Upgrading IPS-4240-K9

[Salvador Antonio Quintanilla Mendoza]

Hi,

     I have an IPS-4240-K9 with system Version 5.1(8)E2 and I need to upgrade to the last version Release 7.1(7)E4, I need to know if there is some way to do this without jumping from all the old versions (6.0 E2, 6.0 E3, 6.0E4, etc) do i need to make a reimage?? what is the process?? what files needs to download?

Thanks,

[lcambron]

Hello Salvador,

The upgrade path is: 5.1(8) >  6.0(6) > 7.1

If you want to do it directly you will need to re-image the sensor.

For upgrade use teh .pkg file and for re-image use the .img file.

Download from:

http://software.cisco.com/download/type.html?mdfid=278810718&flowid=4425

For re-image:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/security/ips/7.0/configuration/guide/idm/idm_system_images.html#wp1060091

Hope it helps,

Regards,

Felipe.

[Salvador Antonio Quintanilla Mendoza]

Thanks for the information!!, I will try the upgrade to avoid the lost of configuration.

Just checking, the path is...

5.1(8) E2 --> 6.0(6) E4 -->  7.1 E4

from 5.1 E2 to 7.1 E4 right?

thanks