Cisco Firewall :: Dispatch Unit High CPU ASA 5550
Jan 29, 2012
I'm trying to do some research on the Dispatch Unit process. It seems High CPU and this process go hand in hand. I haven't figured out an effective way of determining what underlying issue is the actual source. How to understand what the Dispatch Unit process is doing? I have an ASA 5550. I have seen the cpu hover around 85% +- 5% for sustained long periods, 30 - 60 min +. I have always been under the impression that around 80% cpu and you're probably dropping packets (that could be an out-dated belief).
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Jan 25, 2012
I have just noticed that my Cisco ASA 5510 cpu utilization increasing upto 30-35 % and when i issue sh processes cpu-usage, i have found dispatch unit occupied most of utilization.
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Nov 12, 2011
I am normally only doing IOS config. I have little problem when trying to setup this unit.,It boots ASA software 8.0.4 fine.,When i go to enable mode and into configuration mode and try to configure ip on an interface i have a problem.,
ciscoasa(config)# intciscoasa(config)# interface manciscoasa(config)# interface management 0/0ciscoasa(config-if)# ?,Interface configuration commands: default Set a command to its defaults description Interface specific description dhcp Configure parameters for DHCP client duplex Configure duplex operation exit Exit from,interface configuration mode Interactive help for interface subcommands no Negate a command or set its defaults shutdown ,Shutdown the selected interface speed Configure speed operationciscoasa(config-if)#
I did try to upload the new software 8.4.2 from rommon using TFTP. ,It boots 8.4.2 fine, but have same problem as in 8.0.4.,I did try to create a user haveing priv 15 and logging on as that user. It gives the same.,The firewall is not in transparent mode.
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Mar 10, 2013
I have Active Standby ASA5550 setup with VPN premium license. A few days back we had a requirement of SSL VPN connection for and we got a temporary from Cisco for same, this license expired and the ASA reverted to it's original license. 3 4 days after this we saw a sudden increase in CPU utilization (upto 90% + -5%) on the ASA during production hours but were not able to figure out the reason, in order to restore the services we failovered the firewall to secondary and everything worked fine. We were suspecting one of the following but there were no logs for any of this
1. The ASA hardware was haivng problem
2. Some client was doing a DoS attack to bring down the ASA (no logs for this as well).
We took a downtime to look further by failovering the ASA back to primary and it worked fine without any issues ruling out the 1st option. We also came across a licesing doc [URL]
Downgrading any license (for example, going from 10 contexts to 2 contexts).
# Note If a temporary license expires, and the permanent license is a downgrade, then you do not need to immediately reload the security appliance; the next time you reload, the permanent license is restored.
As per this doc, sooner or later a restart was required on the ASA. We restarted secondary ASA and everthing was fine but when we restarted the primary ASA by swtiching over to secondary some of the server (not all) in the DMZ stopped working (even ICMP unreachable) and only came back to normal when the primary ASA was restored and working fine (with failover).
The reboot was done by shuting down the physical link between the Core switch and ASA inside individually.
I am not sure what could be the issue that the servers in the DMZ wen unreachable.
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Nov 7, 2012
I have to manually deactivate high definition audio unit and restart the computer everytime I want to listen through the bluetooth unit. I have just installed Windows 7 on my Dell Inspiron 9400. Running truemobile 355 bluetooth driver. When I ran Windows XP and wanted to listen through the bluetooth unit the "switching" went automaticaly.
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Oct 13, 2011
Today I've received reports of slow internet access/activity and have noticed myself that it seems a bit slow today. On the dashboard of our asa 5510 the "outside interface" traffic usage is running constantly high. It's at the top of the graph. How can I tell what is causing the spike in utilization. It usually runs at about 1500-2000 Kbps, and now it's up over 10,000.
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Sep 9, 2012
I have some technical consultations that I would like to know which would be a better implementation.
I am seeking for clarifications whether putting VPN and firewall in a single software or separating both into separate software.
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Mar 8, 2012
I've tried to upgrade a redundant setup from 8.2(4)4 to 8.2(5)22 ending with a stanby ASA continuously crashing after config sync phase. On the first crash it even corrupted the flash, leaving me no choice than initializing the box from scratch.
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Feb 4, 2012
Did setup iaw instructions. got to step 9 where it went into configure mode. last few messages
192.168.1.5 to 192.168.1.1 (BUILT IN BOUND TO TO IDENTIFY), then
192.168.1.5 START SSL HANDSHAKE FOR TLSW1 SESSIN, THEN
192.168.1.5 COMPLETED HANDSHAKE, THEN
[Code].....
now i am unable to do anything with the 5505. can not log in , can not get a ping of 192.168.1.1, can not get into the unit and do a factory reset
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May 12, 2011
What process I need to follow to rebuild my failover unit? I've had to turn it off because it seems that both the primary and secondary were thinking they should both be the active unit. I'm not sure why. But in turning off the failover, I had internet access again. So I think I want to rebuild the secondary unit's configuration. Do I need to turn off failover from the primary unit first? Disconnect the secondary unit, console into it and remove the configuration (command to remove from flash?)? Rebuild the interfaces..all interfaces or just STATE between the units? Just trying to get a list of the process
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Jan 2, 2012
So i setup a failover active / passive with 2 ASA5520's
Primary asa has 750 Anyconnect vpn licensing and the secondary asa has 2 Anyconnect licenses
I haven't setup the second asa with the new 750 licenses i purchased but when i do a show version it shows that the failover licensed features shows 750...
Does this mean i do not have to install the secondary anyconnect licenses on the standby ASA unit?
output of secondary asa
:
Licensed features for this platform:Maximum Physical Interfaces : Unlimited perpetualMaximum VLANs : 150 perpetualInside Hosts : Unlimited perpetualFailover : Active/Active
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Jun 11, 2009
we are running two failover pairs of asa (5510, 5505) in two different locations in active/standby configurations.Is it possible to access the inside ip of the standby unit via vpn terminated by the active unit? It's only for monitoring.With our configuration here it is not.Is that possible in general?
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Nov 20, 2011
I have a single production 5510 with 2 contexts. Now I want to integrate the secondary failover unit. My question is: How much configuration needs to be done on the secondary firewall? How much of the configuration will be sync'd from the primary to the secondary when the secondary is connected?
For example, do I need to add the following on the secondary or will it be sync'd from the primary?
admin-context NAME
context NAME
allocate-interface Ethernet0/0.14
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Sep 7, 2011
I have an issue bringing up my RMA'd primary ASA unit.
So what happened so far:
1. primary unit failed
2. secondary took over and is now secondary - active (as per sh fail)
2. requested RMA at Cisco
3. got ASA and checked that Lic (SSL), OS (8.2.2) and ASDM are at the same level as the secondary
4. issued wr erase and reloaded
5. copied the following commands to the new (RMA) primary unit:
failover lan unit primary
failover lan interface Failover Ethernet3
failover interface ip Failover 172.x.x.9 255.255.255.248 standby 172.x.x.10
int eth3
no shut
failover
wr mem
6. installed primary unit into rack
7. plugged-in all cables (network, failover, console and power)
8. fired up the primary unit
9. expected that the unit shows:
Detected an Active mate
Beginning configuration replication from mate.
End configuration replication from mate.
10. but nothing happened on primary unit
What is a valid and viable approach in replacing a failed primary unit? Is there a missing step that hinders me to successfully replicate the secondary - active config to the primary - standby unit.
I was not able to find anything related to ASA55xx primary unit replacement with a clear guideline or step by step instructions.
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Dec 15, 2011
We received an ASA5520-K8 through Cisco's Loan program so we could demo it as a replacement for our aging Cisco 3005 VPN appliances. Given that we are a non Cisco shop (except for specific appliances like concentrators and wireless access points), I don't have a great deal of experience with Cisco gear.I started to set to setup the appliance this morning but immediately ran into issues. The 5520 doesnt seem to be acting as a DHCP server, and worse yet, I can't access the unit even if I hard code the IP on the PC being used for configuration. I have to say that I feel kinda stupid having to post this, since I actually followed the documentation avaiable for this menial task and I fully expect the problem to be a simple one. Namely, I am using two specific sources of info for connections.
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Apr 10, 2012
i just received a RMA for failed ASA 5520 that was acting as secondary unit in multicontext configuration. What would be correct procedure to install it back in production? Do i need to restore backed up config of the fallen unit or is it just enough to enable multimode and connect to existing (primary) unit? Any good link for documentation that deal with this issues.
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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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Feb 22, 2013
I have cisco 5550 Firewall, one messages appear in syslog server from Firewall, (warning) i want to stop this message from appearing syslog traps.
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Apr 17, 2011
I am having two ASA 5550 firewall running in active/standby mode. With in last two months our secondary firewall got down automatically 3 times. Firewall is running with IOS version 7.1.2. how to proceed further troubleshooting because there are not any logs on firewall.
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May 13, 2011
I have ASA5550 ruuning Version 8.3(1) with inside and outside interfaces as below [code] On the inside : I have a server (10.20.10.36) that need to be accessed from an outside host (Y.Y.131.34) , so I have the below NAT/ACL rules. [code] is it right that I have to add two ACL entry for outside host to the NATed IP of the inside server , then again add another ACL entry from the same outside host to the private IP of my inside server o get this communication done?
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Jan 31, 2012
we had just installed our ASA 5550 with IOS 8.0(2) a couple of week ago.
2 interfaces from each slot are being used ie 0/0 for Branch users comming via MPLS cloud , 0/1 for internal LAN users comming form Core Switch & 1/0 for Server farm LAN , 1/1 for Internet (outside)
the first 3 interface are considered inside with sec set at 100 while the 1/1 is outside with sec at 0.
Last night it suddenly started dropping all connections without any warning or any noticible log form the ASDM logging.
the connection drop would happen for 2 - 3 minutes and would work fine for the next 15 minutes or so..
after conencting the console , we found out that the IOS would suddelny go abrupt and show this display ...
TP-ASA(config)# TP-ASA(config)# TP-ASA(config)# Thread Name: Dispatch UnitPage fault: Address not mapped vector 0x0000000e edi 0x24d184b0 esi 0x0000000d ebp 0x1c6ceaf8 esp 0x1c6ceae0 ebx 0x09e965e0 edx
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Oct 4, 2011
I have looked in the books I have (Cisco ASA, PIX and FWSM; ASA 8.0) and googled a good bit but can't seem to find any specific mention of how to do NAT exemption with v8.4. It seems NAT exemption (NAT 0 access-list) was deprecated. Using ASDM, there's no corresponding menu item for this that is obvious.
We have public addresses inside the ASA and want to allow in/outbound connections using these IP's without NAT. The ASA is a 5550.
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May 21, 2013
I need to understand if ASA 5550 ver 8.2(1) is comptible with IPv6, if not what is the upgrade path to make it IPv6 compatible. The requirement is dual stack of IPv4 and IPv6 should run in the same HA cluster and later will shift IPv6 completely.
The existing infrastructure is equipped with ASA with HA Active/Active mode. The command output for required details are attached here in txt mode.
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Aug 9, 2010
In my Cisco ASA 5550, I need to set two different syslogs servers, and I need to send the system logs to the first one (only admins login/logout), and the traffic logs and all the rest (informational level) to the second one. Do you know if is it possible or not and, if yes, how to configure it?
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Jun 12, 2011
I would like to work with two ASA's 5550 in HA (Acitve-Standby) like perimetral firewalls and also work with another ASA 5540 but like a SSL VPN Remote Access to end users.Which will be the best topology to this scenary?. Perhaps i need to put the ASA 5540 SSL VPN together with the ASA's in HA directly in a port.
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Apr 26, 2011
I am using an ASA5550 for a complex secure network that has at least six "outside" networks. Each "outside" network is assigned to a specific port each set at level "0". I also have a DMZ, set to level "50". I am having difficulty with passing traffic from a host in the DMZ to all but one of the "outside" networks. Is there a limit to the number of "outside" interfaces? I will provide a redacted config file as soon as possible.
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May 10, 2013
i have Cisco ASA 5550 and i want to do URL filtering using Web sense,can i use Micorsoft Forefront TMG2010 as websense server to do that?
the idea is to filter the HTTP & HTTPS URLs,if the Micorsoft Forefront TMG2010 is not suitable,refer to suitable Websense URL filtering server?
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Oct 3, 2011
I have the following problem, right now we have an ASA 5550 connected to the client´s side. A reset is being received on the client´s side, but when we run the sniffers on both extremes of the network, we can see that the reset is not being sent by the server´s side.
We have narrowed it down to the 5550 ASA, but have found no bug that matches the description.
The characateristics of the reset packet are the following:
- It is the only packet with a TTL of 255.
- Both server and client have very different window sizes, and the reset packet even though has the server´s ip and port as source of the packet, it has the client´s window size.
- It has a correct ack number.
-Before the reset is received, there are a couple of retransmissions of the last packet sent.
- We´re handling a VPN tunnel between both servers.
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Feb 7, 2011
i m looking for asa 5550 product.Part # ASA5550-BUN-K9 - Cisco ASA 5550 Appliance with SW, HA, 8GE+1FE, 3DES/AES
1) does 5550 contains built in CSC / IPS modules.? why i m asking because the "quick refrence guide " indicates that expansion slots are not available.
2) can asa 5550 natively protects natively against networks attacks against virus / worms etc with out CSC OR IPS MODULE.?
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Apr 23, 2013
I am about to carry out a migration from ASA 5550 to ASA 5555-X, however I cannot find any detailed document or reliable tool for this migration.
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May 22, 2012
I cannot logon with adsm anymore.when I run adsm, I type in my pw, and the screen keeps displaying "contacting the device". No timeout, just stays this way.I've updated the java version, no luck.I can connect with SSH with no problem. device = asa5550, 8.2(1) asdm 6.2(1) [code]
notice that there is no "with cookie-based authentication" here -- is this relevant?
Rebooting the device is not really an option.
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May 2, 2012
I have an issue were thousands of connections on the ASA are marked with flags E, below is a visual of the connection. Any ideas what could cause this marking? Also, I can't grasp what the meaing of an outside back connection (ie flags E).
TCP DMZ:X.X.X.X/139 Inside:X.X.X.X/1828, flags E, idle 9h37m, uptime 9h37m, timeout 15s, bytes 0
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Jan 10, 2011
i'm installing a Firewall Cisco ASA 5550 with 8 Gigabit interfaces.
I have installed firmware 8.2.3.
Is it possible to make link aggregation on ASA to have more bandwith?
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