Table Of Contents
Guide for Cisco PIX 6.2 and 6.3 Users Upgrading to Cisco Security Appliance Software Version 7.0
Changed and Deprecated Commands
Changed and Deprecated Features and Commands
Converting conduit Commands to access-list Commands
Converting outbound Commands to access-list Commands
Media Gateway Control Protocol (MGCP)
Configuring class-map, mgcp-map and policy-map for MGCP
Public Key Infrastructure (PKI)
Client PC Operating System and Browser Requirements
Minimum Connectivity Requirements
Basic Upgrade from PIX Version 6.3 to Security Appliance Version 7.0
Upgrading to a VPN Client with Remote Access
Upgrading to Security Appliance Version 7.0 Using VLAN
Upgrading to Security Appliance Version 7.0 with Voice Over IP
Upgrading to Security Appliance Version 7.0 with Authentication
Upgrading to Security Appliance Version 7.0 with Active/Standby Failover
Upgrading to Security Appliance Version 7.0 with Conduits
Syslog (System Log Message) Changes and Deletions
Cisco Product Security Overview
Reporting Security Problems in Cisco Products
Obtaining Technical Assistance
Cisco Technical Support & Documentation Website
Definitions of Service Request Severity
Obtaining Additional Publications and Information
Guide for Cisco PIX 6.2 and 6.3 Users Upgrading to Cisco Security Appliance Software Version 7.0
This guide describes how to upgrade from Cisco PIX Version 6.3 or 6.2 to Cisco PIX Security appliance Version 7.0. The upgrade to PIX Security appliance Version 7.0 is generally seamless, and requires little manual intervention on your part. This guide describes the changed and deprecated features and commands in detail. Examples of these changes are also included. New features added in PIX Security appliance Version 7.0 are briefly introduced in this guide.
The target audience for this guide is a security appliance administrator with an understanding of CLI commands and features, and experience configuring PIX.
Important Notes
CautionYou must review the "Prerequisites to Upgrading" section and the "Upgrade Procedure" section in this guide before downloading PIX Security appliance Version 7.0 to your security appliance. Failure to do so may result in installation failures.
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The PIX Security appliance Version 7.0 runs on PIX 515/515E, PIX 525, and PIX 535, but is not supported on the PIX 501 or PIX 506/506E platforms at this time.
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PIX 515/515E systems shipped before the general availability of PIX Security appliance Version 7.0 require a mandatory memory upgrade. See the "Minimum Memory Requirements" section section for more information.
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Sharing a Stateful Failover interface with a regular firewall interface is not a supported configuration in PIX Security appliance Version 7.0. This restriction was true for PIX Version 6.3 and earlier versions, however, it was not enforced by the software. It is enforced in PIX Security appliance Version 7.0. If you do not have a dedicated interface for the Stateful Failover link, you must change your PIX Version 6.3 configuration manually before upgrading to PIX Security appliance Version 7.0. Failure to do so will result in errors during the configuration upgrade performed by PIX Security appliance Version 7.0. See the "Failover" section.
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Use of the PIX Version 6.3 npdisk utility, such as password recovery, will corrupt the PIX Security appliance Version 7.0 image and will require that you restart your system from monitor mode, and could cause you to lose your previous configuration, security kernel, and key information. See the "Upgrading in Monitor Mode" section.
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Unless otherwise specified, all references in this guide that apply to PIX Version 6.3 also apply to PIX Version 6.2.
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PDM does not run on PIX Version 7.0. You must upgrade the device manager to ASDM 5.0. See the ASDM release notes for information about installing ASDM on the security appliance.
This guide includes the following sections:
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Changed and Deprecated Features and Commands
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VPN
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AAA
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OSPF
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Media Gateway Control Protocol (MGCP)
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NAT
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Public Key Infrastructure (PKI)
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Syslog (System Log Message) Changes and Deletions
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Obtaining More Information
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Cisco Product Security Overview
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Obtaining Technical Assistance
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Obtaining Additional Publications and Information
Overview
As a result of extensive enhancements and improvements made in PIX Security appliance Version 7.0, a number of existing CLI commands have been changed or deprecated (see Table 1). The PIX Security appliance Version 7.0 also includes over 50 new features, which are listed in the "New Features" section, and described in greater detail in other PIX Security appliance Version 7.0 documents.
Deprecated commands generally are automatically converted to the new syntax. The PIX Security appliance Version 7.0 then accepts only the new commands; a syntax error results when using the old commands.
At a Glance
Highlights of the changes in the PIX Security appliance Version 7.0 include:
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New minimum memory requirements for PIX 515/515E devices (see the "Upgrade Procedure" section).
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The fixup command has been deprecated and has been replaced with the inspect command. (see the "Fixups/Inspect" section).
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Support has been removed for the outbound and conduit commands (see the "Conduits and Outbounds" section).
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The operation of the no, clear, and show commands has changed significantly (see the "CLI Command Processor" section).
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Access lists no longer need to be compiled, affecting the access-list <id> compiled, access-list compiled commands (see the "Access Control Lists (ACLs)" section).
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The aaa-server command has added two new configuration modes: key and timeout (see "AAA" section).
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The interface command and the isakmp, crypto-map, and vpngroup commands have been enhanced to be hierarchical (see the "Interfaces" section and the "VPN" section).
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The failover command has changed to create more uniformity within the command (see the "Failover" section).
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Commands, such as the AAA, have changed to allow configuration of more specific parameters (see the "AAA" section).
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The mgcp command has moved under the mgcp-map command (see the "Media Gateway Control Protocol (MGCP)" section).
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The copy command applies to the new Flash filesystem; the syntax has changed, with the copy options now at the beginning of the command, instead of at the end. (See the "Management" section).
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Configuration modes have been introduced to the interface command, with interface-specific OSPF parameters now configured in interface configuration mode (see the "OSPF" section).
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Multicast commands have changed to accommodate PIM Sparse Mode (PIM-SM) and to align the PIX Security appliance Version 7.0 and Cisco IOS software multicast implementations (see the "Multicast" section).
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The PIX Security appliance Version 7.0 default NAT posture allows hosts on high security interfaces to communicate with low security interfaces without configuring NAT. The nat-control command has been added to maintain existing PIX Version 6.3 NAT requirements and will be implemented by default on systems upgrading to the PIX Security appliance Version 7.0. Using the no nat-control command will reinstate the default PIX Security appliance Version 7.0 posture (see the "NAT" section).
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Some of the keywords of the established command have been deprecated. Also, changes to the sysopt command have been introduced. In PIX Security appliance Version 7.0, the flashfs commands are not supported. In PIX Version 6.3, the TCP option 19 used by BGP MD5 was automatically allowed, but in PIX Security appliance Version 7.0, an extra configuration is required. See the "Miscellaneous" section.
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Command completion and mode navigation have changed.
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The IPSec tunnel idle timeput behavior has changed between versions 6.3 and 7.0. In version 6.3, the idle timeout was appliable only to VPN client connections.. In Version 7.0, the 30-minute idle timeout applies to both client and LAN-to-LAN tunnels. To remove the idle timeout on LAN-to-LAN tunnels and restore the 6.3 behavior, you must create a new group-policy and specify none for the vpn-idle-timeout value. For example:
group-policy L2L internalgroup-policy L2L attributesvpn-idle-timeout noneThen, to ensure the new group-policy takes effect, you must apply it to each LAN-to-LAN tunnel-group. For example:
tunnel-group ip_address general-attributesdefault-group-policy L2LChanged and Deprecated Commands
Most changed and deprecated features and commands will be converted automatically when PIX Security appliance Version 7.0 boots on your system, with a few requiring manual intervention before or during the upgrade. See the "Changed and Deprecated Features and Commands" section for more details.
Table 1 lists the commands for both the automatic and manual conversions.
New Features
The primary focus of this guide is to describe changed and deprecated features and commands in the PIX Security appliance Version 7.0; however, this section includes an at-a-glance look at the new features. For more information on these features in PIX Security appliance Version 7.0 and their accompanying CLI commands, see the following documents:
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Cisco PIX Security Appliance Command Reference, Version 7.0
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Cisco Security Appliance CLI Configuration Guide, Version 7.0
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Cisco ASA 5500 Series Release Notes
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Adaptive Security Device Manager Online Help (previously known as PIX Device Manager, or PDM)
The PIX Security appliance Version 7.0 introduces the following new features:
Advanced Firewall Services
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Cisco Modular Policy Framework
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Advanced Web Security Services
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Tunneling Application Control
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Security Contexts
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Layer 2 Transparent Firewall
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FTP Session Command Filtering
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Extended Simple Mail Transport
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Protocol (ESMTP) Email Inspection Services
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3G Mobile Wireless Security Services
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Sun RPC/NIS+ Inspection Services
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Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) Inspection Services
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Enhanced TCP Security Engine
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Outbound Access Control Lists (ACLs)
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Time-based ACLs
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Enable/Disable Individual ACL Entries
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Improved Websence URL Filtering Performance
Voice over IP and Mutlimedia Security Services
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T.38 Fax over IP (FoIP)
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Gatekeeper Routed Control Signaling (GKRCS)
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Fragmented and Segmented Multimedia Stream Inspection
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MGCP Address Translation Services
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RTSP Address Translation Services
Robust IPSec VPN Services
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VPN Client Security Posture Enforcement
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VPN Client Blocking by Operating System and Type
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Automatic VPN Client Software Updates
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Improved Support for Non-Split Tunneling Remote Access VPN Environments
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Enhanced VPN NAT Transparency
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Native Integration with Popular User Authentication Services
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OSPF Dynamic Routing over VPN Tunnels
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Enhanced Spoke-to-Spoke VPN Support
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Enhanced X.509 Certificate Support
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Cisco IOS Software Certificate Authority Support
Resilient Architecture
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Active/Active Stateful Failover
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VPN Stateful Failover
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Improved Failover Transition Times
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Zero-Downtime Software Upgrades
Intelligent Networking Services
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PIM Multicast Routing
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QoS Services
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IPv6 Networking
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Common Security Level for Multiple Interfaces
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Improved VLAN Capacity
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Optional Address Translation Services
Flexible Management Solutions
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Improved SNMP Monitoring
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SSHv2 and Secure Copy Protocol (SCP)
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Storage of Multiple Configurations in Flash Memory
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Secure Asset Recovery
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Scheduled System Reloads
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Dedicated Out-of-Band Management Interface
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Enhanced ICMP Ping Services
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Command Line Interface (CLI) Usability Enhancements
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SMTP Email Alerts
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Administrative TACACS+ Accounting
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RADIUS Accounting to Multiple Servers
Changed and Deprecated Features and Commands
This section describes the changed and deprecated features and commands in detail.
