Cisco Cisco Firepower Management Center 2000

When updating appliances that have a web interface, after the system completes its pre-update tasks and 
the streamlined update interface page appears, login attempts to the appliance are not reflected in the 
audit log until the update process is complete and the appliance reboots.

To update to Version 5.3.1.1, a Defense Center must be running at least Version 5.3.1. If you are running 
an earlier version, you can obtain updates from the Support site.

This update is not supported on managed devices or Sourcefire Software for X-Series. 

The closer your appliances’ current version to the release version (Version 5.3.1.1), the less time the 
update takes.

The table below provides disk space and time guidelines for the Version 5.3.1.1 update. Note that when 
you use the Defense Center to update a ASA FirePOWER device, the Defense Center requires additional 
disk space on its 

/Volume

 partition.

Do not restart the update or reboot your appliance at any time during the update process. Cisco provides 
time estimates as a guide, but actual update times vary depending on the appliance model, deployment, 
and configuration. Note that the system may appear inactive during the pre-checks portion of the update 
and after rebooting; this is expected behavior. 

The reboot portion of the update includes a database check. If errors are found during the database check, 
the update requires additional time to complete. System daemons that interact with the database do not 
run during the database check and repair.

If you encounter issues with the progress of your update, contact Support.

Series 2 Defense Centers

52 MB

1503 MB

n/a

38 minutes

Series 3 Defense Centers

84 MB

1655 MB

n/a

29 minutes

virtual Defense Centers

84 MB

1655 MB

n/a

hardware 
dependent

Cisco ASA with FirePOWER Services 12 MB

1809 MB

369 MB

17 minutes