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Cisco Intrusion Prevention System Appliance and Module Installation Guide for IPS 7.1
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Appendix D Upgrading, Downgrading, and Installing System Images
Upgrading the Sensor
For More Information
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For the procedure for downloading IPS software updates from Cisco.com, see Obtaining Cisco IPS
Software, page C-1.
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For the procedure for configuring automatic updates, see Configuring Automatic Upgrades,
page D-6.
Upgrading the Sensor
This section explains how to use the upgrade command to upgrade the software on the sensor. It contains
the following topics:
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IPS 7.1 Upgrade Files, page D-3
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Upgrade Notes and Caveats, page D-3
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Manually Upgrading the Sensor, page D-3
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Upgrading the Recovery Partition, page D-6
IPS 7.1 Upgrade Files
The currently supported IPS 7.1(x) versions are 7.1(1)E4, 7.1(2)E4, 7.1(3)E4, 7.1(4)E4, and 7.1(6)E4.
All IPS sensors are not supported in each 7.1(x) version.
For a list of the specific IPS filenames and the IPS versions that each sensor supports, refer to the Release
Notes for your IPS version found at this URL:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/vpndevc/ps4077/prod_release_notes_list.html
For More Information
For the procedure for obtaining these files on Cisco.com, see Obtaining Cisco IPS Software, page C-1.
Upgrade Notes and Caveats
For a list of the upgrade notes and caveats for each IPS version, refer to the Release Notes for your IPS
version found at this URL:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/vpndevc/ps4077/prod_release_notes_list.html
Manually Upgrading the Sensor
Use the upgrade source-url command to apply service pack, signature update, engine update, minor
version, major version, or recovery partition file upgrades. The following options apply:
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source-url—Specifies the location of the source file to be copied:
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ftp:—Source URL for an FTP network server. The syntax for this prefix is:
ftp://[[username@]location][/relativeDirectory]/filename
ftp://[[username@]location][//absoluteDirectory]/filename