Release Notes for Cisco Catalyst IE3x00, IE3100 Rugged, IE3100 Heavy Duty, IE3400 Heavy Duty, and ESS3300 Series Switches, Cisco IOS XE 17.18.x

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Cisco Catalyst IE3x00 and IE3100 Rugged, IE3400 Heavy Duty, and ESS3300 Series Switches, Release 17.18.1. 3

New software features. 3

Resolved issues. 3

Open issues. 5

Known issues. 6

Compatibility. 6

Supported hardware. 7

Supported software packages. 13

Related resources. 14

Legal information. 15

 


 

Cisco Catalyst IE3x00 and IE3100 Rugged, IE3400 Heavy Duty, and ESS3300 Series Switches, Release 17.18.1

This document provides release information for the following Catalyst IE and Cisco ESS switches:

•           Cisco Catalyst IE3100 Rugged Series

•           Cisco Catalyst IE3x00 Rugged Series

•           Cisco Catalyst IE3400 Heavy-Duty Series

•           Cisco Embedded Services 3300 Series

Cisco Catalyst IE3x00 Rugged Series Switches feature advanced, full Gigabit Ethernet speed for rich real-time data—and a modular, optimized design. These Cisco rugged switches bring simplicity, flexibility and security to the network edge, and are optimized for size, power, and performance.

From their end-to-end security architecture to delivering centralized automation and scale with Cisco

intent-based networking, the Cisco Catalyst IE3x00 family is the perfect solution to your switching needs in almost any use case.

Cisco Embedded Services 3300 Series Switches (ESS3300) revolutionize Cisco’s embedded networking portfolio with 1G/10G capabilities. ESS3300 switches are optimized to meet specialized form-factor, ruggedization, port density, and power needs of many applications requiring customization. They complement Cisco’s off-the-shelf Industrial Ethernet switching portfolio.

On ESS3300, the small form factor, board configuration options, and optimized power consumption provide Cisco partners and integrators the flexibility to design custom solutions for defense, oil and gas, transportation, mining, and other verticals. The ESS3300 runs the trusted and feature-rich Cisco IOS XE Software, allowing Cisco partners and integrators to offer their customers the familiar Cisco IOS CLI and management experience on their ESS3300 solutions.

New software features

This section provides a brief description of the new software features introduced in this release.

Table 1.             New software features for Cisco Catalyst IE3x00 and IE3100 Rugged, IE3400 Heavy Duty, and ESS3300 Series Switches, Release 17.18.1

 

Product Impact

Feature          

Description

Ease of Use

PTP over MRP

This feature achieves precise time synchronization with hardware timestamping, while MRP ensures fast network recovery—enabling reliable and consistent operations.

Product Analytics

Cisco IOS XE Product Analytics collects device Systems Information for the purposes of understanding product usage, enabling product improvements and product development, and assisting in product adoption and sales support. Only summarized data of feature usage and statistical counters of configuration are collected. No personal identifiable information, such as MAC/IP addresses, usernames, custom configuration names, or user provided strings, are collected as part of Cisco IOS XE Product Analytics. Cisco processes this data following the General Terms, the Cisco Privacy Statement, and any other applicable agreement with Cisco.

See Cisco Enterprise Networking Product Analytics Frequently Asked Questions.

Resolved issues

This table lists the resolved issues in this specific software release.

Note: This software release may contain bug fixes first introduced in other releases. To see additional information, click the bug ID to access the Cisco Bug Search Tool.

Table 2.        Resolved issues for Cisco Catalyst IE3x00 and IE3100 Rugged, and IE3400 Heavy Duty Series Switches, Release 17.18.1

Bug ID

Description

CSCwn24555

IE3100: Duplex Mode Shows as "Half" Despite Configuration is set Full Duplex along with 10/100 Speed.

CSCwn98466

IE3100 - Major Alarm Relay Fault due to Over temperature Spike

CSCwn62607

IE3100-PN connect issues due to out of AR resources

CSCwj82708

Intermittent network connectivity with interfaces with speed/duplex of 100/half.

CSCwn47744

Device not able to ping on trunk port when "vlan dot1q tag native" is configured globally.

