Other Upgrade Limitations

2100 Series Devices

CDO can upgrade Firepower 2100 series devices only if they are running appliance mode.

  • Firepower Threat Defense devices are always in appliance mode.

  • ASA devices are appliance mode by default.

To confirm that your Firepower 2100 running ASA is in appliance mode:

Procedure

Step 1

Connect your management computer to the console port or connect to the device using SSH.

Step 2

Enter global configuration mode.

Step 3

Run the show fxos mode command,

ciscoasa(config)# show fxos mode 
Mode is currently set to appliance

What to do next

See the "Cisco Firepower 2100 Getting Started Guide" for a more detailed discussion of these commands.