topic Re: ASA 5585 upgrade question in Network Security

ASA 5585 upgrade question

Praveen Kumar — Wed, 09 Jun 2021 19:40:50 GMT

I am planning to upgrade ASA5585-X from ASA 9.1(7)16 to ASA 9.12(4). Both versions are 9.x, but there is big difference between these two versions. Is there anything I need to be aware of?

HW= ASA5585-X

Re: ASA 5585 upgrade question

Marvin Rhoads — Wed, 09 Jun 2021 19:50:26 GMT

Other than new features and bug fixes, their respective operations are almost exactly the same. If you are using the Firepower service module SSP, 9.12 is the latest ASA version you can run with it. (Firepower is limited to 6.4.0.x on that hardware.)

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/security/firepower/compatibility/firepower-compatibility.html#id_60529

Re: ASA 5585 upgrade question

Rob Ingram — Wed, 09 Jun 2021 19:51:41 GMT

@Praveen Kumar

Looks like you can upgrade directly from your current version to 9.12.x, without an interim upgrade.

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/security/asa/upgrade/asa-upgrade/planning.html#ID-2152-0000000a

Ensure you also upgrade your ASDM version 7.13(1.101) to ensure you can access the newer ASA features from the GUI.

Re: ASA 5585 upgrade question

Praveen Kumar — Sat, 12 Jun 2021 23:13:18 GMT

Thanks a lot!