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Cisco Intrusion Prevention System Sensor CLI Configuration Guide for IPS 7.2
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Chapter2 1 Upgrading, Downgrading, and Installing System Images
Downgrading the Sensor
For More Information
For the procedure for configuring automatic update, see Configuring Automatic Updates, page 2 1-8.
For the procedure for configuring DNS and HTTP proxy servers, see Configuring the DNS and
Proxy Servers for Global Correlation and Automatic Update, page 3-10 .
Downgrading the Sensor
Caution
You cannot use the downgrade command to revert to a previous major or minor version, for example,
from Cisco IPS 7.2 to 7.1. You can only use the downgrade command to downgrade from the latest
signature update or signature engine update. To revert to 7.1, you must reimage the sensor.
Use the downgrade command to remove the last applied signature upgrade or signature engine upgrade
from the sensor.
To remove the last applied signature update or signature engine update from the sensor, follow these
steps:
Step 1
Log in to the sensor using an account with administrator privileges.
Step 2
Enter global configuration mode.
sensor# configure terminal
Step 3
If there is no recently applied service pack or signature update, the downgrade command is not
available.
sensor(config)# downgrade
No downgrade available.
sensor(config)#
Recovering the Application Partition
You can recover the application partition image for the sensor if it becomes unusable. Some network
configuration information is retained when you use this method, which lets you have network access
after the recovery is performed. Use the recover application-partition command to boot to the recovery
partition, which automatically recovers the application partition on your sensor. If you have upgraded
your recovery partition to the most recent version before you recover the application partition image,
you can install the most up-to-date software image.
Because you can execute the recover application-partition command through a Telnet or SSH
connection, we recommend using this command to recover sensors that are installed at remote locations.
Note
When you reconnect to the sensor after recovery, you must log in with the default username and
password cisco.