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The automatic conversion of commands results in a change in your configuration. You should review the configuration changes made by PIX Security appliance Version 7.0 after booting to verify that the automatic changes made by the software are satisfactory. You should then save the configuration to Flash memory. Saving the new configuration to Flash memory prevents the system from converting your configuration again the next time PIX Security appliance Version 7.0 is booted.
Many existing CLI commands have been extended with new keywords and other command line options, due to new functionality introduced in PIX Security appliance Version 7.0.The changed and deprecated features are as follows:
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VPN
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AAA
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OSPF
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Media Gateway Control Protocol (MGCP)
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NAT
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Public Key Infrastructure (PKI)
CLI Command Processor
As with PIX Version 6.3, PIX Security appliance Version 7.0 supports the CLI as a user interface for configuring, monitoring, and maintaining security appliances. The CLI parser capabilities have been enhanced in PIX Security appliance Version 7.0 to include Cisco IOS software-like parser services, such as context-sensitive Help and command completion, resulting in some minor behavior changes compared to PIX Version 6.3.
Also, the show and clear commands in PIX Version 6.3 were applied inconsistently. In some cases, these commands were used to show and clear configuration objects; in other cases they were used to show and clear operational data/statistics. To make the behavior consistent and distinguish between operations on configuration versus statistics, the show and clear commands have been modified to require additional keywords.
The PIX Security appliance Version 7.0 also introduces minor changes in mode navigation and terminology so that it is closer to the Cisco IOS software CLI.
This section includes the following topics:
Affected Commands
The following commands are affected in the upgrade to PIX Security appliance Version 7.0:
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no
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show
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clear
In addition to the preceding commands, command completion, and mode navigation have changed in PIX Security appliance Version 7.0.
Upgrade Requirements
You must use the new forms of the no, show, and clear commands. Your system will output errors, if you do not.
Change Impact
This section describes the impact that the changes will have on the CLI commands in PIX Security appliance Version 7.0.
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Context-Sensitive Help Changes
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Mode Navigation and Terminology Changes
Operational Changes
The operation of the no, clear, and show commands has changed in PIX Security appliance Version 7.0, as follows:
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The no variant no longer removes multiple lines of configuration simultaneously. In PIX Security appliance Version 7.0, the no variant removes a single configuration line only. For example, a single no access-list <access-list name> removes the following commands in PIX Version 6.3:
access-list myaccesslist extended permit tcp host 10.175.28.97 host 10.180.210.209 eq 37000access-list myaccesslist extended permit tcp host 10.175.28.97 host 10.180.210.68 eq 37000access-list myaccesslist extended permit tcp host 10.175.28.98 host 10.180.210.68 eq 37000But in PIX Security appliance Version 7.0, the preceding commands are removed by using either the clear configure access-list <access-list name> command or by the following:
no access-list myaccesslist extended permit tcp host 10.175.28.97 host 10.180.210.209 eq 37000no access-list myaccesslist extended permit tcp host 10.175.28.97 host 10.180.210.68 eq 37000no access-list myaccesslist extended permit tcp host 10.175.28.98 host 10.180.210.68 eq 37000Second example: a single no fixup protocol http command removes the following commands in PIX Version 6.3:
fixup protocol http 80fixup protocol http 8080But in PIX Security appliance Version 7.0, the preceding commands are removed by the following:
no inspect protocol http 80no inspect protocol http 8080The no variant removes configuration mode commands; both the command and all its configuration mode commands are removed. This behavior is the same in both PIX Version 6.3 and PIX Security appliance Version 7.0.
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To clear a configuration, PIX Security appliance Version 7.0 supports only the use of the clear configure <cmd> command from configuration mode.
The following examples illustrate the use of the clear configure command:
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In PIX Version 6.3, the clear crypto command removed all crypto configurations other than certification authority (CA) configurations, such as trustpoints, certificates, and certificate maps. In PIX Security appliance Version 7.0, the clear configure crypto command removes all crypto configurations, including CA configurations. CA information is also displayed in the show crypto command output.
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In PIX Version 6.3, the show snmp-server command displayed the running configuration. In PIX Security appliance Version 7.0, the show running-config snmp-server command displays the running configuration and the show snmp-server statistics command displays run-time information on SNMP.
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The show <cmd> command shows statistics/buffer/counters and others. All show commands adhere to the model shown in the following example:
Context-Sensitive Help Changes
Table 2 lists the context-sensitive Help changes in PIX Security appliance Version 7.0:
Command Syntax Checking
Table 3 lists changes that occur as a result of the upgrade to PIX Security appliance Version 7.0:
Mode Navigation and Terminology Changes
The PIX Security appliance Version 7.0 introduces minor changes in mode navigation and terminology so that its behavior is more similar to the Cisco IOS software CLI.
Table 4 describes the mode navigation changes between PIX Version 6.3 and PIX Security appliance Version 7.0.
Conduits and Outbounds
The PIX Security appliance Version 7.0 does not support the conduit and outbound commands; however it does support the widely used access list commands. The access list commands look more like Cisco IOS software commands, and completely replace the conduit and outbound commands; they introduce more functionality. If a PIX Version 6.3 system containing a configuration with conduit and/or outbound commands is upgraded to PIX Security appliance Version 7.0, it will output errors if you do not first migrate the conduit and outbound commands.
This section includes the following topics:
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Converting conduit Commands to access-list Commands
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Converting outbound Commands to access-list Commands
Affected Commands
The following commands are affected in the upgrade to PIX Security appliance Version 7.0:
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conduit
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outbound
Upgrade Requirements
The PIX Security appliance Version 7.0 requires that you convert the conduit and outbound commands in your configuration to access control list (access-list) commands before performing an upgrade to PIX Security appliance Version 7.0.
Change Impact
Your system will output errors if you do not first migrate the conduit and outbound commands before performing an upgrade to PIX Security appliance Version 7.0. Use the following resources to assist you in this process:
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The step-by-step instructions to convert the conduit commands to access-lists commands and the outbound commands to outgoing command configurations are described in the "Converting conduit Commands to access-list Commands" section and the "Converting outbound Commands to access-list Commands" section. For additional details, see the Cisco PIX Firewall Command Reference, Version 6.3.
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The PIX Outbound Conduit Converter is available to contracted users from the Cisco.com Software Center PIX directory at http://www.cisco.com/pcgi-bin/tablebuild.pl/pix.This is for registered customers only. To become a registered user, go to http://tools.cisco.com/RPF/register/register.do.
This tool facilitates the conversion of conduit and outbound commands to access control list configurations. However, due to the different nature of these access control methods, there may be some changes to the actual functionality and behavior, so this must be considered an aid and only a starting point. All configurations converted by the Outbound/Conduit Converter (OCC) tool must be verified and tested by the network security administrators familiar with the network in question and its security policies before being deployed.
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The OCC tool does not support alias and policy nat commands. The OCC tool does not convert configuration combinations of both an exposure of all addresses behind an internal (higher security) interface, and either a default route to the same interface or commands enabling RIP/OSPF.
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The Output Interpreter provides a web interface that takes your existing configuration as input and produces a modified configuration as its output. This tool is available at the following URL: https://www.cisco.com/cgi-bin/Support/OutputInterpreter/home.pl. This is for registered customers only. To become a registered user, go to http://tools.cisco.com/RPF/register/register.do. To use the Output Interpreter, ensure word wrapping is off in your terminal client and paste the complete captured output from the write terminal command or the show running-config command into the Output Interpreter. To use Output Interpreter, you must have JavaScript enabled. The same caveats regarding verification and testing previously discussed hold true for Output Interpreter configuration conversions.
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With PIX Version 6.3, only inside hosts with last octet addresses of 0 and 255 could initiate a connection to an outside interface. If a host connected to the outside interface tried to initiated a connection to an inside host with .0 or .255 in the last octet of their IP address, PIX Version 6.3 denied it.
With PIX Security appliance Version 7.0,connections from the outside hosts are not denied, if an access-list permits it.Converting conduit Commands to access-list Commands
To convert conduit command statements to access-list commands, perform the following steps:
Step 1
View the static command format. This command normally precedes both the conduit and access-list commands. The static command syntax is as follows.
static (high_interface,low_interface) global_ip local_ip netmask maskFor example:
static (inside,outside) 209.165.201.5 192.168.1.5 netmask 255.255.255.255This command maps the global IP address 209.165.201.5 on the outside interface to the web server 192.168.1.5 on the inside interface. The 255.255.255.255 is used for host addresses.
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View the conduit command format. The conduit command is similar to the access-list command in that it restricts access to the mapping provided by the static command. The conduit command syntax is as follows.
conduit action protocol global_ip global_mask global_operator global_port [global_port] foreign_ip foreign_mask foreign_operator foreign_port [foreign_port]For example:
conduit permit tcp host 209.165.201.5 eq www anyThis command permits TCP for the global IP address 209.165.201.5 that was specified in the static command statement and permits access over port 80 (www). The "any" option lets any host on the outside interface access the global IP address.
The static command identifies the interface that the conduit command restricts access to.
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Create the access-list command from the conduit command options. The acl_name in the access-list command is a name or number you create to associate access-list command statements with an access-group or crypto map command statement.
Normally the access-list command format is as follows:
access-list acl_name [deny | permit] protocol src_addr src_mask operator port dest_addr dest_mask operator portHowever, using the syntax from the conduit command in the access-list command, you can see how the foreign_ip in the conduit command is the same as the src_addr in the access-list command and how the global_ip option in the conduit command is the same as the dest_addr in the access-list command. The access-list command syntax overlaid with the conduit command options is as follows.
access-list acl_name action protocol foreign_ip foreign_mask foreign_operator foreign_port [foreign_port] global_ip global_mask global_operator global_port [global_port]For example:
access-list acl_out permit tcp any host 209.165.201.5 eq wwwThis command identifies the access-list command statement group with the "acl_out" identifier. You can use any name or number for your own identifier. (In this example the identifier, "act" is from ACL, which means access control list and "out" is an abbreviation for the outside interface.) It makes your configuration clearer if you use an identifier name that indicates the interface to which you are associating the access-list command statements. The example access-list command, like the conduit command, permits TCP connections from any system on the outside interface. The access-list command is associated with the outside interface with the access-group command.
