HP VPN Firewall Module Series - HP SECBLADEIII-CMW520-R3819P01 Release Notes

Appendix B Upgrading software

The following matrix shows the HP 20Gbps VPN Firewall Module and hosting device

compatibility:

20Gbps VPN Firewall Module

Hosting device

LSU1FWCEA0

 10500 switches

 11900 switches

 7500 switches

LST1FW3A1

12500 switches

The software upgrade procedure is the same for both vpn firewall modules. This chapter

uses the LST1FW3A1 module installed in an 12508 to describe how to upgrade software from

the CLI, Web interface, and BootWare menus.

Software types

The following software types are available:

 BootWare image—A .btw file that contains a basic segment and an extended segment.

The basic segment is the minimum code that bootstraps the system. The extended

segment enables hardware initialization and provides system management menus.

You can use these menus to load software and the startup configuration file or

manage files when the firewall module cannot start up correctly.

 System software image—A .bin file that contains software features. You can assign the

following attributes to a system software image:

 Main—The image is the primary image. The system always attempts to load the

main image at startup in preference to the backup image.

 Backup—The image is the backup image. It is used only if the primary image is

corrupt or not available.

 Secure—The image is the secure image. If both the main and backup system

software images are corrupt or not available, the device starts up with the secure

system software image. If no secure system software image is available, the firewall

module displays a failure prompt.

When you upgrade the system software, the BootWare is upgraded automatically. You do

not need to upgrade BootWare separately.

Configuration files

You can save settings you made to a configuration file so they can survive a reboot.

The firewall module supports .cfg and .xml configuration files. The .cfg configuration file

saves settings made at the CLI and in the Web interface. The .xml saves only settings made

in the Web interface.