Upgrading Cisco Ips Software To 7.0 - Cisco IPS-4255-K9 - Intrusion Protection Sys 4255 Installation Manual

Chapter 11 Obtaining Software
Table 11-2
Release
Bootloader
Mini-kernel
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 IDSM2 maintenance partition. The file is installed from but
Table 11-3
Table 11-3
Sensor Family
IPS 4240 series
IPS 4255 series
IPS 4260 series
IPS 4270-20 series
IDS module for Catalyst 6K
IPS network module
adaptive security appliance
modules
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Upgrading Cisco IPS Software to 7.0

The following notes and caveats apply to upgrading your sensor to IPS 7.0:
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Platform-Dependent Release Examples (continued)
Target
Frequency
As needed
As needed
does not affect the IDSM2 application partition.
describes the platform identifiers used in platform-specific names.
Platform Identifiers
The minimum required version for upgrading to 7.0 is 5.1(6) or later.
Use IPS-AIM-K9-7.0-1-E3.pkg to upgrade the AIM IPS and IPS-NME-K9-7.0-1-E3 to upgrade the
NME IPS. For all other supported sensors, use the IPS-K9-7.0-1-E3.pkg upgrade file.
If you configured automatic update for your sensor, copy the 7.0(1)E3 update files to the directory
on the server that your sensor polls for updates.
If you are using automatic update with a mixture of AIM IPS, NME IPS, and other IPS appliances
or modules, make sure you put both the 7.0(1)E3 upgrade file (IPS-K9-7.0-1-E3.pkg), the AIM IPS
upgrade file (IPS-AIM-K9-7.0-1-E3.pkg), and the NME IPS upgrade file (IPS-NME-K9-7.0-1-E3)
on the automatic update server so that the AIM IPS and the NME IPS can correctly detect which file
Cisco Intrusion Prevention System Appliance and Module Installation Guide for IPS 7.0
Supported
Identifier Platform
bl AIM IPS
NME IPS
mini-kernel AIM IPS
NME IPS
Identifier
4240
4255
4260
4270_20
IDSM2
AIM
NME
SSM_10
SSM_20
SSM_40
Upgrading Cisco IPS Software to 7.0
Example Filename
pse_aim_x.y.z.bin
pse_nm_x.y.z.bin
(where x, y, z is the release number)
pse_mini_kernel_1.1.10.64.bz2
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