Advice on upgrading ASA 5510 from version 8.4(4)1

[Igor Rodriguez]

Hello all,

Due to an issue we need to upgrade our ASA. Cisco Support team recommended upgrading to version 8.4.7, but, as we'll upgrade, we'd like to upgrade to version 9.

We still use Cisco VPN Client for Remote Access VPNs so I'd like your advice on which version to install on ASA.

Would you recommend version 9.0.3? 9.1.X?

Thanks in advance,

Igor

[Marius Gunnerud]

This is probably something that a sales representative for Cisco could answer better.  But I normally go for the latest major and minor release that has gone through a couple maintenance releases.  so I would go for the latest maintenance release within the 9.1 version.

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[grahamt]

We have a pretty huge ASA and ASASM complex, and we are just about finished upgrading from an assortment of 8.4.x, 8.5.x, and 8.6.x installs to 9.1.3 on everything. There is one gotcha on some systems in that there is a file system change or some sort of bug that is fixed in 8.4.5 I think. So you _may_ have to first upgrade to a newer version (8.4.7 would work) before going to 9.1.3.

Our Cisco team has recommended going to version 9.x, and this is supported by recent tickets I've had on our stuff still running on 8.x, as the TAC engineer often says we need to upgrade to version 9.

Four our setup, we had some fatal bugs in 8.4.6 and 8.4.7 that kept us running 8.4.5 for a very long time on some equipment.

Anyway, I would recommend going to 9.1.3, which is one removed from the recently recleased 9.1.4. Our AnyConnect VPN complex has been on 9.1.3 for a few months now with no issues. Be sure to read the release notes thoroughly as 9.x changes some command contexts, new features, etc.

Graham

[Mizanul Islam · Accepted solution]

Hi Iqor,

I suggest to you upgrade ASA Version 9.1(1). I have tested Cisco client VPN working fine.

Regards

Parosh

[Igor Rodriguez]

Thank you all for valuable advices.

I think we'll go for version 9.1.

Thanks.

[Marius Gunnerud]

Any time

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[jaikpitanyi]

Hello Guys,

I need to upgrade our ASA 5580 from 8.4(4)1 to either 8.4(7) or 9.1. What are the gotchas when upgrading to either of these IOS versions?

Thank you for assistance.