Cisco Cisco ASA 5505 Adaptive Security Appliance Release Notes
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Release Notes for Cisco ASDM, Version 6.3(x)
Upgrading the Software
Upgrading the Software
Note
Before you upgrade, be sure to see the
. The following
major changes require configuration migration:
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NAT redesign.
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Real IP addresses in access rules instead of mapped addresses.
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Named network objects and service objects.
The Cisco ASA 5500 Migration Guide for Version 8.3 also describes how to downgrade.
This section describes how to upgrade to the latest version, and includes the following topics:
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Note
For CLI procedures, see the ASA release notes.
Viewing Your Current Version
The software version appears on the ASDM home page; view the home page to verify the software version
of your adaptive security appliance.
of your adaptive security appliance.
Upgrading the Operating System and ASDM Images
This section describes how to install the ASDM and operating system (OS) images.
We recommend that you upgrade the ASDM image before the OS image. ASDM is backward
compatible, so you can upgrade the OS using the new ASDM; however you cannot use an old ASDM
image with a new OS.
compatible, so you can upgrade the OS using the new ASDM; however you cannot use an old ASDM
image with a new OS.
Note
If the adaptive security appliance is running version 8.0 or later, then you can upgrade to the latest
version of ASDM (and disconnect and reconnect to start running it) before upgrading the OS.
version of ASDM (and disconnect and reconnect to start running it) before upgrading the OS.
If the adaptive security appliance is running a version earlier than 8.0, then use the already installed
version of ASDM to upgrade both the OS and ASDM to the latest versions, and then reload.
version of ASDM to upgrade both the OS and ASDM to the latest versions, and then reload.
This section includes the following topics:
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