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Create the access-group command using the acl_name from the access-list command and the low_interface option from the static command. The format for the access-group command is as follows.
access-group acl_name in interface low_interfaceFor example:
access-group acl_out in interface outsideThis command associates with the `acl_out' group of access-list command statements and states that the access-list command statement restricts access to the outside interface.
This completes the procedure for converting conduit commands to access-list commands.
Converting outbound Commands to access-list Commands
The outbound command creates a list of access control rules that let you specify the following:
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Whether inside users can create outbound connections
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Whether inside users can access specific outside servers
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What services inside users can use for outbound connections and for accessing outside servers
See the outbound list rules in the Cisco PIX Firewall Command Reference, Version 6.3.
Converting outbound Commands Applied to outgoing_src to access-list Commands
To convert outbound command statements to create an access list, perform the following steps:
Step 1
Review the access-list command format using the following existing PIX outbound configuration example:
outbound 1 deny 10.10.10.0 255.255.255.0 0outbound 1 permit 10.10.20.20 255.255.255.255 0outbound 1 except 192.168.10.1 255.255.255.255 0apply (inside) 1 outgoing_srcThe access-list command format (simplified version) is as follows:
access-list acl_name [deny | permit] protocol src_addr src_mask dest_addr dest_maskStep 2
Verify that the IP addresses listed in the outbound configuration when applied to the outgoing_src command corresponds to the source address (src_addr) of the access list. The destination address (dest_addr) is equal to `any'. The first two outbound configuration commands translate to the following:
access-list inside_acl permit ip host 10.10.20.20 anyaccess-list inside_acl deny ip 10.10.10.0 255.255.255.0 anyWhen there are exceptions in the configuration, they apply to the entire outbound configuration within that list. The IP address listed in the exception when applied to the outgoing_src, denotes the dest_addr of the access list. The third outbound configuration with except translates to the following:
access-list inside_acl deny ip host 10.10.20.20 host 192.168.10.1access-list inside_acl permit ip 10.10.10.0 255.255.255.0 host 192.168.10.1Step 3
Put the preceding access-list elements in the order that the outbound command statement is processed (see the outbound rules in the Cisco PIX Firewall Command Reference, Version 6.3). PIX first processes the exceptions, followed by the best match in outbound command statements. The access list should be applied in the following order:
access-list inside_acl permit ip 10.10.10.0 255.255.255.0 host 192.168.10.1access-list inside_acl deny ip 10.10.10.0 255.255.255.0 anyaccess-list inside_acl permit ip 10.10.10.0 255.255.255.0 host 192.168.10.1access-list inside_acl deny ip 10.10.10.0 255.255.255.0 anyStep 4
Add the following access-list element to preserve the default behavior of the PIX. Note that by default, PIX allows outbound traffic. When an access list is used to filter packets, traffic that does not match the access list is denied.
access-list inside_acl permit ip any anyStep 5
Add the following access-list command to reference the interface to which the outbound configuration is applied. Note that there should be a corresponding access-group to bind the access list to the interface.
access-group inside_acl in interface insideStep 6
Verify the following configuration translated from outbound commands applied to outgoing_src to access-list commands.
access-list inside_acl permit ip 10.10.10.0 255.255.255.0 host 192.168.10.1access-list inside_acl deny ip 10.10.10.0 255.255.255.0 anyaccess-list inside_acl permit ip 10.10.10.0 255.255.255.0 host 192.168.10.1access-list inside_acl deny ip 10.10.10.0 255.255.255.0 anyaccess-list inside_acl permit ip any anyaccess-group inside_acl in interface inside
Converting outbound Commands Applied to outgoing_dest to access-list Commands
To convert outbound command statements to create an access list, perform the following steps:
Step 1
Review the access list format using the following existing PIX outbound configuration example:
outbound 1 deny 192.168.10.0 255.255.255.0 0outbound 1 permit 192.168.20.20 255.255.255.255 0outbound 1 except 10.10.10.10 255.255.255.255 0apply (inside) 1 outgoing_destThe access-list command format (simplified version) is:
access-list acl_name [deny | permit] protocol src_addr src_mask dest_addr dest_maskStep 2
Verify that the IP addresses listed in the outbound configuration when applied to the outgoing_dest command corresponds to the destination address (dest_addr) of the access list. The source address (src_addr) is equal to `any'. The first two outbound configuration commands translate to the following:
access-list inside_acl permit ip any host 192.168.20.20access-list inside_acl deny ip any 192.168.10.0 255.255.255.0When there are exceptions in the configuration, (as in the third line in our example), they apply to the entire outbound configuration within that list. The IP address listed in the exception when applied to the outgoing_dest, denotes the src_addr of the access list. The third outbound configuration with exceptions translates to the following:
access-list inside_acl deny ip host 10.10.10.10 host 192.168.20.20access-list inside_acl permit ip host 10.10.10.10 192.168.10.0 255.255.255.0Step 3
Put the preceding access-list elements in the order that the outbound command statement is processed (see the outbound rules in the Cisco PIX Firewall Command Reference Guide, Version 6.3). PIX first processes the exceptions, followed by the best match in outbound command statements. The access list should be applied in the following order:
access-list inside_acl deny ip host 10.10.10.10 host 192.168.20.20access-list inside_acl permit ip any host 192.168.20.20access-list inside_acl permit ip host 10.10.10.10 192.168.10.0 255.255.255.0access-list inside_acl deny ip any 192.168.10.0 255.255.255.0Step 4
Add the following access-list element to preserve the default behavior of the PIX. Note that by default, PIX allows outbound traffic. When an access list is used to filter packets, traffic that does not match the access list is denied.
access-list inside_acl permit ip any anyStep 5
Add the following access-group command to reference the interface to which the outbound configuration is applied. Note that there should be a corresponding access-group to bind the access list to the interface.
access-group inside_acl in interface insideStep 6
Verify the following configuration translated from outbound commands applied to outgoing_src to access-list commands.
access-list inside_acl deny ip host 10.10.10.10 host 192.168.20.20access-list inside_acl permit ip any host 192.168.20.20access-list inside_acl permit ip host 10.10.10.10 192.168.10.0 255.255.255.0access-list inside_acl permit ip any host 192.168.20.20access-list inside_acl permit ip any anyaccess-group inside_acl in interface insideConverting outbound Commands Applied to both outgoing_src and outgoing_dest to access-list Commands
To convert outbound command statements to create an access list, perform the following steps:
Step 1
Review the access-list command format using the following existing PIX outbound configuration example:
outbound 1 deny 10.10.10.0 255.255.255.0 0outbound 1 permit 10.10.20.20 255.255.255.255 0apply (inside) 1 outgoing_srcoutbound 2 deny 192.168.10.0 255.255.255.0 0outbound 2 permit 192.168.20.20 255.255.255.255 0apply (inside) 2 outgoing_destThe access-list command format (simplified version) is:
access-list acl_name [deny | permit] protocol src_addr src_mask dest_addr dest_maskStep 2
Verify that the IP addresses listed in the outbound configuration when applied to the outgoing_src command corresponds to the source address (src_addr) of the access list. The destination address (dest_addr) is equal to `any'. The first two outbound configuration commands translate to the following:
access-list inside_acl permit ip host 10.10.20.20 anyaccess-list inside_acl deny ip 10.10.10.0 255.255.255.0 anyStep 3
Verify that the IP addresses listed in the outbound configuration when applied to the outgoing_dest command correspond to the destination address (dest_addr) of the access list. The source address (src_addr) is equal to `any'. The line fourth and fifth outbound configuration commands translate to the following:
access-list inside_acl permit ip any host 192.168.20.20access-list inside_acl deny ip any 192.168.10.0 255.255.255.0Step 4
When both outbound lists are applied to the same interface, the following rule applies: The outgoing_src option and outgoing_dest outbound lists are filtered independently. If any filter contains the deny option, the outbound packet is denied.The result is the following two access-list elements:
access-list inside_acl deny ip 10.10.10.0 255.255.255.0 host 192.168.20.20access-list inside_acl permit ip host 10.10.20.20 host 192.168.20.20Step 5
Add the following access-list element to preserve the default behavior of the PIX. Note that by default, PIX allows outbound traffic. When an access list is used to filter packets, traffic that does not match the access list is denied.
access-list inside_acl permit ip any anyAdd the following access-group command to reference the interface to which the outbound configuration is applied. Note that there should be a corresponding access-group to bind the access list to the interface.
access-group inside_acl in interface insideStep 6
Verify the following configuration translated from outbound commands applied to both outgoing_src and outgoing_dest to access-list commands are applied in the order it appears.
access-list inside_acl deny ip 10.10.10.0 255.255.255.0 host 192.168.20.20access-list inside_acl permit ip host 10.10.20.20 host 192.168.20.20access-list inside_acl permit ip any host 192.168.20.20access-list inside_acl deny ip any 192.168.10.0 255.255.255.0access-list inside_acl permit ip host 10.10.20.20 anyaccess-list inside_acl deny ip 10.10.10.0 255.255.255.0 anyaccess-list inside_acl permit ip any anyaccess-group inside_acl in interface inside
Fixups/Inspect
PIX uses stateful application inspection, known as fixups, to ensure secure use of applications and services. In PIX Security appliance Version 7.0, the fixup command has been deprecated and replaced with the inspect command under the Modular Policy Framework (MPF) infrastructure.
MPF is a CLI framework that lets you define traffic classes and apply feature-specific actions (policies) on them, providing greater granularity and flexibility in configuring network policies. For more information about MPF, see the Cisco Security Appliance Command Line Configuration Guide and the Cisco Security Appliance Command Reference.
This section includes the following topics:
Affected Commands
The following command is affected in the upgrade to PIX Security appliance Version 7.0:
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fixup
Upgrade Requirements
The fixup commands migrate automatically to MPF inspect commands when you upgrade to PIX Security appliance Version 7.0. No manual intervention is required.
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All existing fixup commands in the configuration will automatically convert to MPF commands.
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All fixups that are currently non-configurable (such as NetBIOS) are also made configurable and converted to MPF commands.
