Cisco Cisco ASA 5585-X Adaptive Security Appliance
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Release Notes for the Cisco ASA 5500-X Series, Version 8.6(x)
OL-20336-01
Upgrading the Software
Upgrading the Operating System and ASDM Images
This section describes how to install the ASDM and operating system (OS) images using TFTP. For FTP
or HTTP, see the “Managing Software and Configurations” chapter in CLI configuration guide.
or HTTP, see the “Managing Software and Configurations” chapter in CLI configuration guide.
We recommend that you upgrade the ASDM image before the OS image. ASDM is backward
compatible, so you can upgrade the OS using the new ASDM; however, you cannot use an old ASDM
image with a new OS.
compatible, so you can upgrade the OS using the new ASDM; however, you cannot use an old ASDM
image with a new OS.
For information about upgrading software in a failover pair, see the “Performing Zero Downtime
Upgrades for Failover Pairs” chapter in the CLI configuration guide.
Upgrades for Failover Pairs” chapter in the CLI configuration guide.
Detailed Steps
Step 1
If you have a Cisco.com login, you can obtain the OS and ASDM images from the following website:
Step 2
Back up your configuration file. To print the configuration to the terminal, enter the following command
in privileged EXEC mode:
in privileged EXEC mode:
hostname# show running-config
Copy the output from this command, then paste the configuration in to a text file.
Note
If you are upgrading from a pre-8.3 version, then the running configuration is backed up
automatically.
automatically.
For other methods of backing up, see the “Managing Software and Configurations” chapter in the CLI
configuration guide.
configuration guide.
Step 3
Install the new images using TFTP. Enter this command separately for the OS image and the ASDM
image:
image:
hostname# copy tftp://server[/path]/filename disk0:/[path/]filename
For example:
hostname# copy tftp://10.1.1.1/asa840-4-k8.bin disk0:/asa861-k8.bin
...
hostname# copy tftp://10.1.1.1/asdm-64099.bin disk0:/asdm-661.bin
If your ASA does not have enough memory to hold two images, overwrite the old image with the new
one by specifying the same destination filename as the existing image.
one by specifying the same destination filename as the existing image.
Step 4
To change the OS boot image to the new image name, enter the following commands in global
configuration mode.
configuration mode.
hostname(config)# clear configure boot
hostname(config)# boot system disk0:/[path/]new_filename
For example:
hostname(config)# clear configure boot
hostname(config)# boot system disk0:/asa861-k8.bin
Step 5
To configure the ASDM image to the new image name, enter the following command:
hostname(config)# asdm image disk0:/[path/]new_filename