ASA upgrade to support IPS feature

[ohassairi]

is it possible to upgrade an ASA firewall without IPS feature to support it.

for example: from ASA5510-BUN-K9 to ASA5510-AIP10-K9.

is it a software upgrade only or must we add also some hardware?

[Syed Iftekhar Ahmed]

You need Cisco AIP SSM module (Hadware) for Adding IPS functionality. You also need Cisco IPS Service (Annual signature subscription) to update the signatures.

AIP-SSM-10 works with ASA5510

More details at

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/prod/collateral/vpndevc/ps5729/ps5713/ps4077/data_sheet_c78-459036_ps6120_Products_Data_Sheet.html

Syed