KB ID 0000553 

Problem

I’ve split this article away from this one, as it tripped me up this week again, so I think it deserves an article of its own.

Some ASA firewalls that shipped prior to February 2010 may need a hardware memory upgrade, before you can update them to version 8.3 and beyond. If not you will see the following;

Memory Error as seen on an ASA5510

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** *** WARNING *** WARNING *** WARNING *** WARNING ***
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** ----> Minimum Memory Requirements NOT Met! <---- **
**
** Installed RAM: 256 MB **
** Required RAM: 1024 MB **
** Upgrade part#: ASA5510-MEM-1GB= **
** **
** This ASA does not meet the minimum memory requirements needed to **
** run this image. Please install additional memory (part number **
** listed above) or downgrade to ASA version 8.2 or earlier. **
** Continuing to run without a memory upgrade is unsupported, and **
** critical system features will not function properly. **
** **
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Memory Error as seen on an ASA5505

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** **
** *** WARNING *** WARNING *** WARNING *** WARNING ***
** **
** ----> Minimum Memory Requirements NOT Met! <---- **
** **
** Installed RAM: 256 MB **
** Required RAM: 512 MB **
** Upgrade part#: ASA5505-MEM-512= **
** **
** This ASA does not meet the minimum memory requirements needed to **
** run this image. Please install additional memory (part number **
** listed above) or downgrade to ASA version 8.2 or earlier. **
** Continuing to run without a memory upgrade is unsupported, and **
** critical system features will not function properly. **
** **
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ASDM Memory Error as seen on an ASA5505

Solution

ASA Memory Requirements

Fitting the Memory Upgrade to an ASA5505

Fitting the Memory Upgrade to an ASA5510

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