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PIX 6.3 to 7.0 upgrade for PIX 515E UR

Asked by: spectrumsofttech

Hi,

See my show version of PIX 515E UR

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pix# show version

Cisco PIX Firewall Version 6.3(4)
Cisco PIX Device Manager Version 3.0(3)

Compiled on Fri 02-Jul-04 00:07 by morlee

pix up 201 days 22 hours

Hardware:   PIX-515E, 128 MB RAM, CPU Pentium II 433 MHz
Flash E28F128J3 @ 0x300, 16MB
BIOS Flash AM29F400B @ 0xfffd8000, 32KB

Encryption hardware device : VAC+ (Crypto5823 revision 0x1)
0: ethernet0: address is 0012.d9eb.ff72, irq 10
1: ethernet1: address is 0012.d9eb.ff73, irq 11
2: ethernet2: address is 00e0.b600.6abc, irq 11
3: ethernet3: address is 00e0.b600.6abd, irq 10
4: ethernet4: address is 00e0.b600.6abe, irq 9
5: ethernet5: address is 00e0.b600.6abf, irq 5
Licensed Features:
Failover:                    Enabled
VPN-DES:                     Enabled
VPN-3DES-AES:                Enabled
Maximum Physical Interfaces: 6
Maximum Interfaces:          10
Cut-through Proxy:           Enabled
Guards:                      Enabled
URL-filtering:               Enabled
Inside Hosts:                Unlimited
Throughput:                  Unlimited
IKE peers:                   Unlimited

This PIX has an Unrestricted (UR) license.

Serial Number: 40xxxxx (0x1834595a)
Running Activation Key: 0x8xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Configuration last modified by sinu at 11:04:56.417 IST Thu Oct 30 2008
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I am in the process of upgrading 6.3 version to current version. I would like to know the file name of new IOS , Is it 'pix724.bin' and 'asdm-524.bin' ?

thanks,




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Answers

 

by: debuggerauPosted on 2009-04-02 at 23:16:05ID: 24057048

Here is the current list

 

by: debuggerauPosted on 2009-04-02 at 23:18:00ID: 24057057

oops, wrong format..

 

by: debuggerauPosted on 2009-04-02 at 23:20:46ID: 24057073

believe you need 64Meg Ram for that one,
It would be
asdm-613.bin
pix804.bin

for the full version 8's.

Or.
asdm508.bin
pix708.bin

for the last of version 7...

 

by: spectrumsofttechPosted on 2009-04-03 at 00:42:48ID: 24057489

Hi,

My show ver showing  '16MB flash and 128 MB RAM' , Is this enough for upgrading to 'pix724.bin'


"Hardware:   PIX-515E, 128 MB RAM, CPU Pentium II 433 MHz
Flash E28F128J3 @ 0x300, 16MB
BIOS Flash AM29F400B @ 0xfffd8000, 32KB"

Also what is the commnd to see the present .bin file running in my PIX ?
How can I copy that to a tftp server ?

Thanks

 

by: debuggerauPosted on 2009-04-05 at 16:46:39ID: 24073496

yes, 64Meg is the minimum.

to see the flash, type "show flash".

to copy to a tftp server:
"copy xxxx.bin tftp" and follow the prompts.



 

by: spectrumsofttechPosted on 2009-04-05 at 20:40:14ID: 24074235

Let me confirm it again...
with "'16MB flash and 128 MB RAM' " I can upgrade to 'pix724.bin'

See my show flash, I didn't see any thing with xxxx.bin
pix# show flash
flash file system:  version:3  magic:0x12345679
  file 0: origin:       0 length:1966136
  file 1: origin: 2097152 length:5259
  file 2: origin: 2228224 length:3547
  file 3: origin: 2359296 length:3150260
  file 4: origin:       0 length:0
  file 5: origin:16646144 length:308

 

by: debuggerauPosted on 2009-04-05 at 22:29:57ID: 24074509

hmm, I get:
 show flash

Directory of flash:/

3      d---  192         20:25:25 Feb 13 2006  lost+found
10     -rw-  31565       20:25:26 Feb 13 2006  downgrade.cfg
11     -rw-  7538688     13:45:50 Aug 22 2008  image.bin
20     -rw-  7562988     13:54:59 Aug 22 2008  pdm

16128000 bytes total (898048 bytes free)

anyways, I always copy it over as image.bin...