CSCwo15432

PTP stop working after ACL with permit ip any any

CSCwo33351

IE3xxx: Observed "rep bpduleak" CLI in Latest image

CSCwn65142

Disable REP NEG as REP ZTP functioning incoherent

CSCwn48091

DHCP Client on PVLAN does not receive IP address from DHCP server and unable to reach its gateway

CSCwo60140

DHCP Client on PVLAN does not receive IP address from DHCP server in MAC move case

CSCwj68054

MAT event not working on EEM for IE3400 switches

CSCwn88892

%IMSP_ACLMGR-3-INVALIDACL: Add access-list failed error on IE3400 switches

Open issues

This table lists the open issues in this specific software release.

Note: This software release may contain open bugs first identified in other releases. To see additional information, click the bug ID to access the Cisco Bug Search Tool.

Table 3.             Open issues for Cisco Catalyst IE3x00 and IE3100 Rugged, and IE3400 Heavy Duty Series Switches, Release 17.18.1

Bug ID

Description

CSCwp84508

Device with IPv6 ACL on 13+ Interfaces crashes on reload.

CSCwq27349

IE3400 configured for HSR/PRP, when copper interface 1/3-4 set to 100mb HSR PTP tag missing.

CSCwp38345

DHCP snooping dropping DHCP discover message for non-CDP devices.

Known issues

This section lists the limitations for this release.

PoE configuration on Cisco Catalyst IE3x00 Switch

Even when using power supplies that can provide up to a supported maximum (for example, 170W, 240W, or 480W) for the PoE budget, the PoE budget for the IE3x00 defaults to 125W regardless of the power supplies used. You can configure the power budget to use the maximum.

Note: Before changing the power budget, the minimum power requirements for the switch need to be considered as well. Please refer to the data sheet for your switch for more details.

The attached power supply powers the IE3x00 switch operation as well as PoE power. When increasing the maximum PoE budget, you must subtract the power draw of the IE3x00 switch from the capacity of the attached power supply. You do so to prevent the IE3x00 switch from overdrawing the capacity of the attached power supply. For example, the IE3400 switch with an expansion module supports a maximum PoE budget of 480W. The IE3400-8P2S with an attached IEM-3400-8P draws 67W. With a 480W capacity power supply, the maximum you should configure the PoE budget is (480W-67W) 413W.

To use the power supply's maximum supported wattage for the PoE budget, configure the power supply max wattage in global configuration mode as follows:

1.     Verify the maximum amount that the power supplies support for the PoE budget.

2.     Subtract the operating power of the IE3x00 switch according to its datasheet from the maximum capacity of the power supply. This is your max PoE budget.

3.     Enter power inline max max-wattage to increase the PoE budget based on the power supplies used.

4.     max-wattage is the maximum available PoE power.

IE3200 and IE 3300 with 10Mbps or 100Mbps speed in Half-Duplex Mode

CRC errors were observed on the IE3200 and IE3300 platforms when the switch is configured with 10Mbps or 100Mbps speed in half-duplex mode.

As a workaround, configure no ptp enable on the half-duplex interface. This improves ingress and egress latencies considerably and ensures that there are no late collisions (and therefore, no CRC errors).

The issue and workaround apply to Cisco IOS XE releases 17.3.5 and later.

L3 ACL limitation on usage of L4OP in ACLs

Layer 4 Operator (L4OP) in ACLs is limited by the hardware to a maximum of 8 L4OP (range and gt) for UDP and 8 L4OP for TCP, for a total of 16 global L4OP. Keep in mind that the range operator consumes 2 L4OP.

The L4OPs include: gt (greater than), lt (less than), neq (not equal), eq (equal), range (inclusive range).

Note: The eq does not consume L4OPs. For more information see QoS Configuration Guide.

Compatibility

Refer to  Cisco IOS XE Migration Guide for IIoT Switches for software upgrade and downgrade information for Cisco Catalyst IE3x00 and IE3100 Rugged, IE3400 Heavy Duty, and ESS3300 Series Switches, Release 17.18.1.

Supported hardware

This section lists the hardware support information.

