ASA Upgrade IOS Selection

[de1denta]

Hi All,

I need some advice with software selection for an ASA hardware upgrade.

I have a customer that has an ASA 5512 that is running version 9.2(4)33 and I need to upgrade them to an ASA 5516-X, however this firewall does support ASA 9.2, and I'm not sure if to use 9.4, 9.6, 9.7, 9.8 or 9.9

I need to support the same services as the ASA 5512X on 9.2, so no new features etc. What is the best practice here with software selection? I just need to advise the best software version to ensure that the upgrade is as seamless/risk free as possible.

Thank you

[Francesco Molino]

Hi

I recommend going with a recommended version which are 9.4.4, 9.6.4 and 9.8.2.

I'll personally prefer going with 9.8.2 to get latest security patches applied even if you don't have new features up to now.

[de1denta]

Hi Francesco,

Thank you for the response.

Looking at 9.8.2, there is an interim release of 38. Do you recommend installing the interim releases or the main release?

Thanks

[Francesco Molino]

I personally go with interim as soon as they got the star saying recommended stable version.
I know some people won't go with interim.

[Marvin Rhoads]

I agree with @Francesco Molino.

ASA 9.8(2)38 is a good choice.