In Cisco 2600/2800/3800 Series Router we can recover IOS using Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP) over ethernet interface using the ROMmon tftpdnld command.
tfptdnld is more faster rather than recovering IOS via Xmodem.
There are some variables to set when we want to transfer files to router using tftpdnld.
You can type tftpdnld -h
rommon 1 > tftpdnld -r
usage: tftpdnld [-hr]
Use this command for disaster recovery only to recover an image via TFTP.
Monitor variables are used to set up parameters for the transfer.
(Syntax: "VARIABLE_NAME=value" and use "set" to show current variables.)
"ctrl-c" or "break" stops the transfer before flash erase begins.
The following variables are REQUIRED to be set for tftpdnld:
IP_ADDRESS: The IP address for this unit
IP_SUBNET_MASK: The subnet mask for this unit
DEFAULT_GATEWAY: The default gateway for this unit
TFTP_SERVER: The IP address of the server to fetch from
TFTP_FILE: The filename to fetch
The following variables are OPTIONAL:
GE_PORT: Ethernet port number for download, 0 or 1 (default=0)
TFTP_MEDIA_TYPE: Media select for GE_PORT=0, 0(Copper) or 1(Fiber) (default=0)
TFTP_VERBOSE: Print setting. 0=quiet, 1=progress(default), 2=verbose
TFTP_RETRY_COUNT: Retry count for ARP and TFTP (default=20)
TFTP_TIMEOUT: Overall timeout of operation in seconds (default=7200)
TFTP_CHECKSUM: Perform checksum test on image, 0=no, 1=yes (default=1)
TFTP_MACADDR: The MAC address for this unit
GE_SPEED_MODE: 0=10/hdx, 1=10/fdx, 2=100/hdx, 3=100/fdx, 4=1000/fdx, 5=Auto (default)
Command line options:
-h: this help screen
-r: do not write flash, load to DRAM only and launch image
Below is an example in using tftpdnld to recover an IOS image name c3845-adventerprisek9-mz.124-21.bin to a Cisco 3845 router:
rommon 1 > IP_ADDRESS=171.68.171.0
rommon 2 > IP_ADDRESS=10.0.0.1
rommon 3 > IP_SUBNET_MASK=255.255.255.0
rommon 4 > DEFAULT_GATEWAY=10.0.0.13
rommon 5 > TFTP_SERVER=10.0.0.13
rommon 6 > TFTP_FILE=c3845-adventerprisek9-mz.124-21.bin
rommon 7 > tftpdnld
IP_ADDRESS: 10.0.0.1
IP_SUBNET_MASK: 255.255.255.0
DEFAULT_GATEWAY: 10.0.0.13
TFTP_SERVER: 10.0.0.13
TFTP_FILE: c3845-adventerprisek9-mz.124-21.bin
GE_PORT: Ge0/0
TFTP_MEDIA_TYPE: Copper
GE_SPEED_MODE: Auto Invoke this command for disaster recovery only.
WARNING: all existing data in all partitions on flash will be lost!
Do you wish to continue? y/n: [n]: y
Receiving c3845-adventerprisek9-mz.124-21.bin from 10.0.0.13 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
File reception completed.
Copying file c3845-adventerprisek9-mz.124-21.bin to flash.
Erasing flash at 0x607c0000
program flash location 0x60440000
rommon 8 >
References:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/routers/ps259/products_tech_note09186a008015bf9e.shtml
