Cisco ASA 55xx-X Firepower Threat Defense Installation and Upgrade Guide

The ASA 55xx-X is a unified software image that can be installed on various platforms, including ASA5506-X, ASA5506W-X, ASA5506H-X, ASA5508-X, ASA5516-X, ASA5512-X, ASA5515-X, ASA5525-X, ASA5545-X, and ASA5555-X. It allows you to install and upgrade Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) version 6.0.0 on ASA5508-X and ASA5512-X platforms. The document also covers FTD upgrade procedures from version 6.0.0 to 6.0.1, and Firepower Management Center (FMC) registration and basic licensing.

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Key features

  • Unified software image

  • Installation on multiple platforms

  • FTD installation and upgrade

  • FMC registration and licensing

  • ASA 5508-X and ASA 5512-X platform support

Frequently asked questions

Firepower Threat Defense can be installed on various platforms, including ASA5506-X, ASA5506W-X, ASA5506H-X, ASA5508-X, ASA5516-X, ASA5512-X, ASA5515-X, ASA5525-X, ASA5545-X, and ASA5555-X, as well as FPR4100, FPR9300, VMware (ESXi), Amazon Web Services (AWS), KVM, and ISR router modules.

This document aims to demonstrate the installation of FTD 6.0.0 on ASA5508-X and ASA5512-X, the upgrade procedure from 6.0.0 to 6.0.1, and the process of registering the device to Firepower Management Center and basic licensing.

To download the FTD software, go to "Next-Generation Firewalls (NGFW) > ASA with FirePOWER Services > ASA 5508-X with FirePOWER Services" and select "Firepower Threat Defense Software". You can follow similar steps to download the FTD software for ASA5512-X.

Before installing FTD, you need to ensure that ASA flash has at least 3.1GB free space, the boot image is uploaded to a TFTP server, and the system image is uploaded to an HTTP or FTP server. Additionally, on ASA5506/08/16, the ROMMON version must be 1.1.8 or higher.

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