If your hardware supports it load 6.1(1) (check CCO for requirements). There is a bug in 6.01 if you are using failover with the monitoring functionality. It does not affect traffic flow, simply the ability to use the monitoring tab from the Pix Device Manager(PDM). I dislike the PDM for configuration changes, however for monitoring it is acceptable. CLI is the best way to make config changes quickly and accurately. Work them up in notepad and then paste them in at once. It is also easier to prepare an identical (in most cases) set of statements with NO in front of them to reverse the changes should something go wrong. If your hardware won't support 6, then load the the latest 5.x image, 5.3(1) I beleive. As previously mentioned by Harri, read the release notes and caveats. Not all items will apply to all implementations so compare it to your environment. Good Luck, the upgrade itself is usually pretty quick and painless. PS if you are doing failover, follow the recommended procedure. I performed an upgrade with another engineer. He thought we should do it like a router and upgrade the secondary first so there would not be any network disruption. Unfortunately due to the Pix license it will not pass traffic if not connected to the Primary to obtain license information. It took 45 minutes to recover the secondary before performing the upgrade using the procedure as recommended by Cisco (which took a total of 15 minutes).
Ken Claussen MCSE CCNA CCA "In Theory it should work as you describe, but the difference between theory and reality is the truth! For this we all strive" -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Fatemeh Taj Sent: Friday, December 14, 2001 6:06 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Upgrade question Dear All, I have a PIX 515 unit, and PIX4.4 installed. I want to upgrade it, what is your suggestion for the version (5.x,6 or 6.1) I can upgrade to ? And.. can the old configuration work with the new (upgraded) OS ? Thanks --Fatemeh T. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Check out Yahoo! Shopping and Yahoo! Auctions for all of your unique holiday gifts! Buy at http://shopping.yahoo.com or bid at http://auctions.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ Firewalls mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.gnac.net/mailman/listinfo/firewalls _______________________________________________ Firewalls mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.gnac.net/mailman/listinfo/firewalls
