Upgrading from a C4000 to C4507R

cybormedic · ‎05-12-2008

I am in need of some help here. I have just been put in a network admin position and I need to upgrade 3 new switches from C4000 to C4507R without taking the old ones off line. The old ones are running the older software while the new is running IOS 12.2(25)EW. I can get to the new via console and that is as far as I can get. I have tried to get the config files over via TFTP but since they are on different OSs that didn't work. Any suggestions?

glen.grant · ‎05-12-2008

4000's are generally catos so you cannot just copy to the new box . You will have to figure what the equivalent parameters are in IOS .

cybormedic · ‎05-13-2008

I am quite new at this and I am waiting to be to sent to school for this so excuse my ignorance. How would I go about doing that?

mattcalderon · ‎05-13-2008

You could possibly look into this tool. A cat os converter. This is not 100% foolproof, but it's a good start.

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/switches/ps708/products_tech_note09186a0080816fbc.shtml

glen.grant · ‎05-13-2008

This might help , commands will generally be the same. http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/switches/ps700/products_tech_note09186a008010e9d5.shtml