IOx support for Cisco Catalyst IE3300 Switches

To see if the IE-3300-8P2S switch or IE-3300-8T2S switch supports IOx application environment, check the Hardware Version ID on the switch label. The Hardware Version ID is in the upper-right corner of the label, as shown in the following illustration. Support for the feature is available only with Hardware Version ID 06 or later. In the following illustration, the Version ID appears as "V06" at the end of the string inside the red rectangle in the upper-right corner of the label.

Related image, diagram or screenshot

You also can see the Version ID by entering the show version command and examining the output, as shown in the following example:

IE-3300# show version

Base Ethernet MAC Address : b0:c5:3c:99:c8:a0

Motherboard Assembly Number : 73-101289-11

Motherboard Serial Number : FOC27151WEZ

Model Revision Number : V06

Motherboard Revision Number : B

Model Number : IE-3300-8T2S

System Serial Number : FCW2507P4CV

Top Assembly Part Number : 68-102662-01

Top Assembly Revision Number : B0

System FPGA version : 0.89.2

CIP Serial Number : 0x1999C8A0

SKU Brand Name : Cisco

IE-3300-8U2X and IE-3300-8T2X switches have supported IOx since the Cisco IOS-XE 17.4.1 release.

Startup config is always read from Flash

From Cisco IOS XE Release 17.10.1, the startup configuration is always read from flash. The latest configuration is available only in flash when you save the running config, irrespective of the booted media (for example, flash, sdflash, or usbflash ) and the boot mode (install or bundle). If a switch cannot find a configuration in flash, it will try to find one in sdflash.

Note: Starting from the Cisco IOS XE Release 17.10.1, you can configure Cisco Catalyst embedded switches to use USB Flash as the primary boot device.

SMU installation: Boot in Install mode

Software Maintenance Upgrade (SMU) installation is no longer supported in bundle mode. Previously, SMU installation was supported in both bundle boot and install mode. Beginning in Cisco IOS XE 17.9.1, SMU supports patching using install mode only.

SMU installation stops if the device is booted up in bundle mode and syslog messages are displayed. You must boot the switch in install mode to support SMU installation.

If the device is booted up in install mode, SMU installation continues to work as before.

IE3100: Booting install image from SD card

Booting an install image (packages.conf) from SD card is not recommended. After factory reset, to perform a swap drive sync from SD card to internal flash memory, you must manually boot the image available in the emergency partition so that the swap drive auto restore will occur from the emergency image.

For more information about the SD swap drive, see Configuring SD Swap Drive.

For more details on the migration guide, see the Cisco IOS XE Migration Guide for IIoT Switches on cisco.com.

IE3400: Hardware changes may require action

Some hardware components on the Cisco Catalyst IE3400 Rugged Series and Cisco Catalyst IE3400 Heavy Duty Series switches have changed. The changes, which are automatically handled by the IOS XE software, do not affect switch functionality or the ordering process. New units shipped after May 31, 2022 have the hardware change.

However, you may need to upgrade the software, depending on which base switch and expansions module you have, as shown in the following table.

Note: For detailed information about affected hardware versions, supported software releases, and instructions for different scenarios, see Field Notices on Cisco.com.

If you have…

then…

Older versions (shipped before May 31, 2022) of the base switch and expansion module

No action is required.

Newer versions (shipped after May 31, 2022) of the base switch and expansion module

Deploy one of the supported releases of IOS-XE. Refer to Field Notices on Cisco.com for details that are appropriate to your deployment.

Newer version of the base switch with an older version of the expansion module

Deploy one of the supported releases of IOS-XE. Refer to Field Notices on Cisco.com for details that are appropriate to your deployment.

Older version of the base switch with a newer version of the expansion module

Deploy one of the supported releases of IOS-XE. Refer to Field Notices on Cisco.com for details that are appropriate to your deployment.

FPGA profile

FPGA Profile is supported in Cisco IOS XE release 17.8 and later. In a Cisco IOS XE upgrade from an earlier release that does not support FPGA Profile, for example, an upgrade from Cisco IOS XE 17.7.1 to 17.8.1, the default FPGA Profile is installed. Any features controlled by FPGA Profile that are configured in the switch running the earlier release and that are not included in the default profile will be rejected.

