ASA Upgrade

[houstonrob]

I'm curious about the upgrade path for ASA. If I have an ASA running 7.x code and want to upgrade it to 9.1, do I need to jump to intermediate code if I don't care about the config? As soon as it gets to 9.1 I plan to do a wr erase and start over.

Thanks

[Henrik Grankvist · Accepted solution]

Yeah, you can just upgrade the firewall without problem in that case, but you have to check that you have the required amount of RAM on the ASA to support 8.3+ code.

http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/collateral/security/asa-5500-series-next-generation-firewalls/product_bulletin_c25-586414.html

[carlguer]

Hi houstonrob,

Here you can find the information on how to upgrade your ASA first from version 7.x to 8.x and then from version 8.x to 9.x

http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/docs/security/asa-5500-x-series-next-generation-firewalls/69984-upgrade-pix-asa7x-asdm.html

http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/security/asa/asa93/upgrade/upgrade93.html

I hope you find this information helpful.

Please rate this post if it helped you.

Regards,

-Javier-

[houstonrob]

Why would I need to jump from 7 to 8 then 8 to 9 if I plan on wiping the device once the upgrade is complete?

[carlguer]

houstonrob,

If you don't care about the configuration then you can jump to 9.1, you should only check if your device has enough RAM and enough space in the flash.

Regards,

-Javier-