Cisco Cisco Firepower Management Center 2000

If your Defense Center experiences a FSIC failure while updating from Version 5.3 to Version 5.3.1, 
install Version 5.3.0.2 before updating to Version 5.3.1.

Although Cisco recommends that you use the web interface on your Defense Centers to perform updates, 
there may be rare situations where you need to update the appliance using the bash shell.

For the Version 5.3.1 update, all appliances reboot. For more information, see 

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Read these release notes and complete any required pre-update tasks.

For more information, see 

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Download the appropriate update from the Support site:

for Series 2 Defense Centers:

Sourcefire_3D_Defense_Center_Patch-5.3.1-152.sh

for Series 3 and virtual Defense Centers:

Sourcefire_3D_Defense_Center_S3_Patch-5.3.1-152.sh

Download the update directly from the Support site. If you transfer an update file by email, it may 
become corrupted.

Log into the appliance's shell using an account with Administrator privileges. 

For virtual appliances, log in using the virtual console in the VMware vSphere Client.

At the prompt, run the update as the root user, providing your password when prompted:

sudo install_update.pl /var/sf/updates/update_name

where 

 is the file name of the update you downloaded earlier.

The update process begins. 

When the update is complete, the appliance reboots. You can monitor the update and complete any 
post-update steps as described in the following section:

If your Defense Center experiences a FSIC failure while updating from Version 5.3 to Version 5.3.1, 
install Version 5.3.0.2 before updating to Version 5.3.1.

The following sections list the issues resolved in the Version 5.3.1 update.