Note: This feature is supported for Cisco Catalyst IE3400 Rugged Series Switches and Cisco Catalyst IE3400 Heavy-Duty Series Switches.

For example, CTS IPv6 is not supported in the default profile, so CTS IPv6 configurations are rejected during bootup after the upgrade. Similarly, after a Cisco IOS XE upgrade where the cts-ipv6 profile is loaded, existing PRP configurations are rejected upon bootup.

To keep the existing profile and feature configurations after an upgrade:

1.     After booting the switch, selected the required FPGA Profile as described in "Changing the FPGA Profile", in System Management Configuration Guide, Cisco Catalyst IE3x00 Rugged, IE3400 Heavy Duty, and ESS3300 Series Switches, chapter "Configuring FPGA Profile".

Do not copy running-config to startup-config or write memory.

2.     Reload the switch.

The required feature configurations will not be discarded because they are supported by the selected profile.

Cisco Catalyst IE and ESS Switches: Model numbers

This table lists the supported hardware models and the default license levels they are delivered with. For information about the available license levels, see section License Levels.

Table 4.        Hardware models and their default license levels

Model Number

Default License Level          

Description

IE-3100-4P2S-E

Network Essentials

4 x Gigabit Ethernet 10/100/1000 PoE/PoE+ RJ45 ports, 2 x 100/1000 SFP ports

IE-3100-8P2C-E

Network Essentials

8 x Gigabit Ethernet 10/100/1000 PoE/PoE+ RJ45 ports, 2 x dual-purpose 1000Base-T RJ45 or 2 100/1000 SFP ports

IE-3100-18T2C-CC-E

Network Essentials

18 x Gigabit Ethernet 10/100/1000 RJ45 ports, 2 x dual-purpose 1000Base-T RJ45 or 2 100/1000 SFP ports, conformal coating

IE-3100-4T2S-E

Network Essentials

4 x Gigabit Ethernet 10/100/1000 RJ45 ports, 2x 100/1000 SFP ports

IE-3100-8T2C-E

Network Essentials

8 x Gigabit Ethernet 10/100/1000 RJ45 ports, 2x dual-purpose 1000Base-T RJ45 or 2 100/1000 SFP ports

IE-3100-8T4S-E

Network Essentials

8 x Gigabit Ethernet 10/100/1000 RJ45 ports, 4x 100/1000 SFP ports

IE-3100-18T2C-E

Network Essentials

18 x Gigabit Ethernet 10/100/1000 RJ45 ports, 2x dual-purpose 1000Base-T RJ45 or 2x 00/1000 SFP ports

IE-3105-8T2C-E

Network Essentials

8 x Gigabit Ethernet 10/100/1000 RJ45 ports, 2x dual-purpose 1000Base-T RJ45 or 2x 100/1000 SFP ports

IE-3105-18T2C-E

Network Essentials

18 x Gigabit Ethernet 10/100/1000 RJ45 ports, 2x dual-purpose 1000Base-T RJ45 or 2x 100/1000 SFP ports

IE-3100H-8T

Network Essentials

8 x Gigabit Ethernet 10/100/1000 M12 X-coded ports

IE-3100H-6FT2T

Network Essentials

2 x Gigabit Ethernet 10/100/1000 M12 X-coded ports, 6 x 10/100 Fast Ethernet M12 D-coded ports

ESS-3300-NCP-E

Network Essentials

Main Board without a cooling plate

2 ports of 10 GE fiber, 8 ports of GE copper. 4 of the 8 GE copper ports can also be combo ports.

Terminal Power: 16W

ESS-3300-NCP-A

Network Advantage

Main Board without a cooling plate

2 ports of 10 GE fiber, 8 ports of GE copper. 4 of the 8 GE copper ports can also be combo ports.

