Upgrading Fwsm from 3.1(11) to 4.x

[f_baroumas]

Hello,

I wanna upgrade FWSM Version 3.1(11) to latest 4.x version is this possible or i have to upgrade first to 3.2 and then to 4.x?

Is there any changes in configuration commands that i need to know? The version that 6500 running is s72033-advipservicesk9_wan-mz.122-18.SXF14.bin,

an upgrade to 6500 is needed also?And if so what ios version will i put?Also which is the asdm supported version?

Thanks in advance.

[Jennifer Halim]

Which FWSM version 4.x are you trying to upgrade it to?

There are 2 major releases in version 4.x: ie: 4.0.x and 4.1.x

Please kindly find below respective release notes, and it also contains the 6500 IOS version requirement, which SUP and also which is the corrensponding ASDM version:

FWSM 4.0.x:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/security/fwsm/fwsm40/release/notes/fwsmrn40.html

FWSM 4.1.x:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/security/fwsm/fwsm41/release/notes/fwsmrn41.html

Hope that helps.

[f_baroumas]

Hello again,

Thanks for your quick reply. I'm planning to go to the latest i think it's 4.1(6), can i do this directly from 3.1(11)? Do you know about changes that may occur in configuration? In our 6500 we have s72033-advipservicesk9_wan-mz.122-18.SXF14.bin and if i'm reading the document correct, fwsm version 4.x is supports.

Thanks.

[Jennifer Halim]

Yes, you are right. You can upgrade directly from 3.1.11 to 4.1.6, and the version of IOS is OK too.

All the changes are listed in the release notes provided earlier.