Solved: Cisco 831 Upgrade

offlinetn · ‎03-16-2006

Hello,

I have been trying to upgrade a couple of Cisco 831's to the latest IOS they can handle to put into a few of our branch offices to set up a VPN. I cannot for the life of me figure out which IOS to use, I am confused about the different trains. Any help figuring out which IOS to use and how to find out which one in the future would be great. Here is a output of my show version...

Cisco Internetwork Operating System Software

IOS (tm) C831 Software (C831-K9O3Y6-M), Version 12.2(8)YN, EARLY DEPLOYMENT RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc1)

Synched to technology version 12.2(11.2u)T

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

Compiled Wed 30-Oct-02 15:18 by ealyon

Image text-base: 0x800131D8, data-base: 0x8085AEE4

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

ROM: C831 Software (C831-K9O3Y6-M), Version 12.2(8)YN, EARLY DEPLOYMENT RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc1)

router.buythetruck.com uptime is 20 minutes

System returned to ROM by power-on

System image file is "flash:c831-k9o3y6-mz.122-8.YN.bin"

CISCO C831 (MPC857DSL) processor (revision 0x300) with 46695K/2457K bytes of memory.

Processor board ID AMB074901Y5 (3986552946), with hardware revision 0000

CPU rev number 7

Bridging software.

2 Ethernet/IEEE 802.3 interface(s)

Thanks!

Chris Edwards

ankurbhasin · ‎03-16-2006

Hi Chris,

Here you go with the solution

http://tools.cisco.com/ITDIT/CFN/jsp/index.jsp

then click on

Search by Software/Image Name/Product Code/Platform

and then put the complete name under image section and serach

Your major release is 12.2YN with feature set IP/FW 3DES

You can further upgrade in same major release with same feature set

Infact you are running one of the oldest major release

Infact what you can do is just click on

Search by Software/Image Name/Product Code/Platform

And then select the radio button for platform and from drop dwn select your 831 router and then you can search for major release and read the release notes on that major release and undrstand the caveats on each release.

HTH, if yes please rate the post.

Ankur

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ankurbhasin · ‎03-16-2006

Hi Chris,

Here you go with the solution

http://tools.cisco.com/ITDIT/CFN/jsp/index.jsp

then click on

Search by Software/Image Name/Product Code/Platform

and then put the complete name under image section and serach

Your major release is 12.2YN with feature set IP/FW 3DES

You can further upgrade in same major release with same feature set

Infact you are running one of the oldest major release

Infact what you can do is just click on

Search by Software/Image Name/Product Code/Platform

And then select the radio button for platform and from drop dwn select your 831 router and then you can search for major release and read the release notes on that major release and undrstand the caveats on each release.

HTH, if yes please rate the post.

Ankur

offlinetn · ‎03-16-2006

I am still confused. At the end of each release like 12.2YN, what does the YN stand for and how do I make sure when I move to the next major release that I have all the features I need?

Thanks!

spremkumar · ‎03-16-2006

hi

This link will help you to understand what exactly YN stands for ..

http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/620/5.shtml

regds