After the Prompts

Chapter 2 Installing a PIX Firewall

Startup Messages

The Flash statement indicates the type of Flash memory. Use the show version command in the Configuration Guide for the Cisco Secure PIX Firewall Version 5.2 to verify the amount of Flash memory. If you have an insufficient amount of memory, the PIX Firewall would have displayed an error message and stopped the installation. Refer to Chapter 1, “Introduction,” for a description of the system requirements for the PIX Firewall platforms.

Installing for the First Time or Installing an Activation Key

Note You must have a new activation key before you can use any of the version 5.0 (or higher) IPSec features or commands. You can have a new activation key sent to you by completing the form at the following site:

https://www.cisco.com/cgi-bin/Software/FormManager/formgenerator.pl?pid=221&fid= 324

PIX Firewall then displays the following message:

Activation Key: aaaabbbb ccccddd eeeeffff 11112222

Do you want to enter a new activation key? [n]

If you are installing for the first time or you want to enter a new activation key, enter y for Yes.

If you do not wish to enter an activation key, enter n for No, or wait approximately 45 seconds and the PIX Firewall will enter No for you. If you enter y to enter an activation key, you are prompted to enter each part of the activation key:

Enter Activation Key

Part 1 of 4:

Enter the first part of your new activation key. (In the previous example for the activation key listing, the first part is aaaabbbb.)

PIX Firewall then prompts you for the other 3 parts of the activation key. Enter each part:

Part 2 of 4:

Part 3 of 4:

Part 4 of 4:

PIX Firewall then continues the startup messages as follows:

Writing nnnnnnn bytes image into flash...

64MB RAM Flash=i28F640J5 @ 0x300

BIOS Flash=AT29C257 @ 0xfffd8000

To install, you need to see at least 32 MB of RAM. If you had too little memory, a message would display indicating “insufficient memory.”

Installation Guide for the Cisco Secure PIX Firewall Version 5.2

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