Ids Software Versioning; Ids Software Image Naming Conventions - Cisco IDS-4230-FE - Intrusion Detection Sys Fast Ethernet Sensor Installation And Configuration Manual

Chapter 9 Obtaining Software

IDS Software Versioning

IDS Software Image Naming Conventions

Note
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If the software upgrade fails for any reason, and leaves the sensor in an unusable
condition, you may need to recover the system. See
Modules, page 10-110, for more information.
Note Major version upgrades, minor version upgrades, service packs, and
signature updates are the same for all sensors. System image files,
recovery files, and application files are unique per platform.
This section describes how to interpret IDS software versioning.
This section contains the following topics:
IDS Software Image Naming Conventions, page 9-3
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4.x Software Release Examples, page 9-6
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When you download IDS software images from Cisco.com, you should
understand the versioning scheme so that you know which files are base files,
which are cumulative, and which are incremental.
You can determine which software version is installed on your sensor by using the
show version command.
Figure 9-1 on page 9-4
represents:
illustrates what each part of the IDS software file
IDS Software Versioning
Reimaging Appliances and
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