08-11-2023 10:27 AM
Trying to upgrade from 9.18(2) to 9.18(3).46. Rebooting standby firewall first, BIOS and Firepower upgrades completed fine. ASA upgrade started but then something went wrong, and the system reached:
Please wait for Cisco ASA to come online...49...
And then went to:
Application fa▒▒▒go online, launching fxos console!
firepower-1010-failed login:
A second reboot failed in the same way. The image appears to be on the firewall and is giving conflicting information:
firepower-1010-failed /ssa # show fault
Severity Code Last Transition Time ID Description
--------- -------- ------------------------ -------- -----------
Major F1394 2023-08-11T13:33:17.499 5012750 Failed to start App Instanc
e asa on slot 1. Error: Security Module is in FailSafe mode. Please check for Sy
stem Faults and Errors
08-29-2023 02:44 AM
It seems that your ASA upgrade failed on your Firepower 1010 device and caused it to enter FailSafe mode. This mode is triggered when the device detects a critical error or a corrupted image. To recover from this mode, you need to do the following steps:
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