Cisco Cisco Firepower Management Center 4000 Release Notes

Version 5.3.0.5

Sourcefire 3D System Release Notes

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Updating Your Appliances

Sourcefire 3D System Version Requirements

To update to Version 5.3.0.5, an appliance must be running at least Version 5.3. If 

you are running an earlier version, you can obtain updates from the 

Note that although this release does not contain an update for Defense Centers, 

Sourcefire strongly recommends that you use them to update the devices they 

manage. A Defense Center must be running at least Version 5.3.1 to update its 

managed devices to Version 5.3.0.5.
The closer your appliances’ current version to the release version (Version 

5.3.0.5), the less time the update takes.

Operating System Requirements

You can host 64-bit virtual Sourcefire virtual devices on the following hosting 

environments:

VMware vSphere Hypervisor/VMware ESXi 5.0

VMware vSphere Hypervisor/VMware ESXi 5.1

VMware vCloud Director 5.1

For more information, see the Sourcefire 3D System Virtual Installation Guide.
You can run Sourcefire Software for X-Series on the X-Series platform running 

XOS Version 9.7.2 and later and Version 10.0 and later. For more information, see 

the Sourcefire Software for X-Series Installation and Configuration Guide.

Time and Disk Space Requirements

The following table provides disk space and time guidelines for the Version 

5.3.0.5 update. Note that when you use the Defense Center to update a managed 

device, the Defense Center requires additional disk space on its 

/Volume

 

partition.
Do not restart the update or reboot your appliance at any time during the update 

process. Sourcefire provides time estimates as a guide, but actual update times 

vary depending on the appliance model, deployment, and configuration. Note that 

the system may appear inactive during the pre-checks portion of the update and 

after rebooting; this is expected behavior. 

The reboot portion of the update includes a database check. If errors are 

found during the database check, the update requires additional time to complete. 

System daemons that interact with the database do not run during the database 

check and repair.