Upgrade path from 9.5.1 to 9.8.1 on ASA 5516X

[shreyans]

Hello all,

My customer has a Cisco ASA 5516-X currently running ASA version 9.5(1) with ASDM version 7.5(1).
Is there an advisable upgrade path that we need to take, for going from 9.5.1 to 9.8.1; or a direct upgrade is possible?

If I am understanding the KB article on Cisco website (link: http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/security/asa/migration/upgrade/upgrade.html#ID-2152-0000000a), one should be able to perform a direct upgrade.

The upgrade is being done to mitigate IKE decryption issues being faced while setting up an IPSec tunnel between this ASA 5516-X and a Palo Alto Networks PA-500 running PANOS 6.1.4.

Any guidance on the upgrade path would be appreciated.

Thank you,
Shreyans

[Dinesh Moudgil]

Hi,

As per the upgrade path, you can directly upgrade from 9.5.1 to 9.8.1 without any issues since there are no major changes in the above-mentioned releases

Here is a document for your reference:-
http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/docs/security/asa-5500-x-series-next-generation-firewalls/111867-asa-failover-upgrade.html#zerotime

Regards
Dinesh Moudgil

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[Marvin Rhoads]

As Dinesh noted.

Also be sure to upgrade your ASDM to the latest version (currently 7.8(1.150)).