Upgrade Catalyst 3560-cx series pd firmware

This will explain high-level of how to do it by TFTP

Make sure your switch is on the same vlan network (or accessible) to your TFTP server.

Install a TFTP service.  This document uses TFTPD64 for Windows.

I feel there are lots of docs that describe how to install and configure.  

Point the "BASE DIRECTORY" to that folder.  I bound the TFTP to an ip of 192.168.0.50 because I have several NICs in my machine.

In the switch, go into ENABLE mode and issue the command

copy tftp: flash:

It prompts you to Provide the IP of your TFTP box, the source file BIN name and the destination file name (same name).  These files are generally available from cisco, but you will need to create an account.

If all goes as planned, you'll see something like this in your console

If you want you can verify the MD5 has of the file

Set the new image to boot (example below using the latest firmware as of writing)

Config t

DeskSW(config)#boot system flash:c3560cx-universalk9-mz.152-7.E13.bin

Then exit from config mode

exit

Then copy the run

copy run start

Then reload the new update

reload

Give it about 5 minutes to go through the boot process for the update firmware