cisco pix ios

[carl_townshend]

Can anyone tell me the easiset way to upgrade the ios on a cisco pix, is it the same as a normal switch/router etc, ie copy tftp flash ?

[ju_mobile]

nope... thei pix uses FOS not IOS

Finesse is different to IOS but the upgrade is similar.

some models will require an additional amount of RAM

to achieve the required upgrade.

[ju_mobile]

nope... thei pix uses FOS not IOS

Finesse is different to IOS but the upgrade is similar.

some models will require an additional amount of RAM

to achieve the required upgrade.

[jackko]

providing the pix needs to be upgraded is running a relatively new os, such as v5.1.1 or later. then the command "copy tftp flash" should do.

e.g.

pixfirewall#copy tftp flash

Address or name of remote host [127.0.0.1]? 172.18.125.3

Source file name [cdisk]?pix611.bin

copying tftp://172.18.125.3/pix611.bin to flash

[yes|no|again]?yes

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Received 2562048 bytes.

Erasing current image.

Writing 2469944 bytes of image.

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Image installed.

pixfirewall#

read this cisco doc:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/vpndevc/ps2030/products_tech_note09186a0080094a5d.shtml