Solved: Upgrading a Cat4506 w/ Sup V

Mike Mott · ‎03-31-2010

I am trying to upgrade a 4506 w/ Sup V from cat4000-i9k91s-mz.122-20.EWA2.bin to cat4500-entservicesk9-mz.122-50.SG6.bin

I currently have 512 MB of Ram and 56.50 MB of bootflash my current PROM is ROM: 12.1(20r)EW1
Dagobah Revision 95, Swamp Revision 6

My conf-reg is set to 0x2101

Will my current PROM suffice or Do I have to do an PROM upgrade, and if so to what?

The reason for the upgrade in the 1st place is to add a WS-X4548-GB-RJ45 V card.

Thanks in advance for any insight to this issue.

Mike

Edison Ortiz · ‎03-31-2010

Since you are upgrading the IOS, you may as well upgrade the PROM to the recommended release.

Please refer to:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/switches/lan/catalyst4500/release/note/OL_5184.html#wp305142

Table 11

Regards

Edison

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Edison Ortiz · ‎03-31-2010

You won't be able to get a PROM that matches your IOS.

Yes, the publication reports the recommended one but several iterations have been released since then.

PROM SGA4 is a viable candidate along with the intended IOS version

Regards

Edison

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Edison Ortiz · ‎03-31-2010

Since you are upgrading the IOS, you may as well upgrade the PROM to the recommended release.

Please refer to:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/switches/lan/catalyst4500/release/note/OL_5184.html#wp305142

Table 11

Regards

Edison

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Mike Mott · ‎03-31-2010

Edison

Thank You for your reply .

I have to tell you I have looked at that document. My question regarding the prom upgrade is which one do I need

Given the IOS that I am going to install. The latest one that I see on the document that you asked me to take a look at is. 12.2(31r)SGA1

The download section shows 12.2(31r)SGA4 as the latest and I am installing cat4500-entservicesk9-mz.122-50.SG6.bin. So I would assume that the table was written at a certain time and the latest version did not come out until later. SO use the 12.2(31r)SGA4 ?

Regards

Mike

Edison Ortiz · ‎03-31-2010

You won't be able to get a PROM that matches your IOS.

Yes, the publication reports the recommended one but several iterations have been released since then.

PROM SGA4 is a viable candidate along with the intended IOS version

Regards

Edison

Mike Mott · ‎04-01-2010

Edison

Thank You for your time. I have rated both of your reponses. I am a good tech and have been for a very long time but I do so many things that it's hard to stay up on everything. I am extremely thankful that there are smart folks like yourself out there. Again my sincerest thanks.

Mike

Edison Ortiz · ‎04-01-2010

Hi Mike,

Thanks for the compliment and the rating.

Regards

Edison