Terminal Power: 16W

ESS-3300-CON-E

Network Essentials

Main Board conduction cooled

2 ports of 10 GE fiber, 8 ports of GE copper. 4 of the 8 GE copper ports can also be combo ports

Terminal Power: 16W

ESS-3300-CON-A

Network Advantage

Main Board conduction cooled

2 ports of 10 GE fiber, 8 ports of GE copper. 4 of the 8 GE copper ports can also be combo ports

Terminal Power: 16W

ESS-3300-24T-NCP-E

Network Essentials

Main Board with a 16p Expansion Board without a cooling plate

2 ports of 10 GE fiber, 24 ports of GE copper

4 of 8 GE ports can be combo ports on mainboard

4 of 16 GE ports can be combo ports on expansion board

Terminal Power: 24W

 

ESS-3300-24T-NCP-A

Network Advantage

Main Board with a 16p Expansion Board without a cooling plate

2 ports of 10 GE fiber, 24 ports of GE copper

4 of 8 GE ports can be combo ports on mainboard

4 of 16 GE ports can be combo ports on expansion board

Terminal Power: 24W

ESS-3300-24T-CON-E

Network Essentials

Main Board with a 16p Expansion Board conduction cooled

2 ports of 10 GE fiber, 24 ports of GE copper

4 of 8 GE ports can be combo ports on mainboard

4 of 16 GE ports can be combo ports on expansion board

Terminal Power: 24W

ESS-3300-24T-CON-A

Network Advantage

Main Board with a 16p Expansion Board conduction cooled

2 ports of 10 GE fiber, 24 ports of GE copper

4 of 8 GE ports can be combo ports on mainboard

4 of 16 GE ports can be combo ports on expansion board

Terminal Power: 24W

IE-3200-8T2S-E

Network Essentials

8 x Gigabit Ethernet 10/100/1000 RJ45 ports, 2 fiber 100/1000 SFP-based ports, non-PoE

IE-3200-8P2S-E

Network Essentials

8 x Gigabit Ethernet 10/100/1000 PoE/PoE+ ports, 2 fiber 100/1000 SFP-based ports; PoE power budget of 240W

IE-3300-8T2S-E

Network Essentials

8 x Gigabit Ethernet 10/100/1000 RJ45 ports, 2 fiber 100/1000 SFP-based ports, non-PoE

IE-3300-8P2S-E

Network Essentials

8 x Gigabit Ethernet 10/100/1000 PoE/PoE+ ports, 2 fiber 100/1000 SFP-based ports; PoE power budget of 360W (including expansion module)

IE-3300-8T2S-A

Network Advantage

8 x Gigabit Ethernet 10/100/1000 RJ45 ports, 2 fiber 100/1000 SFP-based ports, non-PoE

IE-3300-8P2S-A

Network Advantage

8 x Gigabit Ethernet 10/100/1000 PoE/PoE+ ports, 2 fiber 100/1000 SFP-based ports; PoE power budget of 360W (including expansion module)

IE-3300-8T2X-A

Network Advantage

8 x Gigabit Ethernet 10/100/1000 RJ45 ports, 2 fiber 1/10 Gigabit Ethernet SFP-based ports, non-PoE

IE-3300-8T2X-E

Network Essentials


8 x Gigabit Ethernet 10/100/1000 RJ45 ports, 2 fiber 1/10 Gigabit Ethernet SFP-based ports, non-PoE

IE-3300-8U2X-E

Network Essentials


8 x Gigabit Ethernet 10/100/1000 4PPoE (802.3bt type 3) ports, 2 fiber

1/10 Gigabit Ethernet SFP-based ports; PoE power budget of 480W

IE-3300-8U2X-A

Network Advantage

8 x Gigabit Ethernet 10/100/1000 4PPoE (802.3bt type 3) ports, 2 fiber

1/10 Gigabit Ethernet SFP-based ports; PoE power budget of 480W (requires and expansion module to deliver 480W)

 

IE-3400-8T2S-E

Network Essentials

8 x Gigabit Ethernet 10/100/1000 RJ45 ports, 2 fiber 100/1000 SFP-based ports, non-PoE

IE-3400-8T2S-A

Network Advantage

8 x Gigabit Ethernet 10/100/1000 RJ45 ports, 2 fiber 100/1000 SFP-based ports, non-PoE

IE-3400-8P2S-E

Network Essentials

8 x Gigabit Ethernet 10/100/1000 RJ45 ports, 2 fiber 100/1000 SFP-based ports with PoE

