
Similarly, you cannot downgrade the ASA 5505 to a software version earlier than 7.2. Note: You cannot downgrade the ASA 5550 to a software version earlier than 7.1(2). Refer to the Upgrading to a New Software Version section of Cisco PIX Security Appliance Release Notes, Version 7.2(2) in order to learn more about the upgrade procedures. Note: If you want to upgrade or downgrade from version 7.1.(x) to 7.2(x) and vice versa, you must follow the steps in this procedure since older versions of the security appliance images do not recognize new ASDM images and new security appliance images do not recognize old ASDM images. Likewise, for the security appliance, first upgrade from 7.0 to 7.1 and then upgrade from 7.1 to 7.2. Example: In order to perform the ASDM software upgrade from 5.0 to 5.2, first upgrade from 5.0 to 5.1 and then upgrade from 5.1 to 5.2. ASDM does not work if you upgrade (or downgrade) the security appliance software from 7.0 to 7.2 directly or upgrade (or downgrade) the ASDM software from 5.0 to 5.2 directly. 1 PIX/ASA: Upgrade a Software Image using ASDM or CLI Configuration Example Document ID: Contents Introduction Prerequisites Requirements Components Used Related Products Conventions Download Software Upgrade a Software Image using ASDM 5.x Upgrade an ASDM Image using ASDM 5.x Upgrade a Software Image with ASDM 6.x Upgrade an ASDM Image with ASDM 6.x Upgrade a Software Image and ASDM Image using CLI Verify Troubleshoot Related Information Introduction This document describes how to upgrade a software image on the Cisco ASA 5500 Series Adaptive Security Appliances using the Cisco Adaptive Security Device Manager (ASDM).
