I recently to needed to upgrade the Software Image on a Cisco ASA 5510 security appliance from version 8.2(2) to 8.2(5).  This process also required upgrading the ASDM software to version 6.4(5) so that the newly upgraded appliance could still be managed via the GUI.   The process for both pieces of the upgrade is […]

In this short blog post we step through upgrading the license on a Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA).  The ASA ships with a “Base” license, and we will upgrade to “Security Plus”, which enables advanced features such as Failover.     It’s a very simple process, as follows:   Step 1.  Ensure that the ASA […]