Cisco Cisco Firepower Management Center 4000

Cisco electronically distributes several different types of updates, including major and minor updates to 
the system software itself, as well as rule updates, geolocation database (GeoDB) updates, and 
Vulnerability Database (VDB) updates.

This chapter contains general information on updating the FireSIGHT System. Before you update any 
part of the FireSIGHT System, including the VDB, GeoDB, or intrusion rules, you must read the release 
notes or advisory text that accompanies the update. The release notes provide important information, 
including supported platforms, compatibility, prerequisites, warnings, and specific installation and 
uninstallation instructions.

Unless otherwise documented in the release notes or advisory text, updating an appliance does not 
modify its configuration; the settings on the appliance remain intact.

See the following sections for more information:

Any

Cisco electronically distributes several different types of updates, including major and minor updates to 
the system software itself, as well as intrusion rule updates and VDB updates.

The following table describes the types of updates provided by Cisco. For most update types, you can 
schedule their download and installation; see 

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