Cisco Cisco IPS 4255 Sensor

Release Notes for Cisco Intrusion Prevention System 6.0(1)E1

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Upgrading to Cisco IPS 6.0(1)E1

Upgrading to 6.0(1)E1

Note

You must have a valid Cisco Service for IPS Maintenance contract per sensor to receive and use software
upgrades from Cisco.com.

To upgrade the sensor, follow these steps:

Step 1

Download the major update file (for example, IPS-K9-6.0-1-E1.pkg) to an FTP, SCP, HTTP, or HTTPS
server that is accessible from your sensor.

Caution

You must log in to Cisco.com using an account with cryptographic privileges to download software. The
first time you download software on Cisco.com, you receive instructions for setting up an account with
cryptographic privileges.

Caution

Do not change the filename. You must preserve the original filename for the sensor to accept the update.

Step 2

Step 3

Determine the sensor version:

sensor# show version

Note

To install IPS 6.0(1)E1, the sensor must be at 5.0(1) or later. You must upgrade 4.x and earlier
sensors to 5.0(1) before applying 6.0(1)E1.

Step 4

Enter configuration mode:

sensor# configure terminal

Step 5

Upgrade the sensor:

sensor(config)# upgrade scp://tester@10.1.1.1//upgrade/IPS-K9-6.0-1-E1.pkg

Step 6

Enter the password when prompted:

Enter password: ********

Step 7

Enter

yes

to complete the upgrade.

Note

The sensor reboots after installing the service pack.

Note

5.1(3) and earlier sensors may display an error message that the upgrade file is not a recognized
type. You can ignore this error and continue with the upgrade.

Step 8

Verify your new sensor version:

sensor# show version

Application Partition: