Upgrading The Sensor; Overview; Upgrade Command And Options - Cisco 4215 - Intrusion Detection Sys Sensor Configuration Manual

Upgrading the Sensor

Upgrading the Sensor
This section explains how to use the upgrade command to upgrade the software on the sensor. It contains
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Overview

You can upgrade the sensor with the following files, all of which have the extension .pkg:
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Upgrading the sensor changes the software version of the sensor.

Upgrade Command and Options

Use the auto-upgrade-option enabled command in the service host submode to configure automatic
upgrades.
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Cisco Intrusion Prevention System Sensor CLI Configuration Guide for IPS 5.0
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Overview, page 17-2
Upgrade Command and Options, page 17-2
Using the Upgrade Command, page 17-3
Upgrading the Recovery Partition, page 17-4
Signature updates, for example, IPS-sig-S150-minreq-5.0-1.pkg
Major updates, for example, IPS-K9-maj-6.0-1-pkg
Minor updates, for example, IPS-K9-min-5.1-1.pkg
Service pack updates, for example, IPS-K9-sp-5.0-2.pkg
Recovery partition updates, for example, IPS-K9-r-1.1-a-5.0-1.pkg
default— Sets the value back to the system default setting.
directory— Directory where upgrade files are located on the file server.
A leading '/' indicates an absolute path.
file-copy-protocol— File copy protocol used to download files from the file server. The valid values
are ftp or scp.
If you use SCP, you must use the ssh host-key command to add the server to the SSH known
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hosts list so the sensor can communicate with it through SSH. For the procedure, see
Hosts to the Known Hosts List, page
ip-address— IP address of the file server.
password— User password for authentication on the file server.
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