Cisco Cisco Firepower Management Center 4000
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FireSIGHT System User Guide
Chapter 53 Updating System Software
Performing Software Updates
For major updates, updating the Defense Center removes uninstallers for previous updates.
To update the Defense Center:
Access:
Admin
Step 1
Read the release notes and complete any required pre-update tasks.
Pre-update tasks may include making sure that: the Defense Center is running the correct version of the
Cisco software, you have enough free disk space to perform the update, you set aside adequate time to
perform the update, you backed up event and configuration data, and so on.
Cisco software, you have enough free disk space to perform the update, you set aside adequate time to
perform the update, you backed up event and configuration data, and so on.
Step 2
Upload the update to the Defense Center. You have two options, depending on the type of update and
whether your Defense Center has access to the Internet:
whether your Defense Center has access to the Internet:
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For all except major updates, and if your Defense Center has access to the Internet, select
System >
Updates
, then click
Download Updates
to check for the latest updates on either of the following Support
Sites:
– Sourcefire:
– Cisco:
•
For major updates, or if your Defense Center does not have access to the Internet, you must first
manually download the update from either of the following Support Sites:
manually download the update from either of the following Support Sites:
– Sourcefire:
– Cisco:
•
Select
System > Updates
, then click
Upload Update
. Browse to the update and click
Upload
.
Note
Download the update directly from the Support Site, either manually or by clicking
Download
Updates
on the Product Updates tab. If you transfer an update file by email, it may become
corrupted.
The update is uploaded to the Defense Center.
Step 3
Make sure that the appliances in your deployment are successfully communicating and that there are no
issues being reported by the health monitor.
issues being reported by the health monitor.
Step 4
Select
System > Monitoring > Task Status
to view the task queue and make sure that there are no jobs in
process.
Tasks that are running when the update begins are stopped and cannot be resumed; you must manually
delete them from the task queue after the update completes. The task queue automatically refreshes every
10 seconds. You must wait until any long-running tasks are complete before you begin the update.
delete them from the task queue after the update completes. The task queue automatically refreshes every
10 seconds. You must wait until any long-running tasks are complete before you begin the update.
Step 5
Select
System > Updates
.
The Product Updates page appears.
Step 6
Click the install icon next to the update you uploaded.
The Install Update page appears.
Step 7
Select the Defense Center and click
Install
. If prompted, confirm that you want to install the update and
reboot the Defense Center.
The update process begins. How you monitor the update depends on whether the update is a major or
minor update. See the
minor update. See the
table and the release notes to determine your
update type: