Cisco Firewall :: ASA 5540 Redundant Interface Failover
May 8, 2011
I have two ASA 5540s, ver 8.4 configured in Active/Standby failover.I am also using the redundant interface feature for my Inside interface. Gig0/0 is the active primary and Gig0/1 is standby.
I will activate failover monitoring of the Inside interface using the monitor inside command.
My question concerns the failover monitoring of the redundant interface. If the gig0/0 connection were to fail would the Gig0/1 interface become Active, AND simultaneously result in a full device failover?
Or, does Gig0/1 of the Inside interface redundant pair simply become active and not change the Inside interface device failover state? Thus NOT resulting in a device failover.
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May 28, 2013
We are having Cisco ASA 5540 having Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance Software Version 8.0(5)23 at certain time of moment daily wer are facing latency and packetdrop wherin when I checked for ASA Interface which gives me " Input Errors" on outside interface ,so can any one tell me what are the causes to get input errors on cisco asa outisde interface.
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Apr 13, 2011
I currently have two 5540's in an Active/Standby pair. The primary unit failed on February 12th, so the secondary ASA is now the active one. My question is this - we have made a lot of changes since February 12th and I am planning on fixing this failover issue over the weekend. Will the secondary (now active) FW sync it's config to the non-active FW, or will the failed FW sync it's out-of-date config - removing any changes that we've made in the last month or so.
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May 15, 2011
I have 2 ASA 5540s ver 8.3 in Active/Standby state.I am considering a future hypothetical situation where I might need to rename interfaces or reallocate redundant interface groups. Doing so obviously has a major impact on the current primary configuration. My goal would be to minimize or eliminate network downtime during the interface changes.
I am wondering if it is possible to force the secondary ASA from the standby to active state.Then temporarily disable failover on the primary unit.Make the interface changes on the primary unit Then reactivate failover on the primary unit Force the primary unit back to active and secondary unit to standby My new interface configuration would then sync from the primary to the secondary.
I believe this would work but must ensure that the secondary ASA can function as the active unit while the failover is disabled on the primary unit. Is there a set length of time the secondary unit can remain active without a failover peer?
see issues with operating the secondary unit in this manner while making changes to the primary unit?
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Feb 14, 2012
I am configuring a pix 525,i just found out how to activate the subinterface on it so that's good,the box has a primary unit and secondary unit, both are connected from G0 to redundant switches,if i do a show failover, it says it's using the serial based lan failover, which is fine by me,however, do i need to create a single, regular interface.. or a redundant interface?,i.e. if i create a regular subinterface, will failover still apply to this interface?,or for failover to work, do i need to create a redundant interface (with a redundant id)? i do not seem to have the option to create a subinterface when adding a redundant interface.
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Aug 14, 2012
I have configured redundant interface on ASA 5510
interface Redundant1
description *** INSIDES NETWORK ***
member-interface Ethernet0/1 (This is a 1000Mbps Port)
member-interface Ethernet0/2 (This one is 100Mbps)
no nameif
no security-level
no ip address
[code]....
Then... i issue following command and its OK!
ASA5510# show interface redundant 1 detail
Interface Redundant1 "", is up, line protocol is up
Hardware is i82546GB rev03, BW 1000 Mbps, DLY 10 usec
Auto-Duplex(Full-duplex), Auto-Speed(1000 Mbps)
Input flow control is unsupported, output flow control is off
[code]...
It's transfer correctly then i no shut and back to normal Primary core switch Gi0/30 Interface again, BUT redundant interface no revert back. I issued this command again BW remain 100Mbps.
ASA5510# show interface redundant 1 detail
Interface Redundant1 "", is up, line protocol is up
Hardware is i82546GB rev03, BW 100 Mbps, DLY 10 usec
Auto-Duplex(Full-duplex), Auto-Speed(100 Mbps)
[ code]....
I did manually shut down and no shut the secondary core switch interface Gi0/30 Its changed correctly to 1000Mbps .
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Mar 18, 2013
I've got a ASA 5550 firewall interface failover issue. (File attached).
when I shut down the inside interface Gi 1/1 of the left firewall(Active firewall), It failed to failover. but when I shut down the Gi 1/12 of the Core 1 switch, The firewall failover very well.
I followed this guide but I was not able to failover. [URL]
how can I configure so that when the Gi 1/1 or Gi 1/0 interface goes down, it can failover ? Code...
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Feb 19, 2012
I have a Cisco ASA 5505 in our office. We are currently using Interface 0 for outside and 1 for inside. We only have 1 Vlan in our environment. We have two three switches behind the firewall. Today the uplink to Interface 1, to the firewall, on the switch went bad. I want to setup a second inside interface on the firewall and configure it as failover incase this happens again. I want to attach it to the other switch. Can I do this? If so, what do I need to do? would it only be a passive/standby interface?
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Mar 6, 2011
I am looking to change my Failover Int IPs on my PIX 515E Bundle, Cisco PIX Firewall Version 6.3(5)123 with the least impact on the network.
For example:
interface ethernet5 "state"
IP address 172.18.0.245, subnet mask 255.255.255.252
ip address state 172.18.0.245 255.255.255.252
failover ip address state 172.18.0.246
I want to change these lines to .....
interface ethernet5 "state"
IP address 172.18.0.185, subnet mask 255.255.255.252
ip address state 172.18.0.185 255.255.255.252
failover ip address state 172.18.0.186
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Dec 14, 2011
I am trying to configure two ASA-5505 as a failover pair. Software 8.2.5 and ASDM 6.4.5.206 Using the wizard i get to step3 .. then nothing happens. Trying direct in asdm but the only interface i can choose is "--None Unnamed-"
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Jan 3, 2012
From ASA 5520 we tested the interface failover it not working even the interface are getting monitor .
primary is active.
Manually we shut the outside interface of the primary device configuration is getting reflecting in secondary as outside interface shut. Interface failover not happen.
ii All the interface are getting monitor when we gave command sh failover. even though when we shut outside interface failove not happening.
how to do the interface failover in ASA 8.4 version.
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Jun 24, 2011
Do I correctly understand that when two ASA 5510 are in fail over pair, the switchover from primary to secondary if one interface of primary goes down shall happen ONLY if failover link is up? So when the fail over link is down and one interface on primary got down also, interface tests between the two ASAs still are being done , but secondary SHALL NEVER try to become active.
In this case why to make tests on data interfaces ? What is the reason to make them? If the knowledge of that some interfaces of primary became down comes through failover link - no need to make additional interface tests - primary will tell about the failure to secondary. If so should run no monitor-interface if name command to dis load devices and network by foolish tests?
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Jun 29, 2012
I am getting this error on my PIX 535 with 8.0.4 code. The error is Error : OSPF/RIP cannot be enabled on failover interface, I am getting this error while trying to enable RIP on the firewall. The context is single mode and failover is enabled. When I am disabling the failover the Firewall is accepting the RIP configurations.
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Dec 20, 2011
Currently l have two ASA 5520's in a active/passive failover scenario. Currently the interfaces for the inside and outside are fixed at 100/FULL.I want to repatch them into GigE ports setup as Auto Negotiate.Is there anyway of keeping the connections through the firewall active in this type of scenrio or will l have downtime disconnecting and repatching? or could l possibly disable failover and reconfigure each ?
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Feb 11, 2013
I have 2 ASA 5540 in our network. I want to upgrade it from 8.0.4 to 8.4.3. I want assistance in the configuration because I know that there is a change a configuration while migrating from 8.0.4 to 8.4.3.Is there any tool available on Internet that facilitates me to convert the current configuration computable to 8.4.3.
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Nov 26, 2012
I have a pair of ASA5510s in a failover configuration where I see these 2 logs repeated every 15 seconds.
