upgrading flash card files for Cat6k

[ccif1024]

Looking for easy and quick way to download new software and update flash cards for large cat6000 rollout, without using a cat6000.... Is there software that I could load on a laptop to create new PCMCIA flashcards from Cisco downloads?

 

[juggy]

I thought that the PCMCIA card design for the flash cards in the CAT was only to be used on the CAT itself I dont think you can plug it into a laptops PCCARD interface but I maybe wrong. If you get one PCCARD though and one CAT6xxx then you could make the flashcard first off with a standard copy off all the files you need on it and then take the card to site with you for further roll outs..

 

[MJewell]

As far as I could find, No software is available for the Linear Flash Cards for PC's, I tried, found nothing. Best bet is to download a good TFTP software for your laptop, bring your console cable and an eth cable...

Mike

 

[ccif1024]

The key to the question posed was "without a 6000" and as this is being done for a rollout- the optimum method would be to send a new card to each site...

I searched Smart Modular Technologies (Smart is 3rd party provider of flash PCMCIA cards to Cisco and others), and found what seems to be software solution called FlashTools.
I will investigate to see if this can do it.

http://www.smartm.com/product/product.cfm?productID=17

I am not sure if this can write to proprietary formats such as Cisco Cat6xxx (PCMCIA file system "C&quot. I assume Cisco manufacturing would use a similar tool.

Cisco has 3 proprietary formats. See Matrix @

http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/63/pcmciamatrix.html