IronPort - Configuration Guide - AsyncOS 7.6.1

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Step 1 Contact Cisco IronPort Customer support to obtain the static URL address.
Step 2 Create a firewall rule to allow downloading of upgrades from the static IP address on port 80.
Step 3 Navigate to the Security Services > Service Updates page, and click Edit Update Settings.
Step 4 On the Edit Update Settings page, in the “Update Servers (images)” section, choose Local Update
Servers and enter the static URL received in step 1 in the Base URL field for AsyncOS upgrades and
McAfee Anti-Virus definitions.
Step 5 Verify that IronPort Update Servers is selected for the “Update Servers (list)” section.
Step 6 Submit and commit your changes.
Remote Upgrade Overview
You can also download AsyncOS upgrade images to a local server and host upgrades from within your
own network rather than obtaining upgrades directly from Cisco IronPort’s update servers. Using this
feature, an upgrade image is downloaded via HTTP to any server in your network that has access to the
Internet. If you choose to download the update image, you can then configure an internal HTTP server
(an “update manager”) to host the AsyncOS images to your Cisco IronPort appliances.
Figure 15-4 Remote Update Method
IronPort Systems
Update Servers
Web Server with HTTP access
to Internet
Step 1 Configure a local server to retrieve and serve the upgrade files.
Step 2 Download the upgrade files.
HTTP connection to Internet through firewall
local HTTP connections
Step 3 Configure the appliance to use the local server using either the Security Services > Service Updates page
in the GUI or the updateconfig command in the CLI.
Step 4 Upgrade the appliance using either the System Administration > System Upgrade page or the upgrade
command in the CLI.
Hardware and Software Requirements for Remote Upgrades
Your IronPort Appliances
For downloading AsyncOS upgrade files, you must have a system in your internal network that has:
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