Cisco Cisco Content Security Management Appliance M1070
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Release Notes for AsyncOS 9.6.x for Cisco Content Security Management
Installation and Upgrade Notes
The following security vulnerability will be fixed during upgrade if it exists on your appliance:
If you did not patch this issue before upgrading, you will see a message during upgrade stating that it has been fixed. If you
see this message, you must perform certain actions after upgrade in order to return your appliance to full working order after
upgrade. To simplify those tasks, note the following BEFORE upgrading:
see this message, you must perform certain actions after upgrade in order to return your appliance to full working order after
upgrade. To simplify those tasks, note the following BEFORE upgrading:
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You will need appropriate credentials for managed appliances in order to re-establish connection to
those appliances after installation.
those appliances after installation.
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If you use centralized configuration management for Web Security appliances, you will need to reassign the configuration
master to each appliance after installing the patch. Suggestion: Before you install the patch, take a screen shot of the list
on the Web > Utilities > Configuration Masters > Edit Appliance Assignment List page.
master to each appliance after installing the patch. Suggestion: Before you install the patch, take a screen shot of the list
on the Web > Utilities > Configuration Masters > Edit Appliance Assignment List page.
For more information about the post-upgrade requirements for this issue, see
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Verify Associated Email and Web Security Appliance Versions
Before upgrading, verify that the Email Security appliances and Web Security appliances that you want to manage will run
releases that are compatible. See the
releases that are compatible. See the
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Back Up Your Existing Configuration
Before upgrading your Cisco Content Security Management appliance, save the XML configuration file from your existing
Security Management appliance. Save this file to a location off the appliance. For important caveats and instructions, see the
“Saving and Exporting the Current Configuration File” section in the user guide or online help.
Security Management appliance. Save this file to a location off the appliance. For important caveats and instructions, see the
“Saving and Exporting the Current Configuration File” section in the user guide or online help.
Upgrading to This Release
Step 1
Address all topics described in
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Step 2
Follow all instructions in the “Before You Upgrade: Important Steps” section in the user guide PDF for
THIS release.
THIS release.
Step 3
Perform the upgrade:
Follow instructions in the “Upgrading AsyncOS” section of the “Common Administrative Tasks” chapter of the user guide PDF
for your EXISTING release.
for your EXISTING release.
Note
Do not interrupt power to the appliance for any reason (even to troubleshoot an upgrade issue) until at least 20 minutes
have passed since you rebooted. If you have a virtual appliance, do not use the hypervisor or host OS tools to reset,
cycle, or power off the virtual machine.
have passed since you rebooted. If you have a virtual appliance, do not use the hypervisor or host OS tools to reset,
cycle, or power off the virtual machine.
Step 4
After about 10 minutes, access the appliance again and log in.
Step 5
Follow instructions in the “After Upgrading” section of the user guide PDF for THIS release.
Step 6
Perform all tasks in
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Step 7
If applicable, see
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