RE: PIX 6.0.1 - Pre-Summary

["Settle, Sean" <SeanSettle () alliantfs com>]

Well so far I haven't gotten any horror stories, so yesterday evening I
upgraded our lab unit.  Since we had an older PIX unit I had to replace the
flash card with a new 16MB unit so my upgrade process may be a little bit
different then yours.

Basically you write off the current config to tftp, install the new flash
card, boot with the boot helper disk install 6.0.1, reboot and reload your
old configuration.  It didn't require a new activation key to upgrade from
5.0.3 to 6.0.1.

A first glance at basic functionality is that it still works :).  More
in-depth testing is scheduled and if I run into any issues I'll be sure to
report them.

The new PDM interface also has to be installed into the flash of the
firewall and its worth it from what I've seen so far.

Sean Settle
"The thirst after happiness is never extinguished in the heart of man" -
Jean Jacques Rousseau
X Network Services Q NPC X
Phoenix, AZ
Phone:  480-496-5434
Fax:    480-496-5224
SMTP:   seansettle () alliantfs com


-----Original Message-----
From: Evan Wagner [mailto:ewagner () Radix Net]
Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2001 6:45 AM
To: Settle, Sean
Cc: Firewall Wizards List (E-mail); Firewalls List (E-mail)
Subject: Re: [fw-wiz] PIX 6.0.1


Greeetings,

I have not upgraded thus far (plan to test it late this week on a box
going into production next month). I'll send a message to the list
with details on the upgrade. There was a short thread about
6.x code in the comp.dcom.sys.cisco Usenet newsgroup last evening.

Note: Going from version 4.0 code to 5.x code required a call into TAC for
a new activation key. I assume the same will be true for upgrading from
5.x to 6.x code.

--Evan

On Tue, 29 May 2001, Settle, Sean wrote:

> Has anybody been brave enough to install the newest PIX upgrade 6.0.1?  If
> so are there any horror stories to tell?  I'm about to upgrade our lab 520
> units and wanted to know if there's anything to look out for.
>
> Sean Settle
> "The thirst after happiness is never extinguished in the heart of man" -
> Jean Jacques Rousseau
> X Network Services Q NPC X
> Phoenix, AZ
> SMTP: seansettle () alliantfs com
>
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