs working on. To continue this discussion, please ask a new question. Get answers from your peers along with millions of IT pros who visit Spiceworks. Popular Topics in Cisco. Spiceworks Help Desk.
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