When to upgrade IPS software version?

[JEFF SPRADLING]

Hello all,

I have an asa-ssm-10 module with software version 7.0(2)E4, and was wondering when or if I should upgrade.  There doesn't seem to be any issues with the IPS, so if it were a switch or router I wouldn't think I need to, but with it being an IPS I'm concerned that I should. 

Thoughts?

Thanks,

Jeff S.

[Luis Silva Benavides]

Hi Jeff,

Thanks for posting. We always recommend our customers to run the lastest image available at least when we are talking about IPS; 7.0.8 E4 is a good version and it is not affected by some issues we have seen on 7.0.2,7.0.4 and 7.0.6.

I hope this answers your questions.

Luis Silva

[JEFF SPRADLING]

Thanks, Luis.  With that reasoning (running the latest image), is there any reason not to go to the to latest in the 7.1.x train instead upgrading to 7.0.8?

[Luis Silva Benavides]

Jeff,

Just wanted to keep you on the same train but you can yo to 7.1, that is also fine; actually we have an specialize image for the SSM.

Luis