Firepower Management Center 6.0.1 upgrade from 6.0.0.1 missing

[ilukeberry]

Hi

Where is upgrade for Firepower Management Center 6.0.0.1 ?

I get only update for Sensor available.

[Marvin Rhoads]

You can download the FirePOWER Management center upgrade file to local storage on your computer using this link:

https://software.cisco.com/download/release.html?mdfid=286259687&flowid=54052&softwareid=286271056&release=6.0.1&relind=AVAILABLE&rellifecycle=&reltype=latest

Then use the option in the FMC to upload it into your current FMC. The it will show up as available:

[ilukeberry]

BUT it says:

Firepower Management Center 6.0.1 - Upgrade (Requires 6.0.0-1005, Provides 6.0.1-1213) 

I'm on 6.0.0.1 NOT 6.0.0-1005

[Marvin Rhoads · Accepted solution]

That's the minimum version required. The release notes spell this out in more detail than the short note they put on the download page:

http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/security/firepower/601/relnotes/firepower-system-release-notes-version-601.html#pgfId-378288

Also, when you perform an upgrade, the upgrade script itself will further validate that the prerequisites are satisfied.

[ilukeberry]

thank you for clarifying his... i'll upgrade our firepower asa now...

BTW did you maybe had a chance to check FTD image on ASA? and i wonder what parts of ASA OS includes? i've read somewhere it's just basic NAT, SPI firewall and thats all.. no anyconnect/VPN stuff...

[Marvin Rhoads · Accepted solution]

The FTD image on ASA (or on new FP 4100 and 9300 series appliances) currently only has a subset of the features available on standard ASA software.

Notable features currently missing are site-site VPN, Remote Access VPN, multi-context and clustering. That's not an exhaustive list - your Cisco partner SE can fill you in on more details if you're interested. 

[ilukeberry]

Okay i thought so... i'll be running ASA OS w/ FirePOWER as module as long as FTD OS doesn't have all the features from ASA OS implemented. VPN/AnyConnect are major components that i need.

[ilukeberry]

Successful upgraded sensor & defense center from 6.0.0.1 to 6.0.1 on 5515-X running 9.4(2)11 ASA OS :D

[Marvin Rhoads]

I just got my FMC upgraded today.

Only one minor hitch at first that I was able to resolve with help from a friend in the TAC. (file integrity check causing FMC upgrade to fail at 8%)

Once that was cleared up, I pushed out upgrades to both FirePOWER module on an ASA 5506 as well as upgrading a 3D7125 appliance.

I also used ASDM to upgrade a stand alone ASA 5506's FirePOWER module. For good measure also brought it up to the just-released ASA 9.6(1) and ASDM 7.6(1).

All seems well so far.

[ilukeberry]

Marvin: i'm staying on 9.4(2)11 for production on 5515-X. Mine upgrade went smooth.