New! - Asr1000-rommon.173-1r.spa.pkg

To avoid bricking the router or causing extended downtime, complete these pre-upgrade steps:

High-performance modular controller card. Verification Command

Without this upgrade, you may see the following failure when booting a new IOS-XE: asr1000-rommon.173-1r.spa.pkg

: The upgrade rom-monitor command completes successfully, but after reload, the ROMMON version remains unchanged or the process appears "stuck".

Look closely at the output for the listed under your respective Route Processor slot. If it is running an older version (e.g., 16.x or an earlier 15.x build), an upgrade is necessary to transition to modern Cisco IOS XE software. Step-by-Step Upgrade Procedure To avoid bricking the router or causing extended

Use the following command to initiate the upgrade.

A specific bug (CSCvz87460) affects ASR 1002 routers with RP2 processors (specifically those with a Version Identifier of V07 or higher). Users often see a "FAILURE: MD5 signature does not match!" If it is running an older version (e

The asr1000-rommon.173-1r.spa.pkg file is a vital tool for maintaining the health and feature currency of Cisco ASR 1000 series routers. Upgrading to ROMMON release 17.3(1r) is often a prerequisite for modern IOS XE versions and ensures hardware stability.

Router# upgrade rom-monitor filename bootflash:asr1000-rommon.173-1r.spa.pkg all