Cisco ASAv Virtual Hardware Version and Upgrading

[jn242]

WE use the CISCO ASAV devices as well as Virtual CSR devices. 

These deploy with vmware hardware version 8 by default. I believe we have ASAv .9.8.2 currently.

Can these be vmware hardware upgraded to version 10 0r 11 so they are current? Being that these are deployed via OVF/OVA i have to ask because modifying a OVA/OVF deployed virtual machine is generally not recommended. I dont know if this same thing can be said for the virtual hardware version however. 

Can anyone answer this? 

Thank you

[Francesco Molino]

Hi

This is strange because if you see fit example asav good, it's recommended to use hardware level 10 or higher. (https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/security/asa/asa98/asav/quick-start/asav-quick/asav-vmware.html)

Anyway they're compatible with esxi 5.5 and 6 which are respectively hardware level 10 and 11 if i recall correctly.

You can upgrade them without issue after a proper shutdown.