How to uploand IOS on ASA 5500 in Rommon

[join_sn09]

Dear All ,

Please advice me!!!

I had ASA 5505 when i power on ASA it error flash and go in to rommon, So i would like to tftp to flash but i don't know how to upload IOS?

Best Regards,

Join

[Sushil Kumar Katre]

Hi Join,

Take the reference of the points mentioned in this link -

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/vpndevc/ps2030/products_tech_note09186a00804708d8.shtml#t4

The proceudre if for software upgrade from Monitor> mode. So you can skip few initial points and follow the remaining procedure to load the new image.

-> Sushil

[join_sn09]

Dear Sir,

Thank you for your web link.

I did already, i can go to normal config but when i restart ASA 5505 it gone( mean I don't have flash the same before, i try to do this but it show error like bellow:

ciscoasa(config)# copy tftp flash

Address or name of remote host [192.168.141.176]?

Source filename [asa721-k8.bin]?

Destination filename [asa721-k8.bin]?

Accessing tftp://192.168.141.176/asa721-k8.bin...

%Error opening tftp://192.168.141.176/asa721-k8.bin (No such device)

Could you advice me plase?

Best Regards,

Join

[Sushil Kumar Katre · Accepted solution]

Hi Join,

Can you please confirm if the address of the TFTP server is 192.168.141.176.

In addition to this please provide the following information -

1) IP Address of the interface which is connected to TFTP server.

2) Which TFTP server are you using.

3) If the Image size is more than 32 MB try using TFTPD32. Google TFTPD32 and you can download it for free.

4) Make sure that "asa721-k8.bin" file is ther in the root folder of the TFTP server.

5) Go to folder options [control panel] and make sure that the option to hide the known file extensions is *unchecked*. If not uncheck it and check if the file name is still "asa721-k8.bin".

6) Do you get any error message on the TFTP server?

-> Sushil