Cisco Cisco Firepower Management Center 2000 Release Notes

Version 5.3

Sourcefire 3D System Release Notes

22

Updating Your Appliances

Before you update a managed device, use its managing Defense 

Center to reapply the appropriate access control policy to the managed device. 

Otherwise, the managed device update may fail.

Do not reboot or shut down your appliances during the update until 

after you see the login prompt. The system may appear inactive during the 

pre-checks portion of the update; this is expected behavior and does not require 
you to reboot or shut down your appliances.

To update managed devices:

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

For more information, see 

 on page 10 and 

 on page 14.

2. Update the Sourcefire software on the devices’ managing Defense Center; 

see 

3. Download the update from the 

:

for Series 2 managed devices:

Sourcefire_3D_Device_Upgrade-5.3.0-XXX.sh

for Series 3 managed devices: 

Sourcefire_3D_Device_S3_Upgrade-5.3.0-XXX.sh

for 3D9900 managed devices: 

Sourcefire_3D_Device_x900_Upgrade-5.3.0-XXX.sh

for virtual managed devices:

Sourcefire_3D_Device_Virtual64_VMware_Upgrade-5.3.0-XXX.sh

Download the update directly from the Support Site. If you 

transfer an update file by email, it may become corrupted.

4. Upload the update to the Defense Center by selecting System > Updates, then 

clicking Upload Update on the Product Updates tab. Browse to the update and 

click Upload.
The update is uploaded to the Defense Center.

5. Make sure that the appliances in your deployment are successfully 

communicating and that there are no issues reported by the health monitor.

6. Click the install icon next to the update you are installing.

The Install Update page appears.