Command Change Description
Table 5 lists changes in the fixup command, and Table 6 lists the default portals for the commands in Table 5.
fixup
Note
In the PIX Security appliance Version 7.0 column of Table 5, note that the inspect commands do not have port numbers, unlike the corresponding fixup commands in PIX Version 6.3. The port numbers in this example are included in the `class inspection-default' implicitly. When an inspect is configured for a protocol on `class inspection-default', the protocol is automatically inspected on its default port, because this class matches the `default-inspection-traffic' for each protocol. Table 6 lists the default ports for each inspect shown in Table 5.
Note
The fixup protocol esp-ike command is not supported in PIX Security appliance Version 7.0. This feature is suited for the PIX 501 and 506/506E platforms, which PIX Security appliance Version 7.0 does not currently support. The workaround requires that the client and head-end be NAT-T capable.
The inspect command introduced in PIX Security appliance Version 7.0 is not the same as the Cisco IOS command ip inspect.
Table 6 Default Ports for Table 5 Commands
Inspected Protocol Name Protocol Source Port Destination Portctiqbe
dns
ftp
gtp
h323 h225
h323 ras
http
icmp
ils
mgcp
netbios
rpc
rsh
rtsp
sip
skinny
smtp
sqlnet
tftp
xdmcp
tcp
udp
tcp
udp
tcp
udp
tcp
icmp
tcp
udp
udp
udp
tcp
tcp
tcp, udp
tcp
tcp
tcp
udp
udp
N/A
53
N/A
2123,3386
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
2427,2727
137-138
111
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
177
2748
53
21
2123,3386
1720
1718-1719
80
N/A
389
2427,2727
N/A
111
514
554
5060
2000
25
1521
69
177
Change Impact
This section describes the impact that the changes will have on the CLI commands in PIX Security appliance Version 7.0.
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In PIX Security appliance Version 7.0, the fixup commands are still accepted at the CLI, however, they are converted to their MPF equivalents in the configuration. In other words, you can enter fixup commands at the CLI, but the configuration only shows the converted MPF style commands. Additionally, when a fixup command is entered at the CLI, an informational message similar to the following will appear:
pix1(config)# fixup protocol http 8080INFO: converting 'fixup protocol http 8080' to MPF commands•
In the next release, the fixup command will be deprecated and only MPF commands will be accepted for all inspection engines.
Table 7 describes the changes in fixup command behavior in PIX Security appliance Version 7.0:
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New fixups introduced in PIX Security appliance Version 7.0 will only support MPF style CLI commands.
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When a fixup command is converted to a MPF inspect command, the inspect command is created in the enabled global policy. If no global policy is enabled, one is created.
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To disable an inspection, remove the inspect command from the policy-map or issue the corresponding fixup command with the default port value.
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To add an inspection that is not enabled by default such as MGCP, simply add the inspect command to the policy-map or issue the corresponding fixup command (if one is supported before PIX Security appliance Version 7.0) with the default port value.
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If an additional, non-default port is needed for an inspection:
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use a separate class-map to include the new port and then add the new class and inspect command to the policy-map,
or
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issue the corresponding fixup command.
For example, if port 8080 is to be added for HTTP inspection, enter the following fixup command:
fixup protocol http 8080or, enter the following MPF commands:
class-map non_default_http_inspection <==== define a new class-mapmatch port tcp eq 8080 <==== match tcp port 8080 trafficpolicy-map global_policy <==== select the policy-mapclass non_default_http_inspection <==== add the new classinspect http <==== add the action to the new classIf the configuration before entering the MPF commands is:
class-map inspection_defaultmatch default-inspection-trafficpolicy-map global_policyclass inspection_defaultinspect ftpinspect httpThe resulting configuration after entering the MPF commands will be:
class-map inspection_defaultmatch default-inspection-trafficclass-map non_default_http_inspectionmatch port tcp 8080policy-map global_policyclass inspection_defaultinspect ftpinspect httpclass non_default_http_inspectioninspect http•
If the default port is to be replaced by a new port for an inspection:
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the corresponding inspect command must be removed from the policy-map and then follow the previous example to add the new port for inspection,
or
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issue a no fixup command with the default port then issue a fixup command with the new port.
For example, if port 8080 is to replace port 80 for HTTP inspection, then enter the following fixup commands:
no fixup protocol http 80fixup protocol http 8080or, enter the following MPF commands:
policy-map global_policy <==== select the policy-mapclass inspection_default <==== select the classno inspect http <==== remove http from the classclass-map non_default_http_inspection <==== define a new class-mapmatch port tcp 8080 <==== match tcp port 8080 trafficpolicy-map global_policy <==== select the policy-mapclass non_default_http_inspection <==== add the new classinspect http <==== add the action to the new class•
If the configuration before entering the MPF commands is:
class-map inspection_defaultmatch default-inspection-trafficpolicy-map global_policyclass inspection_defaultinspect ftpinspect httpThe resulting configuration after entering the MPF commands will be:
ss-map inspection_defaultmatch default-inspection-trafficclass-map non_default_http_inspectionmatch port tcp 8080policy-map global_policyclass inspection_defaultinspect ftpclass non_default_http_inspectioninspect httpInterfaces
In PIX Security appliance Version 7.0, the interface CLI and related commands are enhanced to be hierarchical. The concepts of `main interface,' such as Ethernet0, and `subinterface,' such as Ethernet0.10, are introduced. An interface configuration mode command is created with several commands migrated or added to the configuration mode command. The benefits of the change are:
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The main/subinterface notation provides an easy and consistent way to represent multiple physical interfaces and VLAN logical interfaces on the security appliances.
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On platforms supporting security contexts, a PIX Security appliance Version 7.0 feature, it is easier to define and allocate interfaces to contexts with the new interface structure.
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The interface configuration mode command facilitates other feature enhancements such as support for IPv6.
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The hierarchical output improves the readability of a configuration file compared with the flat structure.
This section includes the following topics:
Affected Commands
The following commands are affected in the upgrade to PIX Security appliance Version 7.0:
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interface
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nameif
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ip address
Command Change Description
The auto keyword in PIX Version 6.3 is converted to two configuration lines in PIX Security appliance Version 7.0: speed auto and duplex auto. Both lines are default configuration, and will not be displayed.
Table 8 provides a configuration upgrade example, Table 9 lists changes in the interface command, and Table 10 lists interface configuration mode changes.
Upgrade Requirements
The interface, nameif, and ip address commands from the PIX Version 6.3 configuration file are automatically converted when upgrading to PIX Security appliance Version 7.0. No manual intervention is required.
Both the sysopt connection permit-pptp and the sysopt connection permit-l2tp commands are no longer supported in PIX Security appliance Version 7.0.
Change Impact
After booting the system with the PIX Security appliance Version 7.0 image, the software only accepts the new interface CLIs. A syntax error results when you attempt to use the old CLI format.
Access Control Lists (ACLs)
In PIX Security appliance Version 7.0, there is no longer a need to compile access lists. The system now automatically optimizes access list processing.
This section includes the following topics:
Affected Commands
The following commands are affected in the upgrade to PIX Security appliance Version 7.0:
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access-list <id> compiled
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access-list compiled
Upgrade Requirements
Access control list (ACL) commands convert automatically when upgrading to PIX Security appliance Version 7.0. No manual intervention is required, and no functionality is affected.
Command Change Description
Table 11 lists changes in the access-list command.
access-list
Change Impact
This section describes the impact that the changes will have on the ACLs in PIX Security appliance Version 7.0.
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Any access list configuration statements with the compiled option are ignored by the parser which has no effect because access lists are always maintained in a state where lookups are very efficient. All other statements in the access list configuration will be accepted and behave as they did in PIX Version 6.3.
The configuration lines in PIX Version 6.3 with the compiled keyword are no longer accepted by the new parser. An error message is printed and the statement is not stored in the running configuration, as shown in the following example:
pix(config)# access-list compiledERROR:% Incomplete commandThe preceding error statement occurs because compiled is no longer a keyword and is treated as a name of an access list.
pix(config)# access-list 888 compiledWARNING:% This command has been DEPRECATED. The access-lists are always maintained in optimized formAs the compiled keyword has been removed, the configuration line is not valid and is not accepted by the parser.
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All the other access list configurations will update seamlessly.
VPN
VPN commands, such as username, group-policy, and tunnel-group commands, have been added to support a user/group hierarchy that gives you flexibility to define security policy information per groups of users with the ability to override group policies with user-specific policies. Tunnel group and group policy distinctions also make it possible to offload much of the policy information to an external server as opposed to configuring it entirely on the security appliance.
In addition, the ca and vpdn commands were changed, as follows (see the "Command Change Description" section):
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ca command—The certification authority (ca) commands were modified to incorporate more PKI features and to make them look more like Cisco IOS software commands. See the "Public Key Infrastructure (PKI)" section for more information on the changes to the ca command.
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vpdn command—The vpdn command was removed because support for L2TP/PPTP/PPPoE was removed in PIX Security appliance Version 7.0. The configuration of old VPDN objects at the group level is accomplished via the tunnel-group and group-policy commands.
This section includes the following topics:
Affected Commands
The following commands are affected in the upgrade to PIX Security appliance Version 7.0:
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ca (see the "Public Key Infrastructure (PKI)" section)
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crypto dynamic-map
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crypto ipsec
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crypto-map
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isakmp
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url-server
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vpdn
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vpngroup
Upgrade Requirements
Most VPN commands convert automatically when upgrading to PIX Security appliance Version 7.0, without manual intervention.
Command Change Description
Table 12 lists changes in the ca command, Table 13 lists changes in the crypto ipsec command, Table 14 lists changes in the crypto map command, Table 15 lists changes to the isakmp command, Table 16 lists changes in vpdn command, and Table 17 lists changes in the vpngroup command.
crypto ipsec
crypto map
isakmp
Note that in PIX Security appliance Version 7.0, the ISAKMP default policy is no longer hidden. The ISAKMP default policy is now visible in the running-configuration, and you can retain, modify, or remove it.
PIX Version 6.3 syntax:
Default protection suiteencryption algorithm: DES - Data Encryption Standard (56 bit keys).hash algorithm: Secure Hash Standardauthentication method: Rivest-Shamir-Adleman SignatureDiffie-Hellman group: #1 (768 bit)lifetime: 86400 seconds, no volume limitThe PIX Security appliance Version 7.0 syntax:
isakmp policy 65535 authentication rsa-sigisakmp policy 65535 encryption desisakmp policy 65535 hash shaisakmp policy 65535 group 1isakmp policy 65535 lifetime 86400vpdn
vpngroup
Change Impact
This section describes the impact that the changes will have on the CLI commands in PIX Security appliance Version 7.0.
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Trustpoints—The concept and syntax of a trustpoint are new for PIX Security appliance Version 7.0. A trustpoint consists of a CA certificate/identity certificate pair and allows the configuration and use of multiple CA certificates and therefore multiple identity certificates on PIX Security appliance Version 7.0. PIX Version 6.3 only supported the configuration and use of a single identity certificate. The following is an example of how the CLI has changed:
PIX Version 6.3 syntax:
ca identity myca 10.10.10.100 10.10.10.110ca configure myca ca 3 3The PIX Security appliance Version 7.0 syntax:
crypto ca trustpoint mycaenroll url 10.10.10.100enrollment mode caenrollment retry period 3enrollment retry count 3crl requiredcrlldap_defaults 10.10.10.110exitexit•
Group Management—The vpngroup command is being replaced by the tunnel-group and group-policy commands. The split of configuration data between the tunnel-group and group-policy is intended to facilitate the sharing of group policies. The tunnel group is generally tied to a VPN peer or group of peers. The group policy is then applied to either a single tunnel group or several tunnel groups. An additional benefit is that the group policy can be stored or maintained on an external policy server. All uses of the vpngroup command automatically convert to tunnel-group and group-policy commands. Here is an example of some vpngroup commands converted to the new syntax:
PIX Version 6.3 syntax:
vpngroup group1 address-pool pool1vpngroup group1 password mypasswordThe PIX Security appliance Version 7.0 syntax:
tunnel-group group1 type ipsec-ratunnel-group group1 general-attributesaddress-pool pool1tunnel-group group1 ipsec-attributespre-shared-key mypasswordPIX Version 6.3 syntax:
crypto map map_name client authenticate aaa_server_group_nameThe PIX Security appliance Version 7.0 syntax:
tunnel-group group1 type ipsec-ratunnel-group group1 general-attributesauthentication-server-group myservergroup•
PPP User Configuration—The configuration of PPP users through the vpdn command is no longer supported, and the command is not supported in PIX Security appliance Version 7.0.
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Remote Peers— After upgrading from PIX Version 6.3 to PIX Security appliance Version 7.0, connections fail on the PIX terminating the remote connections from the IOS peers on the dynamic crypto map with certificates. The solution is to change the configuration to force the connecting IOS peers into the ipsec-l2l group.
The following example shows the output when you enter the debug crypto isakmp 50 command, after you perform an upgrade to PIX Security appliance Version 7.0:
...[IKEv1], IP = x.x.x.x , Connection landed on tunnel_group DefaultRAGroup[IKEv1], Group = DefaultRAGroup, IP = x.x.x.x Xauthrequired but selected Proposal does not support xauth, Checkpriorities of ike xauth proposals in ike proposal list,...•
Xauth Disabled/Enabled—In PIX Version 6.3, Xauth was disabled by default for dynamic or remote access (client) tunnels, so unless you were using Xauth, there would be no indication of it in your configuration. When you upgrade to PIX Security appliance Version 7.0, the default remote access tunnel-group has Xauth enabled by default, and attempts to authenticate tunnels to the local database. PIX Version 6.3 if you terminate dynamic VPN tunnels without Xauth, you must add the following information to your configuration after upgrading to stop Xauth:
For the default group:
tunnel-group DefaultRAGroup general-attributesauthentication-server-group noneIf any additional tunnel-groups were converted, you should add the following command to each tunnel-group:
tunnel-group <group_name> general-attributesauthentication-server-group noneFailover
A number of changes have been introduced in the commands used to manage high availability on your security appliance. The primary reason for changes to the failover commands in PIX Security appliance Version 7.0 is to unify the command interface of the Cisco Service Module and the security appliance.
CautionIf you share the Stateful Failover update link with a link for regular traffic such as your inside interface, you must change your configuration before upgrading, as PIX Security appliance Version 7.0 does not support this configuration. The PIX Security appliance Version 7.0 treats the LAN failover and Stateful Failover update interfaces as special interfaces. In PIX Version 6.3 when an interface shares both regular traffic and Stateful Failover updates, the configuration related to the regular traffic interface will be lost after the upgrade if you do not change your configuration. The lost configuration may prevent you from connecting to the security appliance over the network.
This section includes the following topics:
Important Notes
Sharing a Stateful Failover failover interface with a regular firewall interface is not a supported configuration in PIX Security appliance Version 7.0. This restriction was not enforced in PIX Version 6.3 and earlier versions. If you have configured your PIX for shared use, the configuration related to the firewall interface will be lost after upgrade to PIX Security appliance Version 7.0.
For example, if you upgrade the PIX with a configuration file containing the following lines:
nameif ethernet1 inside security100failover link insidestatic (inside,outside) 172.33.12.10 192.168.10.1 netmask 255.255.255.255 0 0interface `inside' is used for both Stateful Failover and regular traffic. The line with the static command or any other commands which use interface `inside' will be lost after an upgrade.
To avoid configuration loss, before upgrading to PIX Security appliance Version 7.0, move the Stateful Failover to a separate physical interface, or disable Stateful Failover by issuing the no failover link <interface> command and save the configuration to Flash memory using the write memory command.
Affected Commands
The following command is affected in the upgrade to PIX Security appliance Version 7.0:
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failover
Upgrade Requirements
All failover commands convert automatically when upgrading to PIX Security appliance Version 7.0. No manual intervention is required.
Note
In PIX Security appliance Version 7.0, both the crossover cable and serial failover cable are supported in Active/Active failover configurations.
Command Change Description
Table 18 lists the changes in the failover command.
failover
Change Impact
This section describes the effect that the failover changes will have on the CLI commands in PIX Security appliance Version 7.0.
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The failover ip address command has been replaced with the standby option of the ip address configuration mode command under the interface command. For example:
PIX Version 6.3 syntax:
interface ethernet0 100fullnameif ethernet0 outside security0ip address outside 10.0.1.1 255.255.0.0failover ip address outside 10.0.1.11The PIX Security appliance Version 7.0 syntax:
interface e0nameif outsideip address 10.0.1.1 255.255.255.0 standby 10.0.1.11exit!•
The failover lan interface and failover link command also have similar changes.
PIX Version 6.3 syntax:
interface ethernet3 autonameif ethernet3 stlink security0ip address stlink 10.0.4.1 255.255.0.0failover ip address stlink 10.0.4.11failover link stlinkinterface ethernet4 autonameif ethernet4 folink security0ip address folink 10.0.5.1 255.255.0.0failover ip address outside 10.0.5.11failover lan int folinkThe PIX Security appliance Version 7.0 syntax:
failover lan interface folink e4failover link stlink e3failover interface ip folink 10.0.5.1 255.255.255.0 standby 10.0.5.11failover interface ip stlink 10.0.4.1 255.255.255.0 standby 10.0.4.11•
In PIX Security appliance Version 7.0, the failover lan key <key> command changed to the failover key <key> command. In PIX Version 6.3, the failover encryption message was applicable only to LAN failover. In PIX Security appliance Version 7.0, the failover encryption message is also applicable to a serial cable failover. The lan keyword has been removed, since the failover key <key> command now supports both LAN and serial encryption failover.
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In PIX Version 6.3, the failover poll command specified only the unit setting; the unit keyword was omitted because it was implied. In PIX Security appliance Version 7.0, support for holdtime has been added, so unit and the holdtime keywords have been added. PIX Version 6.3 syntax (failover poll 3, for example) is still accepted, and will be automatically converted (failover polltime unit 3 holdtime 9, for example) in PIX Security appliance Version 7.0.
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In PIX Security appliance Version 7.0, the failover key must be configured for VPN Failover to be enabled. If the key is not configured, VPN Failover is automatically disabled. Once the key is configured, VPN Failover is functional again. This change was implemented for security reasons.
AAA
The AAA CLI includes configuration of parameters for the following functions, although not all functions are directly affected by the changes:
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VPN Remote Access users (IPSec, L2TP over IPSec)
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Cut-through authentication proxies for FTP, Telnet, HTTP, and HTTPS
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Device management
There are a number of changes to the AAA commands as well as a paradigm shift that will impact how you configure AAA in PIX Security appliance Version 7.0. The paradigm shift is a change in how server specific parameters are set. In PIX Version 6.3, server parameters were configured per server group. In PIX Security appliance Version 7.0, server parameters can be configured per AAA host with some parameters being configurable only for the entire AAA server group.
There is also a paradigm shift in the way that AAA server groups are mapped to VPN tunnels. (See the "VPN" section for information on these changes).
This section breaks down the AAA migration, and includes the following topics:
Affected Commands
The following commands are affected in the upgrade to PIX Security appliance Version 7.0:
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aaa-server
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aaa-server radius-acctport
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aaa-server radius-authport
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auth-prompt
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floodguard
Upgrade Requirements
The aaa commands convert automatically when upgrading to PIX Security appliance Version 7.0. No manual intervention is required.
Note
In PIX Security appliance Version 7.0, the FTP connection is reset immediately when authorization deny is configured. In PIX Version 6.3, PIX provided an FTP login before denying authorization.
Command Change Description
Table 19 lists changes in the aaa-server command, Table 20 lists changes in the auth-prompt command, and Table 21 lists changes in the floodguard command.
aaa-server
auth-prompt
floodguard
Change Impact
This section describes the impact that the changes will have on the CLI commands in PIX Security appliance Version 7.0.
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The PIX Security appliance Version 7.0 allows most AAA server configuration parameters to be configured per host. This has resulted in the aaa server command having two configuration modes, a host configuration mode for configuring AAA host specific parameters and a group configuration mode for configuring parameters that can only be applied to the entire AAA server group.
Here is an example:
aaa-server svrgrp1 protocol radiusaaa-server svrgrp1 host 10.10.10.1timeout 30retry 3exitaaa-server svrgrp1 host 10.10.10.2timeout 60retry 3exit•
In PIX Security appliance Version 7.0, the following command forms have been deprecated:
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[no] aaa-server radius-authport [auth_port]
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[no] aaa-server radius-acctport [acct_port]
These commands, which only apply to server groups that contain RADIUS servers, have changed semantically. Because they are being deprecated, they will not be written to the configuration file. These commands can be used to override the default RADIUS authentication and accounting ports for all servers (the implicit defaults are port 1645 and 1646 respectively). This global port setting can then be overridden by the host-specific configuration mode command.
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In PIX Version 6.3, cut-through proxies intercepted traffic going to ports 80 or 8080. With PIX Security appliance Version 7.0, cut-through proxies check local ports in static mode, then intercept and launch web authentication for traffic destined to any global port, only if the local port is port 80.
Examples:
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Case 1:
If the outside PAT port is set up as 666 (and ACLs are set up accordingly)
static (inside, outside) tcp tcp 10.48.66.155
666 192.168.123.10 www.netmask 255.255.255.255
When a client web browser attempts to access 10.48.66.155 on port 666, the authentication prompt appears.
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Case 2:
If the local port is different than port 80, instead of an authentication prompt, the following standard error message appears: 'must be authenticated before using that service'
static (inside,outside) tcp 10.48.66.155 666 192.168.123.10 111 netmask 255.255.255.255
Management
A number of changes have been introduced in the commands used to manage your PIX system, along with the introduction of a new Flash filesystem. For more information on the new Flash filesystem and its commands and features, go to the Cisco PIX Security Appliance Command Reference, Version 7.0 guide and the Cisco Security Appliance CLI Configuration Guide, Version 7.0.
This section includes the following topics:
Affected Commands
The following commands are affected in the upgrade to PIX Security appliance Version 7.0:
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clear flashfs
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copy capture
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crashinfo
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dhcpd auto_config
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pager
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pdm location
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pdm group
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pdm logging
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show flashfs
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ssh
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telnet
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tftp-server
Upgrade Requirements
The management commands convert automatically when upgrading to PIX Security appliance Version 7.0. No manual intervention is required.
Command Change Description
Table 22 lists changes in the copy command, Table 23 lists changes in the dhcp command, Table 24 lists changes in the pager command, Table 25 lists changes in the ssh command, Table 26 lists changes in the telnet command, and Table 27 lists changes in the tftp-server command.
copy
Note
The copy command in PIX Version 6.3 has been extended to the new Flash filesystem, and has been implemented using the new parser. The syntax has changed for the copy options in PIX Security appliance Version 7.0. The copy options were at the end of the copy command in PIX Version 6.3.
dhcpd
pager
ssh
telnet
In PIX Security appliance Version 7.0, the no telnet timeout [<num>] command sets the telnet timeout back to the default, which is 5. The clear conf telnet command also returns the telnet timeout back to the default.
In PIX Security appliance Version 7.0, the output for the help telnet and telnet timeout ? commands has been augmented to include the default value.
Example of output for the telnet timeout ? command:
sw1-535(config)# telnet timeout 1sw1-535(config)# telnet 0 0 insidesw1-535(config)# sho run telnettelnet 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 insidetelnet timeout 1sw1-535(config)# no telnet timeoutsw1-535(config)# sho run telnettelnet 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 insidetelnet timeout 5sw1-535(config)# telnet timeout 1sw1-535(config)# sho run telnettelnet 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 insidetelnet timeout 1sw1-535(config)# clear conf telnetsw1-535(config)# sho run telnettelnet timeout 5sw1-535(config)#tftp-server
Change Impact
This section details the changes in Flash filesystem commands and caveats.
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For all of the commands, if a full path is not provided, then the path is assumed to be relative to the current working directory.
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The /noconfirm option suppresses the confirmation prompts for filesystem commands.
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Filesystem commands are replicated to the standby unit in PIX Security appliance Version 7.0.These are rename, mkdir, rmdir, delete, copy running-config startup- config commands.
Following are salient features of implementation in PIX Security appliance Version 7.0:
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Both the write memory and the copy running start commands are replicated.
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Replication is disabled for the write memory command as the copy command is in turn replicated.
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No configuration sync occurs between the active and standby devices when a filesystem command fails on the standby device. A configuration sync would not help because the filesystem commands are not part of the configuration. When a filesystem command fails on the standby device, an informational message is displayed, noting that the filesystem may be out of sync.
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The format command is not replicated.
Note
For compatibility with PIX, [flash:image] matches the first local file, configured using the boot system command, and [flash:pdm] matches the file configured using pdm image command.
OSPF
With the introduction of interface configuration mode in PIX Security appliance Version 7.0, interface specific OSPF parameters are now configured in the interface configuration mode.
This section includes the following topics:
Affected Commands
The following commands are affected in the upgrade to PIX Security appliance Version 7.0:
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ospf configuration mode commands under the routing interface command
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set ip next-hop
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set metric-type
Upgrade Requirements
The ospf configuration mode commands under the routing interface command convert automatically when upgrading to PIX Security appliance Version 7.0. No manual intervention is necessary.
Command Change Description
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The set ip next-hop command was used only for policy routing and has been removed because the PIX Security appliance Version 7.0 does not support policy routing.
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The set metric-type command is used to set the metric type for OSPF route redistribution in PIX Security appliance Version 7.0, as follows:
Pix(config-route-map)# set metric-type {type-1 | type-2}Example:
hostname(config)# route-map 1-to-2 permithostname(config-route-map)# match metric 1hostname(config-route-map)# set metric 5hostname(config-route-map)# set metric-type type-1•
The following example illustrates the difference in syntax for the ospf configuration mode commands:
PIX Version 6.3
routing interface outsideospf ...The PIX Security appliance Version 7.0
interface ethernet0ospf ...
Note
Note the difference in interface names; PIX Version 6.3 specifies the interface name as provided by the nameif command, while PIX Security appliance Version 7.0 uses physical interface names.
Change Impact
The ospf configuration mode commands under the routing interface command are converted automatically to the interface configuration mode when upgrading to PIX Security appliance Version 7.0. The set ip next-hop and set metric-type commands are automatically dropped.
Media Gateway Control Protocol (MGCP)
With the introduction of Modular Policy Framework (MPF), all fixup commands including fixup mgcp have been converted to inspect commands under MPF (see the "Fixups/Inspect" section). Also, the existing Media Gateway Control Protocol (MGCP) commands have been moved under the mgcp-map command to fit into the MPF framework.
This section includes the following topics:
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Configuring class-map, mgcp-map and policy-map for MGCP
Affected Commands
The following command is affected in the upgrade to PIX Security appliance Version 7.0:
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mgcp
Upgrade Requirements
The existing mgcp commands have been deprecated, and the commands under mgcp-map in the MPF framework are replacing them. In PIX Security appliance Version 7.0, the mgcp commands convert automatically. No manual intervention is required.
The mgcp-map command (shown in the following example) is optional and needs to be configured only if call-agents/gateways/command-queue are specified.
mgcp-map mgcp-policy (Optional)
[no] call-agent <ip-address> <group-id>[no] gateway <ip-address> <group-id>command-queue <limit>
The mgcp-policy configured as shown in the preceding table is then included in the inspect mgcp command:
inspect mgcp mgcp-policy
See the following procedure for a complete configuration steps.
Configuring class-map, mgcp-map and policy-map for MGCP
To configure class-map, mgcp-map and policy-map for MGCP, perform the following steps:
Step 1
Define a traffic class to match all traffic on port 2427:
class-map f1_mgcp_classmatch port 2427or,
create an ACL to classify all MGCP traffic. MGCP traffic uses ports 2427 and 2727:
access-list f1_mgcp_class permit udp any any eq 2427access-list f1_mgcp_class permit udp any eq 2427 anyclass-map f1_mgcp_classmatch access-list f1_mgcp_classaccess-list f1_mgcp_class1 permit udp any any eq 2727access-list f1_mgcp_class1 permit udp any eq 2727 anyclass-map f1_mgcp_class1match access-list f1_mgcp_class1The following mgcp-map command is the new CLI for the existing mgcp commands:
mgcp-map mgcp-policy (optional)call-agent <ip-address> <group-id>gateway <ip-address> <group-id>command-queue <limit>Step 2
Configure the policy-map on the traffic class to perform an MGCP inspection.
policy-map inspection_policyclass f1_mgcp_classinspect mgcp mgcp-policyStep 3
Activate the policy by applying it globally.
service-policy inspection-policy globalThe existing show command for mgcp will be carried over to PIX Security appliance Version 7.0.
show mgcp {commands|sessions} [detail]The same output should also be shown in the show service-policy inspect mgcp command.
Multicast
To accommodate PIM Sparse Mode (PIM-SM) in PIX Security appliance Version 7.0 and to align the PIX and Cisco IOS software multicast implementations, a few changes have been made to the CLI multicast commands.
This section includes the following topics:
Background
PIX Version 6.2 introduced Stub Multicast Routing (SMR) with native multicast support including IGMP, static multicast routes, driver enhancements, a multicast forwarding information base (MFIB), and a multicast-forwarding engine (MFWD) to make forwarding and policy decisions. This allowed directly connected receivers to dynamically join multicast groups and receive data by forwarding host reports to an upstream router running a multicast routing protocol like PIM. The upstream router would notify the multicast traffic sources of the receivers interest in receiving data. The host reports were added directly to the MFIB to set up delivery. Static mroutes were provided to facilitate sourcing of multicast data. These mechanisms presented some scaling challenges for sites which did not have directly connected receivers. In addition, directly-connected multicast traffic sources required NAT and the operation of dense mode protocols.
Affected Commands
The following commands are affected when you upgrade to PIX Security appliance Version 7.0:
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mroute
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multicast interface
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igmp max-groups
Upgrade Requirements
You should review your multicast configuration and leverage PIM-SM, now that PIX supports PIM-SM. If you had deployed PIX Version 6.2 or PIX Version 6.3 and were providing a firewall for directly-connected multicast traffic sources, you should migrate to a PIM-SM configuration.
Command Change Description
Table 28 lists the changes to the mroute command, Table 29 lists changes in the igmp max-groups command, and Table 30 lists changes to the multicast command.
mroute
igmp max-groups
multicast
Change Impact
The changes to the mroute, igmp max-groups, and multicast commands bring them inline with the Cisco IOS software CLI.
mroute
When upgrading from PIX Version 6.3, the mroute command is converted automatically to the new format. You can leverage the extended mroute syntax that supports multicast sources directly connected to the PIX, and change the syntax to leverage PIM-SM to avoid dense mode flooding and related scalability issues. See the PIM-SM section in the Cisco Security Appliance Command Line Configuration Guide for further information.
