Cisco ASA and Firepower Threat Defense Reimage Guide
ASA Model
ISA 3000
Upgrade the ROMMON Image (ASA 5506-X, 5508-X, and 5516-X)
Follow these steps to upgrade the ROMMON image for the ASA 5506-X series, ASA 5508-X, and ASA
5516-X. The ROMMON version on your system must be 1.1.8 or greater.
Note
You cannot upgrade the ROMMON image after you reimage to Firepower Threat Defense.
Before you begin
You can only upgrade to a new version; you cannot downgrade. To see your current version, enter the show
module command and look at the Fw Version in the output for Mod 1 in the MAC Address Range table:
ciscoasa# show module
[...]
Mod
---- --------------------------------- ------------ ------------ ---------------
1 7426.aceb.ccea to 7426.aceb.ccf2
sfr 7426.aceb.cce9 to 7426.aceb.cce9
Procedure
Step 1
Obtain the new ROMMON image from Cisco.com, and put it on a server to copy to the ASA. This procedure
shows a TFTP copy.
Download the image from:
https://software.cisco.com/download/type.html?mdfid=286283326&flowid=77251
Step 2
Copy the ROMMON image to the ASA flash memory:
copy tftp://server_ip/asa5500-firmware-xxxx.SPA disk0:asa5500-firmware-xxxx.SPA
Download Location
http://www.cisco.com/go/isa3000-software
ASA Software
Choose your model > Adaptive Security Appliance
(ASA) Software > version.
ASDM Software
Choose your model > Adaptive Security Appliance
(ASA) Device Manager > version.
REST API Software
Choose your model > Adaptive Security Appliance
REST API Plugin > version.
MAC Address Range
Upgrade the ROMMON Image (ASA 5506-X, 5508-X, and 5516-X)
Packages
The ASA software file has a filename like
asa962-lfbff-k8.SPA.
The ASDM software file has a filename like
asdm-762.bin.
The API software file has a filename like
asa-restapi-132-lfbff-k8.SPA. To install the
REST API, see the
Hw Version
Fw Version
0.3
1.1.5
N/A
N/A
Cisco ASA and Firepower Threat Defense Reimage Guide
API quick start
guide.
Sw Version
9.4(1)
5