Upgrading Cisco Ips Software To 5.0 - Cisco 4215 - Intrusion Detection Sys Sensor Configuration Manual

Chapter 18 Obtaining Software
Table 18-2
Table 18-2
Release
System image
Maintenance
partition
image
Recovery and
upgrade CD
1. The system image includes the combined recovery and application image used to reimage an entire sensor.
2. The maintenance partition image includes the full image for the maintenance partition. The file is platform specific. If you

Upgrading Cisco IPS Software to 5.0

You cannot upgrade the IDSM (WS-X6381) to Cisco IDS 5.0. You must replace your IDSM
Note
(WS-X6381) with IDSM-2 (WS-SVC-IDSM2-K9), which supports version 5.0.
The minimum required version for upgrading to 5.0 is 4.1(1). The upgrade from Cisco 4.1 to 5.0 is
available as a download from Cisco.com. For the procedure for accessing Downloads on Cisco.com, see
Obtaining Cisco IPS Software, page
After downloading the 5.0 upgrade file, refer to the accompanying Readme for the procedure for
installing the 5.0 upgrade file using the upgrade command. Or see
If you configured Auto Update for your sensor, copy the 5.0 upgrade file to the directory on the server
that your sensor polls for updates. For the procedure, see
If you install an upgrade on your sensor and the sensor is unusable after it reboots, you must reimage
your sensor. Upgrading a sensor from any Cisco IDS version before 4.1 also requires you to use the
recover command or the recovery/upgrade CD.
You can reimage your sensor in the following ways:
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•
•
•
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describes platform-dependent release examples.
Platform-Dependent Release Examples
Target
Frequency
1
Annually
Annually
2
Annually or as
needed
have to recover the IDSM-2 from the maintenance partition, the application partition reflects the applicable 5.0 version after
the recovery operation has been completed.
For IDS appliances with a CD-ROM drive, use the recovery/upgrade CD.
For the procedure, see Using the Recovery/Upgrade CD, page
For all sensors, use the recover command.
For the procedure, see Recovering the Application Partition, page
For the IDS-4215, IPS-4240, and IPS 4255, use the ROMMON to restore the system image.
For the procedures, see Installing the IDS-4215 System Image, page
IPS-4240 and IPS-4255 System Image, page
For NM-CIDS, use the bootloader.
For the procedure, see Installing the NM-CIDS System Image, page
Cisco Intrusion Prevention System Sensor CLI Configuration Guide for IPS 5.0
Supported
Identifier Platform
sys All
mp IDSM-2 only
cd All appliances
with a CD-ROM
drive
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Configuring Automatic Upgrades, page
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Upgrading Cisco IPS Software to 5.0
Example File Name
IPS-4240-K9-sys-1.1-a-5.0-1.img
c6svc-mp.2-1-2.bin.gz
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Upgrading the Sensor, page
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17-11, and Installing the
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