105008 1 Nov 27 2012 10:39:27 (Primary) Testing Interface management
105009 1 Nov 27 2012 10:39:28 (Primary) Testing on interface management Passed
I have read other threads where these are accompanied by "105005, Lost Failover communications with mate on interface". But I'm only getting these 2. The other thing that is confusing is that the "management" interface is not the failover interface. So why do I see 105008/9 logs about it?
Output of "sh fail":
5510a# sh fail
Failover On
Failover unit Primary
[Code].....
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Feb 24, 2013
I have a two fiber connection from our Central Office(6513) to Remote office (6509). I have a requirement that on the remote office if one of the fiber goes down, the second fiber should work as a failover. I am planning to use SUP720-3B SFP to connect to the CO.
Can I connet one fiber to Sup720-3b G5/1 & another fiber connection to G5/2? or Can I connet one fiber to Sup720-3b G5/1 & another fiber connection to G6/2? I am running EIGRP between sites. Any sample config.
sup-bootflash:s72033-pk9sv-mz.122-18.SXD7b.bin"
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Jul 12, 2011
i was setting up an ssl vpn on an asa 5540 (8.2) but can't set up the local ca authority
its an active/standby failover pair
i knew it wasn't enabled on active/active but i didn't realise it was also not enabled on active/passive has any one came across this or know whether it can be enabled?
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Aug 4, 2011
we had such kind of issue: while installing 2 SSM-4GE modules to 2 ASA 5540 (Active/Standby) the firewall is splitted. That's my step:
1) Turn off standby ASA and plug SSM-4GE module
2) Power it On After it was booted up failover relationships were broked and previously stabdby became Active appliance.
3) Turn off active ASA and plug SSM-4GE module
4) Power it On
After the it was booted up failover comes up and previously Active (on step 2) appliance became Standby. Everything is up and running now, but the issue was on step 2, I suppose becouse of distinct in hardware (when one ASA was on SSM reachest than another one). Still have no ideas why so happens and is there any way to plug SSM modules int ASA active/standby cluster without downtime.
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Feb 24, 2012
Does OSPF work between a VSS L3 MEC & an ASA Redundant Interface? Both 6509 are in VSS and a L3 MEC is formed to the ASA.Both ASA ports are a part of a L3 Redundant Interface. Please note there is only a single ASA in this topology. [code] Now, the OSPF neighboring does occur and go into the FULL state on this device, however soon enough, the state enters INIT/DROTHER state.But as soon as I disconnect the physical connection 6509(Standby) The OSPF adjacency goes into FULL mode.
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Mar 3, 2011
i two 5550 firewall set up for redundance purpose . in failover we define two different ip add one for primary and one for secondary .interface Ethernet0/0 nameif outside security-level 0 ip address xxxx.0.0.0.1 255.255.255.0 standby xxxx.0.0.2!interface Ethernet1/0 nameif inside security-level 100 ip address 10.0.0.12 255.255.255.0 standby 10.0.0.11.default gateway for host will be 10.0.0.12 (primary fw address) however in case of failover , the secondary fw will be up with ip address that was assigned for primary .in this case the secondary ip add 10.0.0.11 is actually nerver used? similarly do i need to have two public ip address for outside (one for primary and one for secondary ) ? or in case if primary fails the secondary comes onlie and take the ip of primary fw . hence i only need to purchase just one ip address.
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May 16, 2011
I need to configure one interface in failover because the client has 2 ISP.[CODE]
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Oct 30, 2012
have been tasked with completing a Cisco config update on an ISR.Client is running a Cisco 2911 running IOS version is 15.0(1)M6.They have added a new WAN interface to GigabitEthernet0/2 and are looking to setup a basic failover configuration to augment their current 0/0 Fiber connection.
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Aug 3, 2009
In ASA 8.0,I have following queries related to redundant interfaces
a)While configuring redundant interface can the redundant interface again be divided into logical interface like red1.1 , red1.2 ?
b)Is Redundant interface supported in the Multiple context mode
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Mar 15, 2012
How are asa5540 in high availability mode upgraded for their versions.
