OS type

[varouj]

Hi,

How can I check to find out if my Catalyst 3750 switch has the standard or Enhanced OS?

[n.bowbridge · Accepted solution]

Logon to the switch via telnet\ssh and enter the following command:

show version

Look for either:

c3750-ipbasek9-mz.122-25.SEE

or

c3750-ipservicesk9-mz.122-25.SEE

ipbase is standard, ipservices = enhanced. Forget abou the numbers (122-25.SEE) at the end. Thats the version of IOS the switch is using.

[varouj]

Mine show advipservicesk9-mz does that mean it is advanced or enhanced?

Thank you

[varouj]

Sorry I was looking at the 3750 switch again. I only see C3750-I9k91-mz

What is that?

[pciaccio]

Do a SHOW HARDWARE command and about 3 to 4 lines from the bottom you will see the model number for your switch....Please rate....

[wil_amaya]

pciaccio - how does knowing the model number of your switch help you determine if its SMI or EMI?

varouj - as far as the first reply you recieved, that is correct way that i know of. SMI is ipbase, EMI is ipservice.

If you have SMI, you can upgrade to EMI, but it will cost you.

[pciaccio]

Because it actually shows you if it is an EMI or SMI. At least for my switch it does...

[wil_amaya]

thanks for the reply. i did a show hardware on mine and i don't see anything like that. i have a 3750 switch stack. what switch are you on if you don't mind me asking?

also, to original poster, sorry, don't mean to hi-jack your thread.

Wil

[pciaccio]

I have a 3550 and the output from my switch is:

sh hard

Cisco Internetwork Operating System Software

IOS (tm) C3550 Software (C3550-I5Q3L2-M), Version 12.1(22)EA1a, RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc1)

Copyright (c) 1986-2004 by cisco Systems, Inc.

Compiled Fri 20-Aug-04 00:44 by yenanh

Image text-base: 0x00003000, data-base: 0x0083AF00

ROM: Bootstrap program is C3550 boot loader

uptime is 1 week, 6 days, 4 hours, 16 minutes

System returned to ROM by power-on

System restarted at 08:41:23 EST Fri Jun 2 2006

System image file is ""

cisco WS-C3550-48 (PowerPC) processor (revision Q0) with 65526K/8192K bytes of m

emory.

Processor board ID xxxxxxxxx

Last reset from warm-reset

Bridging software.

Running Layer2/3 Switching Image

Ethernet-controller 1 has 12 Fast Ethernet/IEEE 802.3 interfaces

Ethernet-controller 2 has 12 Fast Ethernet/IEEE 802.3 interfaces

Ethernet-controller 3 has 12 Fast Ethernet/IEEE 802.3 interfaces

Ethernet-controller 4 has 12 Fast Ethernet/IEEE 802.3 interfaces

Ethernet-controller 5 has 1 Gigabit Ethernet/IEEE 802.3 interface

Ethernet-controller 6 has 1 Gigabit Ethernet/IEEE 802.3 interface

48 FastEthernet/IEEE 802.3 interface(s)

2 Gigabit Ethernet/IEEE 802.3 interface(s)

The password-recovery mechanism is enabled.

384K bytes of flash-simulated non-volatile configuration memory.

Base ethernet MAC Address: 00:13:7F:48:1C:00

Motherboard assembly number: 73-5701-10

Power supply part number: 34-0967-02

Motherboard serial number: CAT090904WR

Power supply serial number: DTH090670TR

Model revision number: Q0

Motherboard revision number: A0

Model number: WS-C3550-48-EMI

System serial number: CAT0909Z09Z

Configuration register is 0x10F

[varouj]

What does it mean? I still can't tell if I have standard or advanced when mine shows "software Image C3750-I9K91-M"

[pciaccio]

Your switch supports advanced IP routing. Read the attached PDF doc...It explains the IOS features. Yours is listed in the document....

[wil_amaya]

it means you can use any of the popular routing protocols such as eigrp, igrp, ospf, etc. you're not limited to just RIP and static routes.

[varouj]

The IOS running on the switch is "standard image".

To make out if the IOS is standard or enhanced check the IOS image name on the "show version" output of the switch, in our case (c3750-i9k91-mz.122-25.SE.bin); if we have "i9" in the image name, that means it is standard image, and if we have "i5" in the image name that means it is enhanced image. Cisco has recently changed the naming convention of the IOS image names. In the latest images standard image (i9) is replaced with "ip base"; and enhanced image (i5) is replaced with "ip services".