Downloading Software Or Configuration Files To Flash Memory - Cisco FirePOWER ASA 5500 series Configuration Manual

Chapter 41 Managing Software, Licenses, and Configurations
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Downloading Software or Configuration Files to Flash Memory

You can download application images, ASDM images, configuration files, and other files to the internal
Flash memory or, for the ASA 5500 series adaptive security appliance, to the external Flash memory
from a TFTP, FTP, HTTP, or HTTPS server.
This section includes the following topics:
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Downloading a File to a Specific Location
This section describes how to download the application image, ASDM software, a configuration file, or
any other file that needs to be downloaded to Flash memory. To download a file to the running or startup
configuration, see the
page
For information about installing the Cisco SSL VPN client, see the
section on page
see the Cisco Secure Desktop Configuration Guide for Cisco ASA 5500 Series Administrators.
To configure the security appliance to use a specific application image or ASDM image if you have more
than one installed, or have installed them in external Flash memory see the
Image and ASDM Image to Boot" section on page
To successfully copy ASDM Version 5.0(5) to Flash memory, you must be running Version 7.0.
Note
To configure the security appliance to use a specific configuration as the startup configuration, see the
"Configuring the File to Boot as the Startup Configuration" section on page
OL-10088-01
For example:
hostname# dir
Directory of disk0:/
500 -rw- 4958208
2513 -rw- 4634
2788 -rw- 21601
2927 -rw- 8670632
To view extended information about a specific file, enter the following command:
hostname# show file information [path:/]filename
The default path is the root directory of the internal Flash memory (flash:/ or disk0:/).
For example:
hostname# show file information cdisk.bin
disk0:/cdisk.bin:
type is image (XXX) []
file size is 4976640 bytes version 7.0(1)
The file size listed is for example only.
Downloading a File to a Specific Location, page 41-3
Downloading a File to the Startup or Running Configuration, page 41-4
"Downloading a File to the Startup or Running Configuration" section on
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38-2. For information about installing Cisco Secure Desktop on the security appliance,
Downloading Software or Configuration Files to Flash Memory
22:56:20 Nov 29 2004 cdisk.bin
19:32:48 Sep 17 2004 first-backup
20:51:46 Nov 23 2004 backup.cfg
20:42:48 Dec 08 2004 asdmfile.bin
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Cisco Security Appliance Command Line Configuration Guide
"Installing the SVC Software"
"Configuring the Application
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