Upgrade firmware on ASA?

[dan.tesch]

I am familiar with upgrading firmware on Cisco routers but I am trying to update the firmware on an ASA - I downloaded the firmware and have it on the flash of the device but I don't see a line in the running config that calls out the image at boot like a router does - am I missing something or does it just boot from only a single image in flash? I see a line in the config that calls out the asdm image but nothing for the other.

[JORGE RODRIGUEZ · Accepted solution]

make sure you have the image - disk0

asa#dir

Directory of disk0:/

82 -rwx 6851212 05:22:16 Dec 11 2007 asdm-603.bin

83 -rwx 398305 09:02:36 Apr 19 2007 sslclient-win-1.1.0.154.pkg

2 drwx 4096 05:27:40 Dec 11 2007 log

85 -rwx 14635008 05:17:54 Dec 11 2007 asa803-k8.bin

86 drwx 4096 22:42:02 Apr 05 2008 sdesktop

6 drwx 4096 05:28:02 Dec 11 2007 crypto_archive

87 -rwx 545757 08:02:48 Jan 04 2008 rdp-plugin.jar

88 -rwx 2206269 08:03:34 Jan 04 2008 sslclient-win-1.1.4.177-anyconnect.pkg

89 -rwx 418765 21:55:44 Mar 21 2008 sslclient-win-1.1.4.179.pkg

90 -rwx 4740699 22:38:56 Apr 05 2008 securedesktop_asa-3.3.0.118-k9.pkg

Take notes of your currect boot variable statement

asaw# show run | inc boot

boot system disk0:/asa803-k8.bin

issue new boot statement

asa(config)# boot system disk0:/newimage.bin

also you need to tell asa which asdm image will be using, I assume you have downladed asdm image as well based on asa code.

Take notes of yur currend asdm statement

asa# show run | inc asdm

logging asdm informational

asdm image disk0:/asdm-603.bin

issue new asdm statement

asa(config)#asdm image disk0:/new_asdm_image.bin

here is some instructions on upgrading process examples.

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/security/asa/asa80/release/notes/arn803n.html

[dan.tesch]

Thanks, that helped, there did not appear to be a boot line there before I put it in - sh run with the boot option didn't show anything until I put the new line in.

[JORGE RODRIGUEZ]

Thanks for your update, once you confirm all statements are in placed and proper code confirmed reaload, if issues let us know we'll be here to help

thanks for rating

Rgds

Jorge