До крайнего момента не заморачивался наличием кучи файлов в tar архиве с IOS'ом и пользовался удобствами archive. Попробовал опцию /imageonly
Switch#archive download-sw /allow-feature-upgrade /imageonly tftp://10.0.0.10/ios/c3750-ipservicesk9-tar.122-53.SE.tar
Loading ios/c3750-ipservicesk9-tar.122-53.SE.tar from 10.0.0.10 (via Vlan10): !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
[OK - 15656960 bytes]
Loading ios/c3750-ipservicesk9-tar.122-53.SE.tar from 10.0.0.10 (via Vlan10): !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
examining image...
extracting info (109 bytes)
extracting c3750-ipservicesk9-mz.122-53.SE/info (695 bytes)
extracting info (109 bytes)
Stacking Version Number: 1.43
System Type: 0x00000000
Ios Image File Size: 0x00C17200
Total Image File Size: 0x00EEEA00
Minimum Dram required: 0x08000000
Image Suffix: ipservicesk9-122-53.SE
Image Directory: c3750-ipservicesk9-mz.122-53.SE
Image Name: c3750-ipservicesk9-mz.122-53.SE.bin
Image Feature: IP|LAYER_3|PLUS|SSH|3DES|MIN_DRAM_MEG=128
Old image for switch 1: flash:c3750-advipservicesk9-mz.122-46.SE
Old image will be deleted before download.
Deleting `flash:c3750-advipservicesk9-mz.122-46.SE' to create required space
extracting c3750-ipservicesk9-mz.122-53.SE/c3750-ipservicesk9-mz.122-53.SE.bin (12673801 bytes)
extracting c3750-ipservicesk9-mz.122-53.SE/info (695 bytes)
extracting info (109 bytes)
Installing (renaming): `flash:update/c3750-ipservicesk9-mz.122-53.SE' ->
`flash:/c3750-ipservicesk9-mz.122-53.SE'
New software image installed in flash:/c3750-ipservicesk9-mz.122-53.SE
All software images installed.
Switch#dir flash:
Directory of flash:/
2 -rwx 1098 Mar 15 2010 15:07:30 +07:00 private-config.text
3 -rwx 856 Mar 1 1993 07:00:35 +07:00 vlan.dat
4 -rwx 2072 Mar 15 2010 15:07:30 +07:00 multiple-fs
398 drwx 128 Mar 16 2010 11:53:25 +07:00 c3750-ipservicesk9-mz.122-53.SE
396 -rwx 3491 Mar 16 2010 11:41:13 +07:00 snoop
397 -rwx 9708 Mar 15 2010 15:07:30 +07:00 config.text
15998976 bytes total (3303936 bytes free)
Switch#dir flash:/c3750-ipservicesk9-mz.122-53.SE
Directory of flash:/c3750-ipservicesk9-mz.122-53.SE/
5 -rwx 12673801 Mar 16 2010 11:53:25 +07:00 c3750-ipservicesk9-mz.122-53.SE.bin
6 -rwx 695 Mar 16 2010 11:53:25 +07:00 info
15998976 bytes total (3303936 bytes free)
Switch#show boot
BOOT path-list : flash:/c3750-ipservicesk9-mz.122-53.SE/c3750-ipservicesk9-mz.122-53.SE.bin
Config file : flash:/config.text
Private Config file : flash:/private-config.text
Enable Break : no
Manual Boot : no
HELPER path-list :
Auto upgrade : yes
Auto upgrade path :
Timeout for Config
Download: 0 seconds
Config Download
via DHCP: disabled (next boot: disabled)