Upgrading The Bios And Rommon - Cisco IPS-4240-K9 - Intrusion Protection Sys 4240 Installation Manual

Chapter 3 Installing IDS-4215
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Upgrading the BIOS and ROMMON

Some TFTP servers limit the maximum file size that can be transferred to ~32 MB. Therefore, we
recommend the following TFTP servers:
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The BIOS/ROMMON upgrade utility (IDS-4215-bios-5.1.7-rom-1.4.bin) upgrades the BIOS of
IDS-4215 to version 5.1.7 and the ROMMON to version 1.4.
To upgrade the BIOS and ROMMON on IDS-4215, follow these steps:
Step 1 Download the BIOS ROMMON upgrade utility (IDS-4215-bios-5.1.7-rom-1.4.bin) to the TFTP root
directory of a TFTP server that is accessible from IDS-4215.
For the procedure for locating software on Cisco.com, see
Note
Step 2 Boot IDS-4215.
While rebooting, IDS-4215 runs the BIOS POST. After the completion of POST, the console displays
the message:
Step 3 Press Ctrl-R while this message is displayed to display the ROMMON menu.
The console display resembles the following:
CISCO SYSTEMS IDS-4215
Embedded BIOS Version 5.1.3 05/12/03 10:18:14.84
Compiled by ciscouser
Evaluating Run Options ...
Cisco ROMMON (1.2) #0: Mon May 12 10:21:46 MDT 2003
Platform IDS-4215
0: i8255X @ PCI(bus:0 dev:13 irq:11)
1: i8255X @ PCI(bus:0 dev:14 irq:11)
Using 1: i82557 @ PCI(bus:0 dev:14 irq:11), MAC: 0000.c0ff.ee01
Use ? for help.
rommon>
78-16124-01
For the procedure for using HTTPS to log in to IDM, refer to
For the procedures for configuring intrusion prevention on your sensor, refer to the following
documents:
– Installing and Using Cisco Intrusion Prevention System Device Manager 5.0
Configuring the Cisco Intrusion Prevention System Sensor Using the Command Line Interface
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5.0
For Windows:
Tftpd32 version 2.0, available at:
http://tftpd32.jounin.net/
For UNIX:
Tftp-hpa series, available at:
http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/network/tftp/
Make sure you can access the TFTP server location from the network connected to the Ethernet
port of IDS-4215.
Evaluating Run Options ...
for about 5 seconds.
Installing Cisco Intrusion Prevention System Appliances and Modules 5.0

Upgrading the BIOS and ROMMON

Logging In to IDM.
Obtaining Cisco IPS Software, page 10-1.
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