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because it has more sophisticated ROMMON
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functionality; however, keeping a boot image in the
MSFC bootflash is still a good practice for in case of emergency. Boot images are not available for
the MSFC2A or MSFC3.
Operating System Files for Cisco IOS Software
Cisco IOS Software requires the single image be present on a device local to the supervisor switch
processor because it is a bundled image for two processors, and the switch processor boots first.
The image can reside on either the supervisor bootflash (sup-bootflash:) or the flash card (slot0: or
disk0:); it cannot reside on the MSFC bootflash. Cisco IOS Software system files start with
“c6supxy”, where x is the supervisor model number and y is the MSFC model number, or with the
Cisco Catalyst 6500 Supervisor Engine 32 and Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series Supervisor Engine 720,
s(SUP)vw, where SUP is the supervisor engine, v is the MSFC version, and w is the PFC version.
Tables 5 and 6 show image names and storage devices.
Table 5. Cisco IOS Software Image Names
Image File Description
c6sup11 Bundled Layer 2–4 image for Supervisor 1, MSFC1
c6sup12 Bundled Layer 2–4 image for Supervisor 1, MSFC2
c6sup22 Bundled Layer 2–4 image for Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series Supervisor Engine 2, MSFC2
s3223 Bundled Layer 2–4 image for Cisco Catalyst 6500 Supervisor Engine 32, MSFC2A, PFC3x
s72033 Bundled Layer 2–4 image for Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series Supervisor Engine 720, MSFC3, PFC3x
Note: Flash card formats vary between Cisco Catalyst OS and Cisco IOS Software; thus, flash
cards must be formatted when switching between operating system models.
Table 6. Cisco IOS Software Storage Devices
Storage Devices
In Cisco IOS Software, the storage devices on the active supervisor are as follows:
slot0: Active supervisor linear flash card
disk0:, disk1 Active supervisor ATA or CompactFlash card
sup-bootflash: Active supervisor 16 MB, 32 MB, or 64 MB (Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series Supervisor Engine 720)
onboard flash
bootflash: Active MSFC 16 MB, 32 MB, or 64 MB (Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series Supervisor Engine 720)
onboard flash
bootdisk: Active onboard flash (Cisco Catalyst 6500 Supervisor Engine 32)
New images can be copied into the standby supervisor: flash card, route processor bootflash: or switch processor
bootflash:/bootdisk: from the active supervisor. The standby storage devices are as follows:
slaveslot0: Standby supervisor flash card
slavesup-bootflash: Standby S]supervisor 16 MB, 32 MB, or 64 MB (Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series Supervisor Engine
720) onboard flash
slavesup-bootdisk: Standby supervisor 64 MB (Cisco Catalyst 6500 Supervisor Engine 32) onboard flash
slavedisk0: Standby supervisor flash card (Cisco Catalyst 6500 Supervisor Engine 32 or Cisco Catalyst
6500 Series Supervisor Engine 720)
slavebootflash: Standby MSFC 16 MB or 64 MB (Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series Supervisor Engine 720) onboard
flash
The following is an example of the command you use to copy from active supervisor flash card to
standby supervisor flash:
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ROMMON is the low-level software used for fundamental hardware operation before the Cisco Catalyst OS or
Cisco IOS Software takes control of the system.
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