Appendix D Upgrading, Downgrading, and Installing System Images

Installing System Images

To install the system image on the ASA 5500-X IPS SSP, follow these steps:

Step 1 Download the IPS system image file corresponding to your ASA platform to the tftp root directory of a TFTP server that is accessible from your adaptive security appliance.

Note Make sure you can access the TFTP server location from the network connected to the Ethernet port of the adaptive security appliance.

Step 2 Log in to the adaptive security appliance.

Step 3 Enter enable mode.

asa> enable

Step 4 Copy the IPS image to the disk0 flash of the adaptive security appliance.

asa# copy tftp://192.0.2.0/directory/IPS-5545-K9-sys-1.1-a-7.1-3-E4.aip disk0:

Step 5 Image the ASA 5500-X IPS SSP.

asa# sw-module module ips recover configure image disk0:/IPS-SSP_5545-K9-sys-1.1-a-7.1-3-E4.aip

Step 6 Execute the recovery. This transfers the image from the TFTP server to the ASA 5500-X IPS SSP and restarts it.

asa# sw-module module ips recover boot

Step 7 Periodically check the recovery until it is complete.

asa# show module

 

 

 

Mod

Card Type

 

Model

Serial No.

---

--------------------------------------------

------------------

-----------

0

Cisco ASA 5545 Appliance with 8 GE ports, 1

ASA5545

ABC1234D56E

1

IPS 5545 Intrusion Protection System

IPS5545

ABC1234D56E

Mod

MAC Address Range

Hw Version

Fw Version Sw

Version

------------------------------------ ------------ ------------ -------------

0

503d.e59c.6dc1 to

503d.e59c.6dca

1.0

 

8.6.1

ips

503d.e59c.6dcb to

503d.e59c.6dcb

N/A

N/A

7.1(3)E4

Mod

SSM Application Name

Status

SSM Application Version

---

------------------------------ ---------------- --------------------------

1

IPS

 

Up

 

7.1(3)E4

 

Mod

Status

Data Plane Status

Compatibility

 

---

------------------

--------------------- -------------

 

0

Up Sys

Not Applicable

 

 

 

1

Up

Up

 

 

 

 

asa#

Note The Status field in the output indicates the operational status of the ASA 5500-X IPS SSP. An ASA 5500-X IPS SSP operating normally shows a status of “Up.” While the adaptive security appliance transfers an application image to the ASA 5500-X IPS SSP, the Status field in the output reads “Recover.” When the adaptive security appliance completes the image transfer and restarts the ASA 5500-X IPS SSP, the newly transferred image is running.

 

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IPS4520K9 specifications

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