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Dec 28, 2012
I am encountering some problems setting up my new polycom hdx 8000 behind ASA 5540?I have opened reuired ports through the firewall ( incoming and outgoing). I have enabled inspection h323 on ASA and enabled the option NAT is 323 compatible on Polycom.
3230-3243 tcp
h323 tcp
h323 udp
3230-3285 udp
Here is the problem.I get connected to the call but I cannot the remote site cannot see and hear me.But I can see and hear them.
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Jul 15, 2012
I am using 6500 with VPN Accelerator on this device. I have a dozen other VPN connections GRE and IPSEC to routers and ASA and other Juniper Firewalls.
They all work perfectly.The error I get is map_db_find_best did not find matching map (Never seen this error be for) [code]I can't put the whole config for security reasons.
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Aug 26, 2011
Is this this possible to set up two as a redundant pair as you can do with say a pair of 5510s?
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Mar 6, 2011
My customer is running an ASA5505 with 8.3 code.
The have a somewhat flaky proxy between their inside LAN and the firewall. I'd like to have a configuration as follows:
LAN > Proxy > VLAN 1 (eth0/2) on ASA
and
LAN > VLAN 1 (eth0/3) on ASA
So that in the event of Proxy failure (let's just say it loses power) the eth0/3 interface will kick in.
This appears to be easily configured according to the documentation:
"The following example creates two redundant interfaces:
hostname(config)# interface redundant 1
hostname(config-if)# member-interface gigabitethernet 0/0
hostname(config-if)# member-interface gigabitethernet 0/1
hostname(config-if)# interface redundant 2
hostname(config-if)# member-interface gigabitethernet 0/2
hostname(config-if)# member-interface gigabitethernet 0/3"
But these commands don't seem to be available on a 5505.
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Oct 21, 2012
I have two 5505 ASA. I would like to know can I make two 5505 failover redundant with active standby setup?
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Jun 10, 2013
we have two ASA 5510 connected in failover, and a pair of cisco 2960s switch connected in stack. Currently one interface of primary ASA is terminated on switch1 and a interface from standby is connected to switch2 as Inside, and switch1 and switch2 are in stack. for redundancy purpose i want to use multiple interfaces of ASA for inside , so first i thought to use etherchannel , but it has a limitation that , it cannot be terminated on stack switch(as per cisco document [URL]
So my question is :
1. can we use redundant interface feature where 2 physical interfaces combined to a redundant interface (eg interface redundant 1) for inside redundancy purpose.
2. Can these ports from primary/standby ASA terminated on stack switches (2960s), will this work (if the switch with active port goes down, will the other port take over in the redundant interface with the other switch).
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Jul 16, 2012
i need to upgrade ASA 5540 from 7.1 to 8.4 for secure connect feature of Cisco Jabber Configuration. Support forum guides that, i need to follow upgrade path from 7.1 --> 7.2 --> 8.0 --> 8.2 -->8.4 and also do a memory upgrade from 1GB to 2GB.
[URL]
I need to use this feature for only three or maximum four users in company then would i really need to do memory upgrade? or can i go with 1GB memory?also how i can get the prices of part number "ASA5540-MEM-2GB=" at cisco.com?
ASA-ISB-HQ# sh version
Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance Software Version 7.1(2)
Device Manager Version 5.1(2)
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Nov 19, 2011
ASA5540# sh run nat-control
no nat-control
this means higher security can talk to lower security without NAT rules
Question 1) - if I want higher security zone to to talk to lower security with NAT rules. I would use statements like below. Am I correct?
nat (dmz) 1 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0
nat (inside) 1 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0
global (dmz) 1 interface
global (inside) 1 interface
Is this correct? So in this case I am kindly of like overriding the no nat-control statement ...right?
Question 2) - Now I have no nat-control enabled. Would the below statements (nat 0) be of any use for NAT exemption??
nat (dmz) 0 access-list dmz-nonat
nat (inside) 0 access-list dbase-nonat
And do I have to have a global statement for NAT 0 ...like below?
global (dmz) 0 access-list dmz-nonat
global (apps) 0 access-list dbase-
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