Cisco PIX Firewall Software Upgrade Procedure

1. Download the latest files for the PIX: Operating System Image and PIX Device Manager (PDM) Image.

2. Prepare a TFTP server, and confirm that the PIX can access it.

3. Log into the PIX Command Line Interface (CLI).

4. Enter enable mode.

PIX# configure terminal

5. Copy the updated operating system image from the TFTP server to the PIX.

PIX(config)# copy tftp flash Address or name of remote host [0.0.0.0]? 172.17.10.1 Source file name [cdisk]? pix635.bin copying tftp://172.17.10.1/pix635.bin to flash:image [yes|no|again]? yes !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ! Received 2101248 bytes Erasing current image Writing 1978424 bytes of image !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Image installed

6. Copy the latest PDM image from the TFTP server to the PIX.

PIX(config)# copy tftp flash:pdm Address or name of remote host [0.0.0.0]? 172.17.10.1 Source file name [cdisk]? pdm-304.bin copying tftp://172.17.10.1/pdm-304.bin to flash:pdm [yes|no|again]? yes Erasing current PDM file Writing new PDM file !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

7. Reboot the PIX.

PIX(config)# reload

8. Type show version to verify that the upgrade succeeded.

PIX# show version Cisco Secure PIX Firewall System 6.3(5) PIX Device Manager Version 3.0(4) . . .