Cisco Cisco Firepower Management Center 2000
Firepower System Release Notes
Before You Begin: Important Update and Compatibility Notes
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Before You Begin: Important Update and Compatibility
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Before you begin the update process for Version 6.0.1.2, you should familiarize yourself with the behavior of the
system during the update process, as well as with any compatibility issues or required pre- or post-update
configuration changes.
system during the update process, as well as with any compatibility issues or required pre- or post-update
configuration changes.
Caution:
Cisco strongly recommends you perform the update in a maintenance window or at a time when the
interruption will have the least impact on your deployment.
For more information, see the following sections:
Configuration and Event Backup Guidelines
Before you begin the update, Cisco strongly recommends that you delete or move any backup files that reside on
your appliance, then back up current event and configuration data to an external location.
your appliance, then back up current event and configuration data to an external location.
Before you begin the update, Cisco strongly recommends that you back up current event and configuration data
to an external location. This data is not backed up as part of the update process.
to an external location. This data is not backed up as part of the update process.
Use the Firepower Management Center to back up event and configuration data for itself and the devices it
manages. For more information on the backup and restore feature, see the Firepower Management Center
Configuration Guide.
manages. For more information on the backup and restore feature, see the Firepower Management Center
Configuration Guide.
Version 6.0.1.2 does not support AMP for Firepower signature lookups with the private AMP cloud. In Version 6.0,
the system automatically submits SHA-256 signatures to the public AMP cloud. If you have a private AMP cloud
and are receiving events from endpoints, the Version 6.0 Firepower Management Center will continue to receive
those events without any additional changes to your configuration.
the system automatically submits SHA-256 signatures to the public AMP cloud. If you have a private AMP cloud
and are receiving events from endpoints, the Version 6.0 Firepower Management Center will continue to receive
those events without any additional changes to your configuration.
Note:
The Firepower Management Center purges locally stored backups from previous updates. To retain archived
backups, store the backups externally.
Caution:
Although the configuration options for Firepower Management Center high availability appear in the
Integration page of the user interface, high availability is not supported for Firepower Management Centers
in this release. Do not attempt to place Firepower Management Centers into high availability.
in this release. Do not attempt to place Firepower Management Centers into high availability.
Traffic Flow and Inspection During the Update
The update process (and any uninstallation of the update) reboots managed devices and might restart the Snort
process. Depending on how your devices are configured and deployed, the following capabilities could be
affected:
process. Depending on how your devices are configured and deployed, the following capabilities could be
affected:
traffic inspection, including application awareness and control, user control, URL filtering, Security
Intelligence, intrusion detection and prevention, and connection logging
Intelligence, intrusion detection and prevention, and connection logging
traffic flow, including switching, routing, NAT, VPN, and related functionality
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