Cisco Cisco IPS 4255 Sensor

When performing password recovery for the NM CIDS, do not use the reboot command to restart 
the NM CIDS. This causes the recovery action to be ignored. Use the boot disk command.

When performing password recovery on IDSM2, you see the following message: 

Upgrading will 

wipe out the contents on the storage media

. You can ignore this message. Only the password 

is reset when you use the specified password recovery image.

For information on reimaging the sensor, refer to 

.

For more information on when and how to disable password recovery, see 

For the procedure to verify the state of password recovery, see 

This section describes the Bug Toolkit, lists the resolved and known caveats, and contains the following 
topics:

For the most complete and up-to-date list of caveats, use the Bug Toolkit to refer to the caveat release 
note. You can use the Bug Toolkit to search for known bugs based on software version, feature set, and 
keywords. The resulting matrix shows when each bug was integrated, or fixed if applicable. It also lets 
you save the results of a search in Bug Groups, and also create persistent Alert Agents that can feed those 
groups with new defect alerts. 

You must be logged in to Cisco.com to access the Bug Toolkit.

If you are a registered Cisco.com user, you can view the Bug Toolkit at this URL:

To become a registered cisco.com user, go to this URL:

The following known issues have been resolved in Cisco IPS 6.0(4a)E1: 

CSCsi23979—4250-xl locks up with 1 gig 256 byte ixia traffic

CSCsj17459—low-end sensor out of memory during sigupdate