When removing the <dst> <dmask> option, all multicast groups sourced from the <src> IP address are converted automatically to the new format.
The following configurations are converted automatically to the new format, however, the behavior may differ slightly from the original intent.
mroute 1.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 inside 224.1.1.0 255.255.255.0 outside mroute 1.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 inside 224.2.2.0 255.255.255.0 dmzAssuming IGMP forwarding had not been configured, the converted configuration will be as follows:
mroute 1.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 dmzThe dense mode option is only relevant when using PIX Security appliance Version 7.0 Stub Multicast Routing (SMR). The dense keyword is accepted for all mroute commands, but is only effective when SMR is enabled.
If you enable PIM-SM, the output interface on the mroute command is ignored from a functional standpoint.
igmp max-groups
When upgrading from PIX Version 6.3, the igmp max-groups command is converted automatically to the new igmp limit command. The default limit has changes from 2000 to 500. If the configuration limit has not been specified, the default is 500. If the configuration specifies a limit, it carries forward seamlessly.
multicast
The multicast command and its related multicast configuration mode commands are converted automatically to interface configuration mode.
For example, if a PIX 515E device running a PIX Version 6.3 configuration includes the following multicast configuration snippet:
. multicast interface outside multicast interface insideigmp forward interface outside. . .then, the configuration is converted to the following upon upgrade to PIX Security appliance Version 7.0:
multicast-routinginterface Ethernet0nameif outsidesecurity-level 0ip address 192.168.3.1 255.255.255.0!interface Ethernet1nameif insidesecurity-level 100ip address 192.168.1.1 255.255.255.0igmp forward interface outside!The preceding assumes that you have ethernet0 as your outside interface and ethernet1 as your inside interface with the example security levels and IP addresses. The conversion result may differ slightly depending on the specific interface, security level and IP addresses of the affected interfaces.
NAT
In PIX Version 6.3, you must configure NAT on the inside hosts, when hosts on a higher security interface (inside) communicate with hosts on a lower security interface (outside). In PIX Security appliance Version 7.0, this NAT control can be disabled; you can still configure NAT, but NAT is not required for communication. For example, if you disable NAT control, you do not need to configure a static NAT statement for outside hosts to connect to an inside host.
This section includes the following topics:
Affected Commands
The nat-control command introduced in PIX Security appliance Version 7.0 automatically incorporates PIX Version 6.3 NAT control functionality into PIX Security appliance Version 7.0. To disable NAT control, enter the no nat-control command.
Upgrade Requirements
When you upgrade to PIX Security appliance Version 7.0, the new nat-control command is automatically incorporated into the configuration. No manual intervention is required.
Command Change Description
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In PIX Security appliance Version 7.0, a new command, nat-control, has been introduced to maintain PIX Version 6.3 NAT functionality.
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In PIX Security appliance Version 7.0, the tcp_max_conns and udp_max_conns arguments to the nat and static commands are applied to the last configuration entity that includes a local_host in the scope of its real_ip range. Since the static statements follow the nat statements; if there is an overlap in the real_ip ranges of the nat and static statements, the static limits take precedence because they are listed after the nat statements in the configuration.
For example, if you have the following configuration in the PIX Security appliance Version 7.0:
nat (inside) 1 10.10.12.0 255.255.255.0 50 10static (inside,dmz) 10.0.0.0 10.0.0.0 netmask 255.0.0.0The tcp_max_conns, udp_max_conns, and emb_limit variables will be applied according to the static statement (unlimited) because the static section follows the nat section in the configuration.
For PIX Version 6.3 and earlier, the max_conns and emb_limit variables (there was no udp_max_conns before PIX Security appliance Version 7.0) were applied to a local-host depending upon which xlate was created for a local host. So in PIX Version 6.3, if you have the following configuration:
global (outside) 1 interfacenat (inside) 1 10.10.12.0 255.255.255.0 50 10static (inside,dmz) 10.0.0.0 10.0.0.0 netmask 255.0.0.0In the above example, assume that the local_host addressed at 10.10.12.99 does not have an xlate created yet. If that host initiates a connection to the outside first, that local_host will have the 50 and 10 max_conns and emb_limit limits applied. If that host initiates a connection to the dmz first, it will have the unlimited max_conns and emb_limit limits applied.
Change Impact
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By default, PIX Version 6.3 NAT control functionality is maintained in PIX Security appliance Version 7.0 with the introduction of the nat-control command. However, when you enter the no nat-control command, you disable NAT control; NAT is no longer required when inside hosts communicate with outside hosts.
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When upgrading from PIX Version 6.3 to PIX Security appliance Version 7.0, the tcp_max_conns and udp_max_conns arguments to the nat command are not applied, if there is a static statement that has the same real_ip range.
Public Key Infrastructure (PKI)
The certification authority (ca) commands have been modified to incorporate more PKI features and to make them look more like Cisco IOS software commands. To do this, the Cisco IOS software concept of trustpoints was introduced in PIX Security appliance Version 7.0. A trustpoint is the representation of a certification authority (CA) certificate/identity certificate pair and contains:
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The identity of the CA
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CA specific configuration parameters
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An association with one enrolled identity certificate
In PIX Security appliance Version 7.0, there are two key changes:
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In PIX Version 6.3, the PKI commands were rooted on the ca keyword, but in PIX Security appliance Version 7.0, the commands are now rooted in the crypto keyword.
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In PIX Version 6.3, the certificates were stored in a private hidden data file, but in PIX Security appliance Version 7.0, they are in the configuration file and are rooted on the crypto command tree.
The behavior of any clear config <keyword> command is to remove all lines from the running configuration that are rooted on <keyword>. In PIX Security appliance Version 7.0, the clear config crypto command removes the certificates, trustpoints, and certificate maps, because they are in this command tree.
In PIX Security appliance Version 7.0, the clear configure crypto command has been introduced and is replacing the clear crypto command. Trustpoints, introduced in PIX Security appliance Version 7.0, were referred to as CA identities in PIX Version 6.3, and were configured using the ca identity command.
Table 31 lists the deprecated PKI commands and their reason for becoming deprecated:
This section includes the following topics:
Affected Commands
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ca generate/ca zeroize
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ca identity/ca configure
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ca authenticate
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ca enroll
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ca crl
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ca subject-name
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ca save all
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ca verifycertdn
Upgrade Requirements
The affected ca commands have been deprecated or support has been removed. In PIX Security appliance Version 7.0, the ca commands convert automatically. No manual intervention is required.
Command Change Description
Table 32 lists changes to the ca generate and ca zeroize commands, Table 33 lists changes to the ca identity and ca configure commands, Table 34 lists changes to the ca authenticate command, Table 35 lists changes in the ca enroll command, Table 36 lists changes in the ca crl command, Table 37 lists changes in the ca subject-name command, and Table 38 lists changes in the ca verifycertdn command.
ca generate/ ca zeroize
ca identify/ ca configure
ca authenticate
ca enroll
ca crl
Table 36 Changes in the ca crl Command
Command PIX Version 6.3 PIX Security appliance Version 7.0 Notes ca crlca crl request <id_name>crypto ca crl request <trustpoint>Deprecated
ca subject-name
ca save all
This command has been removed and like Cisco IOS commands, keys and certificate data are saved at the same time that the configuration is written to memory.
ca verifycertdn
Change Impact
The deprecated ca commands are converted automatically when upgrading to PIX Security appliance Version 7.0. There are also additional new ca commands. See the Cisco PIX Security Appliance Command Reference, Version 7.0 for more information on the new ca commands.
Miscellaneous
Some other features and commands in PIX Security appliance Version 7.0 have changed, as described in this section.
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In PIX Version 6.3, the clear flashfs and flashfs downgrade x.x commands cleared the filesystem part of Flash memory in the PIX Security appliance Version 7.0, and the show flashfs command displayed the size in bytes of each filesystem sector and the current state of the filesystem.
In PIX Security appliance Version 7.0, the flashfs commands are not supported; use the show flash command instead. The abbreviation for both the show flashfs and the show flash commands is show flash.
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In PIX Security appliance Version 7.0, some of the keywords of the established command have been deprecated.
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Some changes to the sysopt command have been introduced in PIX Security appliance Version 7.0.
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If you use PIX Version 6.3 with URL filtering, and you accepted the default timeout of 5 seconds for the url-server command, the url-server command is removed when upgrading to PIX Security appliance Version 7.0. The minimum timeout in PIX Security appliance Version 7.0 is 10 seconds, whereas the default timeout in PIX Version 6.3 was 5 seconds. Because the url-server command is rejected, any filter commands will also be rejected. The solution is to re-enter the url-server command using a higher timeout value, such as 30 seconds, which is the default on PIX Security appliance Version 7.0, and then add back all the filter statements.
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In PIX Version 6.3, the TCP option 19 used by BGP MD5 was automatically allowed; however, in PIX Security appliance Version 7.0, an additional configuration is required to allow it.
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In PIX Version 6.3, the security appliance learned ARP entries for hosts that used SNAP encapsulation. In Version 7.0, SNAP encapsulation is not supported for ARP.
This section includes the following topics:
Affected Commands
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established
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flashfs
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sysopt permit pptp | permit l2tp
Upgrade Requirements
The flashfs, clear flashfs, and show flashfs commands in PIX Version 6.3 are EXEC mode commands, and are not saved in the configuration, therefore there is no need to convert them when upgrading to PIX Security appliance Version 7.0.
Command Change Description
Table 39 lists changes in the established command,Table 40 lists changes in the flashfs command, and and Table 41 lists changes in the sysopt command.
established
flashfs
sysopt
Table 41 Changes in the sysopt Command
Command PIX Version 6.3 PIX Security appliance Version 7.0 Notes sysopt [no] sysopt connection permit-pptp | permit-l2tpNot Supported
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Change Impact
This section describes the impact that the changes will have in PIX Security appliance Version 7.0.
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The to and from keywords were removed from the established command, because although to and from were accepted in PIX Version 6.3, they were stored in permitto and permitfrom format. This allows the old configuration to be updated seamlessly. However, you now need to use permitto in place of to and permitfrom in place of from.
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There is no equivalent for the clear flashfs command in PIX Security appliance Version 7.0. Instead, use the downgrade command to load a PIX Version 6.3 version (See the "Guidelines for Downgrading" section and the"Downgrade Procedure" section).
For more information on the clear and show commands, see the "CLI Command Processor" section.
