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RE: Upgrading PIX software
From: "Alan Holmes" <aholmes () jrholmes com>
Date: Wed, 2 Nov 2005 11:59:38 -0600
If you are buying a NEW PIX-515E-R-DMZ-BUN it should come with 64MB. Cisco has been shipping all 515s with the appropriate amount of memory to support 7.0 for sometime now. The image is not free. You need a maintenance contract with Cisco for the rights to download software updates. Occaisaonally, Cisco will make patch releases available for free, but for upgrades you will need a maintenance contract. No way to anticipate what the hardware requirements will be for future software upgrades. Alan -----Original Message----- From: firewall-wizards-admin () honor icsalabs com [mailto:firewall-wizards-admin () honor icsalabs com] On Behalf Of Vahid Pazirandeh Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2005 5:21 PM To: firewall-wizards () honor icsalabs com Subject: [fw-wiz] Upgrading PIX software Hey All, Quick questions here. I'm planning to buy PIX-515E-R-DMZ-BUN (which comes with 32MB RAM). I also want to use PIX OS v7.x. I read that I'll need 64MB of RAM to support 7.x, in "Minimum Memory Requirements": http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/product/iaabu/pix/pix_sw/v_70/pix_up gd/pixupgrd.htm#wp1032446 So I'll also buy PIX-515-MEM-32. 1. Will purchasing PIX-515E-R-DMZ-BUN and PIX-515-MEM-32 be enough to get PIX OS 7.x going? The image is freely downloadable from cisco.com, right? 2. What kind of software upgrade limitations should I expect in the future? How is it determined if I can upgrade to 8.x, 9.x, etc? Is it free? 3. Can I always count on free security patches, or is there a license I need? Kind regards, Vahid ============================================= "Make it better before you make it faster." ============================================= __________________________________ Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ firewall-wizards mailing list firewall-wizards () honor icsalabs com http://honor.icsalabs.com/mailman/listinfo/firewall-wizards _______________________________________________ firewall-wizards mailing list firewall-wizards () honor icsalabs com http://honor.icsalabs.com/mailman/listinfo/firewall-wizards
Current thread:
- Upgrading PIX software Vahid Pazirandeh (Nov 02)
- RE: Upgrading PIX software Alan Holmes (Nov 02)
- RE: Upgrading PIX software Sanford Reed (Nov 02)