Cisco Cisco Email Security Appliance C390 Release Notes
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Update for BIOS Firmware for C160, M160 and S160 Cisco Content Security Appliances
Update for BIOS Firmware Installation Instructions
Step 3
A list of available upgrades will display.
The update for BIOS firmware package is provisioned only for appliances that require the upgrade.
If you are running a supported version of AsyncOS and you do not see the Update for BIOS firmware
package in the list of available upgrades, you can assume that your appliance does not require the
upgrade and you can skip any further upgrade steps.
If you are running a supported version of AsyncOS and you do not see the Update for BIOS firmware
package in the list of available upgrades, you can assume that your appliance does not require the
upgrade and you can skip any further upgrade steps.
Step 4
Select the package Update for BIOS firmware.
Step 5
You will be prompted to reboot your machine. Click Yes.
Step 6
Wait approximately fifteen minutes.
Step 7
Your machine should automatically reboot after approximately fifteen minutes.
Caution
If your machine does not automatically reboot in fifteen minutes, contact customer support. Do not
attempt to reboot your machine again.
attempt to reboot your machine again.
Note
After you run the firmware upgrade, the firmware upgrade package will display in the list of available
upgrades even after a successful installation. The presence of this package does not indicate a failed
upgrade.
upgrades even after a successful installation. The presence of this package does not indicate a failed
upgrade.
Step 8
To verify that the upgrade has run successfully, you can run the upgrade script again after the machine
has rebooted. If the upgrade was successful, the upgrade script will indicate that the appliance does not
require upgrading.
has rebooted. If the upgrade was successful, the upgrade script will indicate that the appliance does not
require upgrading.
Accessing the CLI
To run this upgrade, you must access the CLI. The instructions below provide information on accessing
the CLI.
the CLI.
Access to the CLI varies depending on the management connection method chosen while setting up the
appliance. Initially, only the admin user account has access to the CLI. You can add other users with
differing levels of permission after you have accessed the command line interface for the first time via
the admin account. The system setup wizard asks you to change the password for the admin account. The
password for the admin account can also be reset directly at any time using the password command. To
connect via Ethernet: Start an SSH or Telnet session with the factory default IP address 192.168.42.42.
SSH is configured to use port 22. Telnet is configured to use port 23.
appliance. Initially, only the admin user account has access to the CLI. You can add other users with
differing levels of permission after you have accessed the command line interface for the first time via
the admin account. The system setup wizard asks you to change the password for the admin account. The
password for the admin account can also be reset directly at any time using the password command. To
connect via Ethernet: Start an SSH or Telnet session with the factory default IP address 192.168.42.42.
SSH is configured to use port 22. Telnet is configured to use port 23.
To connect via a Serial connection: Start a terminal session with the communication port on your
personal computer that the serial cable is connected to. See the “Setup and Installation” chapter in the
Cisco IronPort AsyncOS Configuration Guide for more information. Enter the user name and password
below.
personal computer that the serial cable is connected to. See the “Setup and Installation” chapter in the
Cisco IronPort AsyncOS Configuration Guide for more information. Enter the user name and password
below.
Factory Default User name and Password
• Username:
admin
• Password:
ironport