Upgrading a PIX 506E to Version 7
KB ID 0000764 Problem As far as Cisco is concerned you can’t upgrade a PIX 506E past version 6.3(5) PIX 506E and 501 Firewall Image and PDM Upgrade However if you have a spare one lying around and you want to have a play, you CAN get it to version 7.1(2). Note: It is possible to run the 8.0(2) version of the PIX OS on a 506E, Howerver you need to decompress the image and make some changes to it before it will work (usung...
ASA – Memory Error (Post upgrade to version 8.3)
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 ************************************************************* ** **...