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Chapter 11 Changing Feature Licenses and System Software
Installing and Recovering PIX Firewall Software
Installing and Recovering PIX Firewall Software
This section contains the following topics:
• Installing Image Software from the Command Line
• Using Monitor Mode to Recover the PIX Firewall Image
• Using Boothelper
• Downloading an Image with Boothelper
Installing Image Software from the Command Line
To use TFTP to install a software image from the PIX Firewall command line, enter the following
command:
copy tftp flash
You can use this command with any PIX Firewall running Version 5.1 or higher. When you enter this
command, the PIX Firewall prompts for the specific values required to complete the operation. You can
also use a colon (:) to take the parameters from the tftp-command settings, or you can explicitly specify
each parameter. For details, refer to the copy tftp flash command in the Cisco PIX Firewall Command
Reference.
Caution Never download a PIX Firewall image earlier than Version 4.4 with TFTP. Doing so will corrupt the
PIX Firewall Flash memory unit.
Using Monitor Mode to Recover the PIX Firewall Image
You can use monitor mode to recover the PIX Firewall image when it has been lost or corrupted and you
do not have access to the PIX Firewall command line.
Note You must use a 1FE or 4FE card installed in a 32-bit slot for installing image software with monitor
mode. You cannot use monitor mode to connect to a TFTP server through a Gigabit Ethernet card, a
4FE-66 card, or a Fast Ethernet card installed in a 64-bit slot.
Perform the following steps to download an image over TFTP using monitor mode:
Step 1 Immediately after you power on the PIX Firewall and the startup messages appear, send a BREAK
character or press the Esc (Escape) key.
The monitor> prompt appears.
Step 2 If desired, enter a question mark (?) to list the available commands.
Step 3 Use the address command to specify the IP address of the PIX Firewall unit’s interface on which the
TFTP server resides.
Step 4 Use the server command to specify the IP address of the host running the TFTP server.
Step 5 Use the file command to specify the filename of the PIX Firewall image. In UNIX, the file needs to be
world readable for the TFTP server to access it.
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