Cisco Cisco Firepower Management Center 2000

Firepower System Release Notes

Updating to Version 6.1.0

For the Version 6.1.0 update, all devices reboot. 7000 and 8000 Series devices do not perform traffic inspection, switching, routing, NAT, VPN, or 
related functions during the update. Depending on how your devices are configured and deployed, the update process may also affect traffic flow 
and link state. For more information, see 

.

 Do not reboot or shut down your appliance during the update until you see the login prompt. The system may appear inactive during the 

pre-checks; this is expected behavior and does not require you to reboot or shut down your appliance.

Update to the minimum version as described in 

Read these release notes and complete any pre-update tasks. For more information, see:

Update the software on the managing Firepower Management Center and redeploy all policies from the Firepower Management Center to the 
device. See 

 for more information.

Use the managing Firepower Management Center to deploy configuration changes to the managed 7000 and 8000 Series devices, managed 
devices, and ASA FirePOWER modules. Otherwise, the eventual update may fail.

If you are updating an ASA device, update to ASA Version 9.6.1 or later as described in the ASA/ASDM Release Notes.

Download the update from the Support site:

for 7000 and 8000 Series managed devices:

for Firepower NGIPSv:

for ASA with FirePOWER Services running on the ASA 5506-X, ASA 5506H-X, ASA 5506W-X, ASA 5508-X, ASA 5512-X, ASA 
5515-X, ASA 5516-X, ASA 5525-X, ASA 5545-X, ASA 5555-X, ASA 5585-X-SSP-10, ASA 5585-X-SSP-20, ASA 5585-X-SSP-40, 
and ASA 5585-X-SSP-60:

: Download the update directly from the Support site. If you transfer an update file by email, it may become corrupted. 

Upload the update to the Firepower Management Center by selecting System > Updates, then clicking Upload Update on the Product Updates 
tab. Browse to the update and click Upload.

The update is uploaded to the Firepower Management Center. The web interface shows the type of update you uploaded, its version number, 
and the date and time it was generated. The page also indicates whether a reboot is required as part of the update.

Optionally, run a readiness check on the device as described in 

 If you encounter issues with the readiness check that you cannot resolve, do not begin the update. Instead, contact Support.

Make sure that the appliances in your deployment are successfully communicating and that there are no issues reported by the health monitor.

On the System > Updates page, click the install icon next to the update you are installing.

Select the devices where you want to install the update.