IE-3400-8P2S-A

Network Advantage

8 x Gigabit Ethernet 10/100/1000 RJ45 ports, 2 fiber 100/1000 SFP-based ports with PoE

IE-3400H-8T-E

Network Essentials

8 x 1-Gbps X-Coded ports, 1 Alarm input and 1 Alarm output, 1 Console port, mini-change input for Single power source

IE-3400H-8T-A

Network Advantage

8 x 1-Gbps X-Coded ports, 1 Alarm input and 1 Alarm output, 1 Console port, mini-change input for Single power source

IE-3400H-8FT-E

Network Essentials

8 x 100-Mbps D-coded ports, 1 Alarm input and 1 Alarm output, 1 Console port, Mini-change input for Single Power Source

IE-3400H-8FT-A

Network Advantage

8 x 100-Mbps D-coded ports, 1 Alarm input and 1 Alarm output, 1 Console port, Mini-change input for Single Power Source

IE-3400H-16T-E

Network Essentials

16 x 1-Gbps X-Coded ports, 1 Alarm input and 1 Alarm output, 1 Console port, mini-change input for Single power source

IE-3400H-16T-A

Network Advantage

16 x 1-Gbps X-Coded ports, 1 Alarm input and 1 Alarm output, 1 Console port, mini-change input for Single power source

IE-3400H-16FT-E

Network Essentials

16 x 100-Mbps D-coded ports, 1 Alarm input and 1 Alarm output, 1 Console port, Mini-change input for Single Power Source

IE-3400H-16FT-A

Network Advantage

16 x 100-Mbps D-coded ports, 1 Alarm input and 1 Alarm output, 1 Console port, Mini-change input for Single Power Source

IE-3400H-24T-E

Network Essentials

24 x 1-Gbps X-Coded ports, 1 Alarm input and 1 Alarm output, 1 Console port, mini-change input for Single power source

IE-3400H-24T-A

Network Advantage


24 x 1-Gbps X-Coded ports, 1 Alarm input and 1 Alarm output, 1 Console port, mini-change input for Single power source

IE-3400H-24FT-E

Network Essentials

24 x 100-Mbps D-coded ports, 1 Alarm input and 1 Alarm output, 1 Console port, Mini-change input for Single Power Source

IE-3400H-24FT-A

Network Advantage

24 x100-Mbps D-coded ports, 1 Alarm input and 1 Alarm output, 1 Console port, Mini-change input for Single Power Source

WebUI system requirements

The WebUI is a web browser-based switch management tool that runs on the switch. These subsections list the hardware and software required to access the WebUI.

Minimum Hardware Requirements

Processor speed

DRAM

Number of colors

Resolution

233 MHz
(We recommend minimum 1GHz)

512 MB

(We Recommend 1GB DRAM)

256

 1280 x 800 or higher

Software Requirements

Operating Systems

·       Windows 10 or later

·       Mac OS X 10.9.5 or later

Browsers

·       Google Chrome: Version 59 or later (On Windows and Mac)

·       Microsoft Edge

·       Mozilla Firefox: Version 54 or later (On Windows and Mac)

·       Safari: Version 10 or later (On Mac)

Supported software packages

This section provides information about the release packages associated with Cisco Catalyst IE3x00 and IE3100 Rugged, IE3400 Heavy Duty, and ESS3300 Series Switches.

Finding the software version

●     The package files for Cisco IOS XE software can be found on the system board's internal flash memory device (flash:)

●     You can use the show version privileged EXEC command to see the software version that is running on your switch.

You can also use the dir filesystem: privileged EXEC command to see the names and versions of other software images that you might have stored in flash memory.

Software images for Cisco IOS XE 17.18.x

Table 5.             Software packages for Cisco Catalyst IE3x00 and IE3100 Rugged, IE3400 Heavy Duty, and ESS3300 Series Switches, Release 17.18.1

Release

Image Type

Platform

File Name

Cisco IOS XE.17.18.1

Universal

IE3x00 (IE3200, IE3300, IE3400, and, IE3400H)

ie3x00-universalk9.17.18.01.SPA.bin

ESS3300

ess3x00-universalk9.17.18.01.SPA.bin

IE3100 and IE3105

ie31xx-universalk9.17.18.01.SPA.bin

Automatic boot loader upgrade

When you upgrade from the existing release on your switch to a later or newer release for the first time, the boot loader may be automatically upgraded, based on the hardware version of the switch. If the boot loader is automatically upgraded, it will take effect on the next reload.

For subsequent Cisco IOS XE releases, if there is a new bootloader in that release, it may be automatically upgraded based on the hardware version of the switch when you boot up your switch with the new image for the first time.

Caution: Do not power cycle your switch during the upgrade.

Scenario

Automatic Boot Loader Response

If you boot Cisco IOS XE the first time

Boot loader may be upgraded to version "8.1.2" for IE3x00 and ESS-3300.

Checking Bootloader upgrade... … Bootloader upgrade successful

Software installation options

      To install and activate the specified file, and to commit changes to be persistent across reloads, enter this command: install add file filename [ activate commit]

      Note: For the install command to be successful, it is recommended to have a minimum of free space that is twice the size of the image in flash. If there is not enough space available in flash, you are advised to free up space in flash either by issuing the install remove inactive command or to manually clean up the flash by removing unwanted core files or any other files that occupy a large amount of space in flash.

This table lists the options for the install command for the Cisco Catalyst IE3x00 and IE3100 Rugged, IE3400 Heavy Duty, and ESS3300 Series Switches.  

Table 6.             Summary of software installation commands for install mode

Option

Description

activate[auto-abort-timer]

Activates the file, and reloads the device. The auto-abort-timer

keyword automatically rolls back image activation.

add file tftp:  filename

Copies the install file package from a remote location to the device and performs a compatibility check for the platform and image versions.

commit

Commit the changes to the load path.

remove

Remove installed packages.

Related resources

Table 7.        Additional content for Cisco Catalyst IE3x00 and IE3100 Rugged, IE3400 Heavy Duty, and ESS3300 Series Switches

Document

Description

Cisco IOS XE

Provides information about Cisco IOS XE.

Cisco Catalyst IE3100 Rugged Series Switches

Provides information about Cisco Catalyst IE3100 Rugged Series Switches.

Cisco Catalyst IE3200 Rugged Series Switches

Provides information about Cisco Catalyst IE3200 Rugged Series Switches.

Cisco Catalyst IE3300 Rugged Series Switches

Provides information about Cisco Catalyst IE3300 Rugged Series Switches.

Cisco Catalyst IE3400 Rugged Series Switches

Provides information about Cisco Catalyst IE3400 Rugged Series Switches.

Cisco Catalyst IE3400H Heavy Duty Series Switches

Provides information about Cisco Catalyst IE3400H Heavy Duty Series Switches.

Cisco Catalyst ESS3300 Series Switches

Provides information about Cisco Catalyst ESS9300 Series Switches.

Cisco Validated Designs

Provides Cisco validated designs

Cisco MIB Locator

Provides locating and downloading MIBs.

Cisco Profile Manager

To receive timely, relevant information from Cisco, sign up here.

Cisco Services

Provides the business impact you’re looking for with the technologies

Cisco Support

You can submit a service request here.

Cisco DevNet

To discover and browse secure, validated enterprise-class apps, products, solutions, and services.

Cisco Press

To obtain general networking, training, and certification titles visit here.

Cisco Warranty Finder

Provides warranty information for a specific product or product family.

Cisco support community

You can ask and answer questions, share suggestions, and collaborate with your peers.

Cisco Feature Navigator

You can browse Cisco products and find relevant features. It also allows you to compare platforms, determine common features between products, and identify unique product features.

The CFN also has a tab that provides a MIB Locator

Cisco TAC

Provides most up-to-date, detailed troubleshooting information. Go to Product Support and select your product from the list or enter the name of your product. Look under Troubleshoot and Alerts, to find information for the problem that you are experiencing.

Documentation Feedback

To provide feedback about Cisco technical documentation, use the feedback form available in the right pane of every online document.

Licenses

You can find information about the licensing packages for features here.

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