How to replace Cisco 2960 Switch

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How to replace Cisco 2960 Switch and upgrade
firmware

• http//www.router-switch.com/

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Replace Cisco 2960 and Upgrade Firmware

• Still have no idea to replace Cisco 2960 switch
  and upgrade firmware? Following the steps to help
  you

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• 1. 4-stack of Cisco 2960S switches
• 2. One of the switches is bad and needs
  replacing. The master of the stack is not bad
• 3. Switch needs the same IOS version as the old
  switches
• 4. Login to the old switches and run the
  command"show ver" to find the version you need
• 5. Login to Cisco TAC and download version to
  laptop

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• 6. After the download is complete, try to connect
  your laptop to new switch on port 48 via ethernet
  cable. Starting up a free TFTP server on my
  laptop and pointed the folder to the folder where
  the downloaded file is. The filename is
  c2960s-universalk9-mz.150-2.SE2.bin. So You can
  verify that this is the same as the old switch by
  running the command"show flash" on the old
  switch and checking the latest firmware file date
  and matching it.
• 7. Connect the Cisco terminal cable from your
  computer to the terminal port on the new switch
• 8. You now need to put your computer's ethernet
  jack into a custom IP address 192.168.1.200,
  255.255.255.0, 192.168.1.1

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• 9. Now on the switch, enter enable mode. Now type
  the following commands
• conf t
• (config)int Vlan1
• (config-if)ip address 192.168.1.100
  255.255.255.0
• (config-if)ip default-gateway 192.168.1.1
• (config-if)end
• (config)int Gi1/0/48
• (config-if)switchport mode access
• (config-if)switchport access vlan1
• (config-if)end
• (config)end
• show run
• 10. Verify your settings

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• 11. Next you need to connect to the TFTP server
  and upload the firmware
• copy tftp flash
• Address or name of remote host ? 192.168.1.200
• Source file name ? c2960s-universalk9-mz.150-2.S
  E2.bin
• Destination file name ? c2960s-universalk9-mz.15
  0-2.SE2.bin
• 12. It now accesses your TFTP folder and copies
  everything over.
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• 13. Now check for new IOS in your flash by typing
  in "sh flash"

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• 14. Now change to the new flash as the boot
  system flash, save your settings to memory, and
  reload the switch
• conf t
• (config)boot system flash c2960s-universalk9-mz.
  150-2.SE2.bin
• (config)end
• copy run start
• (enter to save to startup config)
• reload
• (enter to confirm reload)
• 15. After the switch is back up, do a show ver
  and verify that the switch is the same version as
  your existing stack.

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• 16. Now unplug the whole stack, change the stack
  module into the RMA switch, then turn everything
  back on at once.
• After you had done those steps, you can easy
  replace your Cisco 2960 switch and upgrade
  firmware.