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Hi this is rahul

I have an asa 5520 k8

the sh version commad o/p is pasted:

Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance Software Version 8.0(4)

Device Manager Version 6.1(5)

Compiled on Thu 07-Aug-08 20:53 by builders

System image file is "disk0:/asa804-k8.bin"

Config file at boot was "startup-config"

DW-ASA5520-01 up 79 days 13 hours

Hardware:   ASA5520-K8, 512 MB RAM, CPU Pentium 4 Celeron 2000 MHz

Internal ATA Compact Flash, 256MB

BIOS Flash AT49LW080 @ 0xffe00000, 1024KB

Encryption hardware device : Cisco ASA-55x0 on-board accelerator (revision 0x0)

                             Boot microcode   : CN1000-MC-BOOT-2.00

                             SSL/IKE microcode: CNLite-MC-SSLm-PLUS-2.03

                             IPSec microcode  : CNlite-MC-IPSECm-MAIN-2.05

0: Ext: GigabitEthernet0/0  : address is 0019.2f58.ab86, irq 9

1: Ext: GigabitEthernet0/1  : address is 0019.2f58.ab87, irq 9

2: Ext: GigabitEthernet0/2  : address is 0019.2f58.ab88, irq 9

3: Ext: GigabitEthernet0/3  : address is 0019.2f58.ab89, irq 9

4: Ext: Management0/0       : address is 0019.2f58.ab85, irq 11

5: Int: Not used            : irq 11

6: Int: Not used            : irq 5

Licensed features for this platform:

Maximum Physical Interfaces  : Unlimited

Maximum VLANs                : 150

Inside Hosts                 : Unlimited

Failover                     : Active/Active

VPN-DES                      : Enabled

VPN-3DES-AES                 : Enabled

Security Contexts            : 2

GTP/GPRS                     : Disabled

VPN Peers                    : 750

WebVPN Peers                 : 2

AnyConnect for Mobile        : Disabled

AnyConnect for Linksys phone : Disabled

Advanced Endpoint Assessment : Disabled

UC Proxy Sessions            : 2

This platform has an ASA 5520 VPN Plus license.

Serial Number: JMX1051K2S5

can some body suggest me that with these specfic hardware what is the best IOS i can upgrade on this device. Please remember that i am not upgrading the hardware for this device.

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Jennifer Halim
Cisco Employee
Cisco Employee

I would stick with the 8.0.x code as if you upgrade it to version 8.2 and higher, you would need to upgrade the memory and as you have stated earlier, you are not in the position to upgrade the hardware.

So i would suggest to upgrade to version 8.0.5 which is the latest in 8.0 release.

Just FYI, here is the memory required on ASA5520 to upgrade it to version 8.2 or higher:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/security/asa/asa82/release/notes/asarn82.html#wp364208

Jouni Forss
VIP Alumni
VIP Alumni

Hi Rahul,

It would seem to me the newest software you can get for the above device (without adding additional memory) is 8.2(5)

Here is a link to the memory requirements of different ASA models for software level 8.3 and beyond

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/prod/collateral/vpndevc/ps6032/ps6094/ps6120/product_bulletin_c25-586414.html

Hope this helps

- Jouni

Thanks for the info JouniFross

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