Cisco Cisco Content Security Management Appliance M170
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Release Notes for AsyncOS 8.3.7 for Cisco Content Security Management
Installation and Upgrade Notes
Preserve Configuration Master 7.1 Settings
Configuration Master 7.1 is not supported in this release and will be removed during upgrade. If you
wish to preserve the settings in Configuration Master 7.1: If applicable, copy your 7.5 configuration into
Configuration Master 7.7, then copy your 7.1 configuration into Configuration Master 7.5.
wish to preserve the settings in Configuration Master 7.1: If applicable, copy your 7.5 configuration into
Configuration Master 7.7, then copy your 7.1 configuration into Configuration Master 7.5.
Web Security appliances assigned to Configuration Master 7.1 at upgrade will not be assigned to any
Configuration Master after upgrade.
Configuration Master after upgrade.
Preserve Pre-Upgrade Data from the System Capacity Report
This section applies if you are upgrading from a release earlier than AsyncOS 8.0 for Content Security
Management.
Management.
Beginning in AsyncOS release 8.0 for Cisco Content Security Management, changes have been made to
the CPU Usage by Function chart in the System Capacity report.
the CPU Usage by Function chart in the System Capacity report.
Specifically, Web Reputation and Web Categorization data in this chart have been combined into a single
measure called "Acceptable Use and Reputation." As a result, CPU usage data for “Acceptable Use and
Reputation” may not be valid for time ranges that include dates before the upgrade.
measure called "Acceptable Use and Reputation." As a result, CPU usage data for “Acceptable Use and
Reputation” may not be valid for time ranges that include dates before the upgrade.
If you want to preserve pre-upgrade CPU usage data for Web Reputation and Web Categorization, export
or save the data for the CPU Usage by Function chart as CSV or PDF before you upgrade.
or save the data for the CPU Usage by Function chart as CSV or PDF before you upgrade.
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
to manage will run releases that are compatible. See the
.
Disk Space Reductions
As a result of changes in disk space allocation, the maximum disk space available in this release may
have changed from previous releases. Depending on your hardware and the AsyncOS version that you
are upgrading from, the maximum disk space available may have increased or decreased. A decrease in
available disk space may result in loss of the oldest data after upgrade, based on the amount of data on
the appliance that exceeds the new maximum limit.
have changed from previous releases. Depending on your hardware and the AsyncOS version that you
are upgrading from, the maximum disk space available may have increased or decreased. A decrease in
available disk space may result in loss of the oldest data after upgrade, based on the amount of data on
the appliance that exceeds the new maximum limit.
See
to determine the change that applies to your deployment.
Table 1-1
Maximum Disk Space Available for Different AsyncOS Releases and Hardware, in GB
Disk Space Available (GB)
Hardware Platform
AsyncOS Version
M160
M170
M660
M670
M1060
M1070
8.x 165
165
681
681
1039
1407
7.9 165
165
681
681
1053
1409
7.8
180
180
450
700
800
1500
7.7
180
180
450
700
800
1500