Release Notes

Release Notes for Cisco Intrusion Prevention System 5.1(7)E1

OL-8492-01

Before Upgrading to Cisco IPS 5.1(7)E1

For More Information

For more information about ESD-controlled environments, refer to Working in an ESD Environment.

Upgrading the IDS-4215 BIOS

The BIOS/ROMMON upgrade utility (IDS-4215-bios-5.1.7-rom-1.4.bin) upgrades the BIOS of

IDS-4215 to version 5.1.7 and the ROMMON to version 1.4.

To upgrade the BIOS and ROMMON on IDS-4215, follow these steps:

Step 1 Download the BIOS ROMMON upgrade utility (IDS-4215-bios-5.1.7-rom-1.4.bin) to the TFTP root

directory of a TFTP server that is accessible from IDS-4215.

Note Make sure you can access the TFTP server location from the network connected to the Ethernet

port of IDS-4215.

Step 2 Boot IDS-4215.

While rebooting, IDS-4215 runs the BIOS POST. After the completion of POST, the console displays

the message:

Evaluating Run Options ...for about 5 seconds.

Step 3 Press Ctrl-R while this message is displayed to display the ROMMON menu.

The console display resembles the following:

CISCO SYSTEMS IDS-4215

Embedded BIOS Version 5.1.3 05/12/03 10:18:14.84

Compiled by ciscouser

Evaluating Run Options ...

Cisco ROMMON (1.2) #0: Mon May 12 10:21:46 MDT 2003

Platform IDS-4215

0: i8255X @ PCI(bus:0 dev:13 irq:11)

1: i8255X @ PCI(bus:0 dev:14 irq:11)

Using 1: i82557 @ PCI(bus:0 dev:14 irq:11), MAC: 0000.c0ff.ee01

Use ? for help.

rommon>

Step 4 If necessary, change the port number used for the TFTP download:

rommon> interface port_number

The port in use is listed just before the rommon prompt. Port 1 (default port) is being used as indicated

by the text,

Using 1: i82557 @ PCI(bus:0 dev:14 irq:11), MAC: 0000.c0ff.ee01.

Note Ports 0 (monitoring port) and 1 (command and control port) are labeled on the back of the

chassis.

Step 5 Specify an IP address for the local port on IDS-4215:

rommon> address ip_address

Note Use the same IP address that is assigned to IDS-4215.