Information Guide

Supported Devices and Software Versions for Cisco Security Manager 3.3

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Software Supported in Downward Compatibility Mode

Security Manager directly supports many individual point releases for the various operating systems you

can use with the supported devices. When Security Manager supports a specific point release, it means

that you can configure some features new to that release using the product.

Some point releases are supported in “downward compatibility mode.” In this mode, you can use the

product to configure devices running that point release, but you cannot configure features that are new

in the release unless you use FlexConfigs. Thus, the point release is treated as being the same as the

nearest point release to it, and Security Manager maps the release number to that supported release.

Table 2 lists the releases that are specifically supported in Security Manager, and the point releases that

are supported as downward equivalents to the release. The table might not include information about

every downward compatible release. In general, if a version is not listed here or in Supported Software,

page 9, Security Manager will treat it as one of the supported versions (the most closely-matching

version, which is typically the release number nearest to it but lower).

Table 2 Software Releases Supported in Downward Compatibility Mode

Releases Supported in Downward Compatibility Mode Supported As These Releases

ASA Software Releases

8.0(4-5) 8.0(3)

FWSM Software Releases

4.1(1-2) 4.0(1)

4.0(2-11) 4.0(1)

3.2(5-17) 3.2(4)

3.1(10-18) 3.1(9)

Cisco IOS Software Releases

12.4(24)T, 12.4(22)T1, 12.4(22)YB, 12.4(22)YB1 12.4(22)T

12.4(20)T1-3 12.4(20)T

12.4(15)T1, 3-9 12.4(15)T

Cisco IOS Software Releases for Cisco ASR 1000 Series Aggregation Services Routers

2.1.x releases: 12.2(33)XNA1, 12.2(33)XNA2 12.2(33)XNA

2.2.x releases: 12.2(33)XNB1-3 12.2(33)XNB

2.3.x releases: 12.2(33)XNC1 12.2(33)XNC

Cisco IOS Software Releases for Catalyst switches and 7600 series routers

12.2(33)SXI1 12.2(33)SXI