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Upgrading to a New PDM Version

Downloading PDM Software


Upgrading to a New PDM Version

This chapter describes how to obtain a new version of PDM from Cisco and install it on your PIX Firewall unit. This information helps you update your copy of PDM when subsequent versions are released from Cisco and provides additional help if you are updating a PIX Firewall unit for the first time.

Note Before upgrading from a previous version, save your PIX Firewall configuration and write down your activation key.

This chapter contains the following section:

•Downloading PDM Software

Downloading PDM Software

You can obtain PIX Firewall software by downloading it from Cisco's online web site.

Before downloading software, you need to have a CCO username and password. If you do not have these, register now at the following website:

http://www.cisco.com/register/

Note If you upgrade your PIX Firewall to Release 6.0 and plan to use PDM, both the PIX image and the PDM image must be installed on your failover units.

Note You must have a TFTP server to install the PIX Firewall software. For information TFTP, see Appendix B, "Using a TFTP Server."

Follow these steps to install the latest PIX Firewall software:

Step 1 Use a network browser, such as Netscape Navigator to access http://www.cisco.com.

Step 2 If you are a registered CCO user, click LOGIN in the upper area of the page. If you have not registered, click REGISTER and follow the steps to register.

Step 3 After you click LOGIN, a dialog box appears requesting your username and Password. Enter these and click OK.

Step 4 Access CCO at http://www.cisco.com and log in. Then access the PIX Firewall software downloads at the following website:

http://www.cisco.com/pcgi-bin/tablebuild.pl/pix

Step 5 Obtain the software you need. If you have a PIX 520 and have not upgraded to version 5.0 or later, you must obtain the Boothelper binary image file bh601.bin so you can store a PIX Firewall image on a diskette. If you have a PIX 506, PIX 515, PIX 525, or PIX 535 you can skip the discussion of the Boothelper diskette.