 

by: spectrumsofttechPosted on 2009-04-06 at 08:05:34ID: 24078074

Hi,

I have two files..
asdm-524.bin and pix724.bin.
Hope I need to apply both the files...or only pix724.bin is enough.

If both the file are needed, I hope I need to apply the pix724.bin first and then asdm-524.bin

One more thing, hope the following steps are enough to perform the upgrade..

1. SSH to PIX.
2. Go to eanble mode
3. go to configure terminal mode
4. copy tftp://192.168.0.100/pix724.bin flash:image
5. reload the PIX

 

by: debuggerauPosted on 2009-04-06 at 17:34:14ID: 24083105

very good, always the pix first, then the asdm..

Have you got the upgrade guide from Cisco..
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/vpndevc/ps2030/products_tech_note09186a00804708d8.shtml

Very helpful..

And no, do not ssh if you have monitor mode..
See instructions above..

 

by: spectrumsofttechPosted on 2009-04-14 at 07:08:23ID: 24138328

Hi,

It worked...upgraded my PIX...

see my show flash

pix# show flash

Directory of flash:/

6      -rw-  5259        12:08:57 Apr 14 2009  downgrade.cfg
9      -rw-  1966136     12:09:16 Apr 14 2009  image_old.bin
10     -rw-  8515584     12:13:53 Apr 14 2009  pix724.bin

16128000 bytes total (5624832 bytes free)

Now I want to apply the ASDM, there is no space left in the flash, shall I delete the image_old.bin from the flash ?
Thanks

 

by: debuggerauPosted on 2009-04-14 at 16:30:38ID: 24143628

Sure, but check your running version firstly..

 

by: spectrumsofttechPosted on 2009-04-14 at 20:42:56ID: 24144560

HI,

See my show version...
pix> show ver

Cisco PIX Security Appliance Software Version 7.2(4)

Compiled on Sun 06-Apr-08 13:39 by builders
System image file is "flash:/pix724.bin"
Config file at boot was "startup-config"

pix up 20 hours 22 mins

Hardware:   PIX-515E, 128 MB RAM, CPU Pentium II 433 MHz
Flash E28F128J3 @ 0xfff00000, 16MB
BIOS Flash AM29F400B @ 0xfffd8000, 32KB

Encryption hardware device : VAC+ (Crypto5823 revision 0x1)
 0: Ext: Ethernet0           : address is 0012.d9eb.ff72, irq 10
 1: Ext: Ethernet1           : address is 0012.d9eb.ff73, irq 11
 2: Ext: Ethernet2           : address is 00e0.b600.6abc, irq 11
 3: Ext: Ethernet3           : address is 00e0.b600.6abd, irq 10
 4: Ext: Ethernet4           : address is 00e0.b600.6abe, irq 9
 5: Ext: Ethernet5           : address is 00e0.b600.6abf, irq 5

Licensed features for this platform:
Maximum Physical Interfaces : 6
Maximum VLANs               : 25
Inside Hosts                : Unlimited
Failover                    : Active/Active
VPN-DES                     : Enabled
VPN-3DES-AES                : Enabled
Cut-through Proxy           : Enabled
Guards                      : Enabled
URL Filtering               : Enabled
Security Contexts           : 2
GTP/GPRS                    : Disabled
VPN Peers                   : Unlimited

This platform has an Unrestricted (UR) license.

I have reloaded the PIX after applying the update...hope I can delete the old image.

thanks.

 

by: debuggerauPosted on 2009-04-14 at 21:20:39ID: 24144670

yes, should be straightforward.

delete flash:image_old.bin

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