Cisco Cisco Web Security Appliance S670 User Guide
Chapter 26 System Administration
Configuring Upgrade and Service Update Settings
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Cisco IronPort AsyncOS 7.0 for Web User Guide
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IronPort Systems uses a distributed update server architecture to make sure
customers can quickly download updates and AsyncOS upgrades wherever in the
world they are located. Because of this distributed server architecture, the
IronPort update servers use dynamic IP addresses. If you have strict firewall
policies, you may need to configure a static location for AsyncOS upgrades. For
more information, see
customers can quickly download updates and AsyncOS upgrades wherever in the
world they are located. Because of this distributed server architecture, the
IronPort update servers use dynamic IP addresses. If you have strict firewall
policies, you may need to configure a static location for AsyncOS upgrades. For
more information, see
.
Configuring a Static Address for the IronPort Update Servers
The IronPort update servers use dynamic IP addresses. If you have strict firewall
policies, you may need to configure a static location for updates and AsyncOS
upgrades. If you determine that your firewall settings require a static IP address
for updates, complete the following steps:
policies, you may need to configure a static location for updates and AsyncOS
upgrades. If you determine that your firewall settings require a static IP address
for updates, complete the following steps:
Step 1
Contact IronPort Customer support to obtain the static URL address.
Step 2
Navigate to the System Administration > Upgrade and Update Settings page, and
click Edit Update Settings.
click Edit Update Settings.
Step 3
On the Edit Update Settings page, in the “Update Servers (images)” section,
choose Local Update Servers and enter the static URL address received in step
choose Local Update Servers and enter the static URL address received in step
.
Step 4
Verify that IronPort Update Servers is selected for the “Update Servers (list)”
section.
section.
Step 5
Submit and commit your changes.
Upgrading from a Local Server
The Web Security appliance can download AsyncOS upgrades from a server
within your network instead of obtaining upgrades directly from the IronPort
update servers. When you use this feature, you only download the upgrade image
from IronPort one time, and then serve it to all Web Security appliances in your
network.
within your network instead of obtaining upgrades directly from the IronPort
update servers. When you use this feature, you only download the upgrade image
from IronPort one time, and then serve it to all Web Security appliances in your
network.
shows how Web Security appliances download upgrade images from
local servers.