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The permit-l2tp and permit-pptp options in the sysopt command have been deprecated, and the uauth allow-http-cache option has been deprecated.
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In PIX Security appliance Version 7.0, the sysopt connection permit-ipsec option is enabled by default, and no longer allows VPN traffic to bypass the user/group ACLs; however, it does allow VPN traffic to bypass interface ACLs.
If you had the sysopt connection permit-ipsec option set as a new line in your PIX Version 6.3 setting, that line will be automatically removed from your PIX Security appliance Version 7.0 configuration. Because the sysopt connection permit-ipsec option is enabled by default, you no longer need to specify it explicitly on a separate line. In PIX Security appliance Version 7.0, you use the show running-configuration sysopt command to display sysopt configurations settings which are set to their default value.
If you did not have the sysopt connection permit-ipsec option on a separate line in PIX Version 6.3, it is automatically added to your PIX Security appliance Version 7.0 configuration [DAA] if running in single firewall mode[/DAA]. The sysopt connection permit-ipsec option remains disabled (the PIX Version 6.3 default) and the behavior remains the same in PIX Security appliance Version 7.0.
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To enhance security for BGP, TCP option number 19 is used to carry an MD5 digest in a TCP segment. TCP option 19 is cleared by default by PIX Security appliance Version 7.0. In order to allow this TCP option, use the following configuration:
class-map BGP-MD5-CLASSMAPmatch port tcp eq 179tcp-map BGP-MD5tcp-options range 19 19 allowpolicy-map global_policyclass BGP-MD5-CLASSMAPset connection advanced-options BGP-MD5service-policy global_policy globalFor more information, see http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/459/bgp-pix.html.
Changes to Licenses
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The PIX Security appliance Version 7.0 supports two kinds of license keys.
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Existing 4-tuple license key for PIX Version 6.3 or earlier
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A new 5-tuple license key for PIX Security appliance Version 7.0 only
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When upgrading from PIX Version 6.3 to PIX Security appliance Version 7.0, the existing license key for PIX Version 6.3 is preserved and is saved in a central location on the Flash filesystem.
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When downgrading from PIX Security appliance Version 7.0 to PIX Version 6.2 or 6.3, the existing license key for the original PIX Version 6.2 or 6.3 that was saved during the upgrade procedure is retrieved and saved to the PIX Version 6.2 or 6.3 image.
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If neither a PIX Version 6.3 nor PIX Security appliance Version 7.0 license is installed, the PIX Security appliance Version 7.0 runs in the default setting, which is a Restricted license.
Prerequisites to Upgrading
Note
Before beginning this Prerequisites to Upgrading section, read the "Important Notes" section.
If you are upgrading from a PIX 515 or a PIX 535 with PDM already installed, you must upgrade from monitor mode. See the instructions in the "Upgrading in Monitor Mode" section.
If you attempt to upgrade using the instructions in the "Basic Upgrade from PIX Version 6.3 to Security Appliance Version 7.0" section, you will receive the following output:
Insufficient flash space available for this request:Size info:request:5025848 current:1966136 delta:3059712 free:1310720Image not installedSeveral prerequisites are required before upgrading to PIX Security appliance Version 7.0, covered in the following sections:
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Minimum Hardware Requirements
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Minimum Software Requirements
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Client PC Operating System and Browser Requirements
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Minimum Connectivity Requirements
Minimum Hardware Requirements
The PIX Security appliance Version 7.0 software runs on the PIX 515/515E, PIX 525, and PIX 535 platforms. PIX Security appliance Version 7.0 is not currently supported on PIX 501 or PIX 506/506E hardware.
Minimum Software Requirements
The minimum software version required before performing an upgrade to PIX Security appliance Version 7.0 is PIX Version 6.2. If you are running a PIX release before PIX Version 6.2, you must first upgrade to PIX Version 6.2 or PIX Version 6.3 before you can begin the upgrade to PIX Security appliance Version 7.0.
Note
We recommend backing up your images, and configurations before performing the upgrade.
To upgrade your PIX software image, go to the following website:
http://www.cisco.com/pcgi-bin/tablebuild.pl/pix
Minimum Memory Requirements
If you are a PIX 515 or PIX 515E user with a PIX Version 6.3, you will need to upgrade your memory before performing an upgrade to PIX Security appliance Version 7.0. PIX Security appliance Version 7.0 requires at least 64 MB of RAM for Restricted (R) licenses and 128 MB of RAM for Unrestricted (UR) and Failover (FO) licenses (see Table 42).
Table 43 lists the minimum memory requirements for PIX 525 and PIX 535.
The PIX 515 and PIX 515E memory upgrades do not require a BIOS update.
Note
The minimum Flash memory requirement is 16 MB.
Table 43 lists the minimum memory requirements for PIX 525 and PIX 535.
Client PC Operating System and Browser Requirements
Table 44 lists the supported and recommended platforms for ASDM Version 5.0.
Table 44 Operating System and Browser Requirements
Operating System Browser Other RequirementsWindows1
Windows 2000 (Service Pack 4) or Windows XP operating systems
Internet Explorer 6.0 with Java Plug-in 1.4.2 or 1.5.0
Note
HTTP 1.1—Settings for Internet Options > Advanced > HTTP 1.1 should use HTTP 1.1 for both proxy and non-proxy connections.
Netscape 7.1/7.2 with Java Plug-in 1.4.2 or 1.5.0
SSL Encryption Settings—All available encryption options are enabled for SSL in the browser preferences.
Sun Solaris
Sun Solaris 8 or 9 running CDE window manager
Mozilla 1.7.3 with Java Plug-in 1.4.2 or 1.5.0
Linux
Red Hat Linux 9.0 or Red Hat Linux WS, Version 3 running GNOME or KDE
Mozilla 1.7.3 with Java Plug-in 1.4.2 or 1.5.0
1 ASDM is not supported on Windows 3.1, 95, 98, ME or Windows NT4.
Minimum Connectivity Requirements
The minimum connectivity requirements to perform an upgrade to PIX Security appliance Version 7.0 are as follows:
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A PC or server connected to any network port of the PIX and running TFTP software. (Your PC or server can be connected to the PIX using a switch or a crossover cable.)
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A DB-9 connector, and rollover cable, and a console connectivity program, such as HyperTerminal or another Terminal Emulation, to talk to the PIX.
Upgrade Procedure
This section includes the following topics:
Important Notes
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If you are upgrading from a PIX 515 or a PIX 535 with PDM already installed, you must upgrade from monitor mode. See the instructions in the "Upgrading in Monitor Mode" section.
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The PIX Version 6.3 image on a PIX 515 or PIX 535 only accesses the first 8 MB of Flash memory, instead of the entire 16 MB of Flash. If the PIX Security appliance Version 7.0 image in combination with the Flash memory contents exceeds the 8 MB limit, following error message may result: Insufficient flash space available for this request. The solution is to load the image from monitor mode. See the "Upgrading in Monitor Mode" section.
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The PDM image in Flash memory is not automatically copied to the new filesystem. For information about installing ASDM (which replaces PDM on Version 7.0), see the ASDM Release Notes.
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To avoid installation failures, make sure that you have read the "Prerequisites to Upgrading" section before proceeding.
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See the "Upgrade Examples" section for configuration examples. These will be useful to review before you start your upgrade procedure.
CautionIf you share the Stateful Failover update link with a link for regular traffic such as your inside interface, you must change your configuration before upgrading. Please do not upgrade until you have corrected your configuration, as this is not a supported configuration and PIX Security appliance Version 7.0 treats the LAN failover and Stateful Failover update interfaces as special interfaces.
If you upgrade to PIX Security appliance Version 7.0 with a configuration that shares an interface for both regular traffic and the Stateful Failover updates, configuration related to the regular traffic interface will be lost after the upgrade. The lost configuration may prevent you from connecting to the security appliance over the network.
Basic Upgrade Procedure
Note
The automatic conversion of commands results in a change in your configuration. You should save your configuration after you upgrade, and review the changed configuration lines. Until you do so, the software will convert the old configuration automatically every time you read the configuration.
To upgrade using the commands available in PIX Version 6.3, perform the following steps:
Step 1
Enter the login command to log in to the PIX console.
Example:
pix> loginStep 2
Enter your username and password at the prompts.
Username:Password:Step 3
Enter the enable command to enter privileged mode and begin the upgrade procedure.
Example:
pix> enableStep 4
Enter your password at the prompt.
Password:You are now in privileged mode.
Step 5
Enter the ping <ip address> command to confirm access to the selected TFTP server.
Example:
pix> ping 192.168.2.200
Note
Replace 192.168.2.200 with your TFTP server IP address.
Step 6
Enter the write net <ip address> <filename> command to save the current working configuration to the TFTP server.
Example:
pix> write net 192.168.2.200:63config.txt
Note
Replace 63config.txt with a filename of your choice.
Step 7
Enter the configure terminal (config t) command to change from privilege mode to configuration mode.
pix# configure terminalStep 8
Enter the copy tftp flash:image command to copy the PIX Security appliance Version 7.0 image from the TFTP server to the PIX Flash filesystem in configuration mode.
pix(config)# copy tftp flash:image
Note
There is no: (colon) after tftp.
Step 9
Enter the name or IP address of the TFTP server.
Address or name of remote host [0.0.0.0]? 192.168.2.200
Note
Replace 192.168.2.200 with your TFTP server IP address.
Step 10
Enter the PIX Security appliance Version 7.0 image name.
Source file name [cdisk]? pix704.binStep 11
Enter yes to copy the PIX Security appliance Version 7.0 image from the TFTP server to the security appliance running configuration.
copying tftp://192.168.2.200/pix704.bin to flash:image[yes|no|again]? yes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!...!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Received 5087232 bytesErasing current imageWriting 4833336 bytes of image!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!...!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Image installedStep 12
Enter the reload command to reboot the system. At the `Proceed with reload?' prompt, press Enter to confirm the command.
pix# reloadProceed with reload? [confirm]Rebooting..CISCO SYSTEMS PIX FIREWALLEmbedded BIOS Version 4.3.207 01/02/02 16:12:22.73Compiled by xxxxxx...
Note
The PIX Security appliance Version 7.0 includes the same operational characteristics as PIX Version 6.3, such as licensing (as described by the PIX Version 6.3 activation key), IP addresses, access lists, access groups, VPN configuratio


