Upgrading 4210 pre-4.0 to version 4.1x

[wparrott]

Hi,

Is it possible to upgrade a CIDS 4210 running a pre-4.0 version to 4.1x using the Recovery CD? I can't find any info on CCO on how to "upload" the contents of the CD to the IDS. I thought that Cisco would have to send you the hard drive with version 4.0 in order to get to 4.1x. Please advise. Thank you all.

[pcomeaux]

Yes, it is possible to upgrade a 4210 to 4.1 using the 4.1 recovery cd.

To do so, you simply need to reboot the sensor with CD in the drive and the update to 4.x occurs.

ALSO - the 4210 requires a memory upgrade in order to work with 4.x.

Please read the following field notice on how to obtain the memory upgrade:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/vpndevc/ps4077/products_field_notice09186a00801a2e21.shtml

Please let us know if you have any questions.

thanks

peter

[mkallighan]

I have a 4210 running 3.0(5)S17 and would like to upgrade to latest and greatest. I have purchased additonal memory to get 512k.I was hoping to use the 4.0(1)S37 or 4.1(1)S47 upgrade CD. I need bias version A04 to do this. I currently have BIOS TR440bxa.86b.0045.P17 running on a Intel (R) Celeron (TM). How can I get the bios upgraded so I can proceed with the Recovery CD? Thanks for your help,

Mike

[rwassom]

Mike,

I replied to your other post, but I will re-iterate here for those who haven't seen it.

You do not need a BIOS upgrade to run 4.x code on your IDS-4210. We have updates available for the IDS-4235/4250 platforms, and for the IDS-4215 platform, but not for the -4210.

-Rusty