Using the ROM Monitor to Load a Software Image
This section describes how to load a software image to an adaptive security appliance from the ROM monitor mode using TFTP.
To load a software image to an adaptive security appliance, perform the following steps:
Step 1 
Connect to the adaptive security appliance console port according to the instructions in "Accessing the Command-Line Interface" section on page 2-4.
Step 2 Power off the adaptive security appliance, and then power it on.
Step 3 During startup, press the Escape key when you are prompted to enter ROMMON mode.
Step 4 In ROMMOM mode, define the interface settings to the adaptive security appliance, including the IP address, TFTP server address, gateway address, software image file, and port, as follows:
rommon #1> ADDRESS=10.132.44.177
rommon #2> SERVER=10.129.0.30
rommon #3> GATEWAY=10.132.44.1
rommon #4> IMAGE=f1/asa800-232-k8.bin
rommon #5> PORT=Ethernet0/0
Ethernet0/0
Link is UP
MAC Address: 0012.d949.15b8
Note Be sure that the connection to the network already exists.
Step 5 To validate your settings, enter the set command.
rommon #6> set
ROMMON Variable Settings:
ADDRESS=10.132.44.177
SERVER=10.129.0.30
GATEWAY=10.132.44.1
PORT=Ethernet0/0
VLAN=untagged
IMAGE=f1/asa800-232-k8.bin
CONFIG=
LINKTIMEOUT=20
PKTTIMEOUT=4
RETRY=20
Step 6 Ping the TFTP server by entering the ping server command.
rommon #7> ping server
Sending 20, 100-byte ICMP Echoes to server 10.129.0.30, timeout is 4 seconds:
Success rate is 100 percent (20/20)
Step 7 Load the software image by entering the tftp command.
rommon #8> tftp
ROMMON Variable Settings:
ADDRESS=10.132.44.177
SERVER=10.129.0.30
GATEWAY=10.132.44.1
PORT=Ethernet0/0
VLAN=untagged
IMAGE=f1/asa800-232-k8.bin
CONFIG=
LINKTIMEOUT=20
PKTTIMEOUT=4
RETRY=20
tftp f1/asa800-232-k8.bin@10.129.0.30 via 10.132.44.1
Received 14450688 bytes
Launching TFTP Image...
Cisco PIX Security Appliance admin loader (3.0) #0: Mon Mar 5 16:00:07 MST 2007
Loading...
Step 8 Reload the security appliance to run the new image.
rommon #9> reload
After the software image is successfully loaded, the security appliance automatically exits ROMMOM mode.
Step 9 To verify that the correct software image has been loaded into the adaptive security appliance, check the version in the adaptive security appliance by entering the following command:
hostname> show version
