Installation Guide

Upgrade to ASA 8.4 and ASDM 6.4

MASTER FILES

Upgrading the Software

Upgrade a Standalone Unit

This section describes how to install the ASDM and operating system (OS) images.

• Upgrade Using the CLI, page 3

• (ASDM) Upgrade from Your Local Computer, page 4

• (ASDM) Upgrade Using the Cisco.com Wizard, page 6

• (ASDM) Upgrade Using ASDM 6.0 Through ASDM 6.2, page 7

Upgrade Using the CLI

Procedure

This procedure uses TFTP. For FTP or HTTP, see the copy command.

Step 1 (If there is a configuration migration) Show the configuration on the terminal so that you can back up

your configuration:

more system:running-config

Copy the output from this command, then paste the configuration in to a text file. For other methods of

backing up, see the configuration guide.

Step 2 Copy the ASA software to the active unit flash memory:

copy tftp://server[/path]/asa_image_name {disk0:/ | disk1:/}[path/]asa_image_name

Example:

hostname# copy tftp://10.1.1.1/asa847-smp-k8.bin disk0:/asa847-smp-k8.bin

For other methods than TFTP, see the copy command.

Step 3 Copy the ASDM image to the active unit flash memory:

copy tftp://server[/path]/asdm_image_name {disk0:/ | disk1:/}[path/]asdm_image_name

Example:

hostname# copy tftp://10.1.1.1/asdm-641.bin disk0:/asdm-641.bin

Step 4 If you are not already in global configuration mode, access global configuration mode:

configure terminal

Step 5 Show the current boot images configured (up to 4):

show running-config boot system

Example:

hostname(config)# show running-config boot system

boot system disk0:/cdisk.bin

boot system disk0:/asa914-smp-k8.bin

The ASA uses the images in the order listed; if the first image is unavailable, the next image is used, and

so on. You cannot insert a new image URL at the top of the list; to specify the new image to be first, you

must remove any existing entries, and enter the image URLs in the order desired, according to Step 6

and Step 7.