Cisco 837 - simple question

whiteford · ‎02-16-2007

I'm a novice and I'm trying to find the version of IOS software my routers are using, below I seem to see version 12.4(4)T4 and 12.3(8r)YI2, should they be the same:

Cisco IOS Software, C870 Software (C870-ADVSECURITYK9-M), Version 12.4(4)T4, REL

EASE SOFTWARE (fc2)

Technical Support: http://www.cisco.com/techsupport

Compiled Thu 03-Aug-06 17:20 by kellythw

ROM: System Bootstrap, Version 12.3(8r)YI2, RELEASE SOFTWARE

gla5g0w uptime is 4 weeks, 1 day, 22 hours, 17 minutes

System returned to ROM by power-on

System image file is "flash:c870-advsecurityk9-mz.124-4.T4.bin"

CSCO10892433 · ‎02-16-2007

Hi, whiteford

The softwares you mention reside in different components of this router. One is bootrom, when the routers first power up , it will boot from here.The other is the flash memory, where is the real ios reside in. The software that make your router capable of routing and switching is the ios reside in falsh memory: c870-advsecurityk9-mz.124-4.T4.bin

HTH

SSLIN

whiteford · ‎02-16-2007

Thanks, should they be the same?

CSCO10892433 · ‎02-16-2007

No, they cannot be the same. Their relationship can be compared to that of BIOS and WinXP for the PC.

HTH

SSLIN

whiteford · ‎02-16-2007

Thanks, just have this one, what is the Synched to technology version 12.3(1.6)T all about?

Cisco Internetwork Operating System Software

IOS (tm) C837 Software (C837-K9O3Y6-M), Version 12.3(2)XA, EARLY DEPLOYMENT RELE

ASE SOFTWARE (fc1)

Synched to technology version 12.3(1.6)T

TAC Support: http://www.cisco.com/tac

Compiled Fri 08-Aug-03 05:58 by ealyon

Image text-base: 0x800131E8, data-base: 0x80B8F3D8

ROM: System Bootstrap, Version 12.2(8r)YN, RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc1)

ROM: C837 Software (C837-K9O3Y6-M), Version 12.3(2)XA, EARLY DEPLOYMENT RELEASE

SOFTWARE (fc1)

n3wp0rt uptime is 2 weeks, 4 days, 2 hours, 30 minutes

System returned to ROM by power-on

System restarted at 10:54:42 UTC Mon Jan 29 2007

System image file is "flash:c837-k9o3y6-mz.123-2.XA.bin"

CSCO10892433 · ‎02-16-2007

Ok, I've been stumped. I surrender.

To me, the ios is still c837-k9o3y6-mz.123-2.XA.bin, and bootrom is stll 12.2(8r)YN.

I wonder where the line "ROM: C837 Software (C837-K9O3Y6-M), Version 12.3(2)XA, EARLY DEPLOYMENT RELEASE

SOFTWARE (fc1)" comes from? Maybe some "boot system" command in the config file? I will test this after I go home.

I don't understand what is the "Synched to technology version 12.3(1.6)T"

I kindly ask for help from other netpros.

cheers

SSLIN