Overview Of Upgrading Ace Software; Before You Begin; Changing The Admin Password - Cisco ACE-4710-K9 Administration Manual

Overview of Upgrading ACE Software

Overview of Upgrading ACE Software

Before You Begin

Changing the Admin Password

Cisco 4700 Series Application Control Engine Appliance Administration Guide
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The ACE comes preloaded with the operating system software. To take advantage
of new features and bug fixes, you can upgrade your ACE with a new version of
software when it becomes available.
In the Admin context, you will use the copy command in Exec mode to manually
upgrade the ACE software. After the software installation is finished, set the boot
variable and configuration register to autoboot the software image. Then, reboot
the appliance to load the new image.
To minimize any disruption to existing network traffic during a software upgrade
or downgrade, deploy your ACE appliances in a redundant configuration. For
details about redundancy, see
Appliances.
Before you upgrade your ACE software, please read this appendix in its entirety
so that you fully understand the entire upgrade process. Please be sure that your
ACE configurations meet the upgrade prerequisites in the following sections:
• Changing the Admin Password
Changing the www User Password
•
Checking Your Configuration for FT Priority and Preempt
•
Creating a Checkpoint
•
Before you upgrade to software version A1(8.0a) or higher, you must change the
default Admin password if you have not already done so. Otherwise, after you
upgrade the ACE software, you will only be able to log in to the ACE through the
console port.
See Chapter 1, Setting Up the ACE
password.
Chapter A
Chapter 7, Configuring Redundant ACE
for details on changing the admin account
Upgrading Your ACE Software
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