Q1. I would like to confirm like how many total of contexts do I have by default when I purchase the ASA 5540 ? are they two contexts aside from the admin context or two contexts including the admin context?
Q2. can I configure the default box with High Availability using the default contexts?
When i reboot asa 5540 firewall times settings to default
View 12 Replies View RelatedIs it possible to route among contexts (I have 5 contexts) in the ASA without sending traffic to a fusion router (external router) to be routed. I am running ASA 8.3.
View 2 Replies View RelatedIn the latest code, is VPN still disabled when using contexts? If you use a 5520 as an ISP based firewall for customers, then what would be used for VPN access? Also how many contexts does a 5520 support, and would putting 2 interfaces into an etherchannel for inside, and 2 for outside work? Reason I ask about that, the inside and outside would connect to 2 different core routers. I would be for an MPLS setup.
View 5 Replies View RelatedWhat is the maximum number of contexts a pair of 5515Xs in HA mode can support?
I know each 5515X can have a max of 5 contexts, but does that mean in HA mode a pair can support 10 with license pooling?
Ive got a virtualised firewall running 3 security contexts in routed mode. What am experiencing is that i cannot connect to an OUTSIDE host through the security contexts. From the firewall itself i cannot ping the directly attached host on the OUTSIDE interface but i can ping the directly attached host on the INSIDE interface. When i reload the firewall box, the first ping to the OUTSIDE host would be successful but subsequent pings fail and thus total connectivity is lost.
I even tried upgrading to ASA version 8.4(1) but still the same.
I have two 7609S routers each with a FWSM running 4.0( 8). I am licensed for 20 contexts.
Recently, I added a context for a new application and required access to a VLAN that already had an interface in another context.
The MAC address assigned to the interface in the new context was assigned the same MAC address as the interface in the previous context. This caused an application running through the first context to fail.
I know that on the FWSM I cannot hard code a MAC address to an interface in a context so how do I get around this problem caused by the duplicate MAC addresses?
I'm having problems getting FTP to work through two FWSM virtual contexts which are connected via a vrf. All this is configured on a 6500 switch with the FWSM running 3.1(4)
CLIENT-----CONTEXT_1-------VRF------CONTEXT_2--------FTP_SERVER
At the moment we can make the control connection but when we issue commands the connection times out.
Looking at the logs we can see the initial connection made to the server on port 21 from the client, this is also seen on the second firewall context (nearest the FTP server). The data channel is then seen on the first context, made using high src & dst port numbers and initiated from the client, successfully passing the ACL/Inspection, then on the second context we see the connection being denied by the incoming ACL on the second contexts interface connected to the VRF instance.
The rules are identical on the contexts and have been made by copying and paste the rule using CSM, we are using the predefined service group 'FTP-Group' which contains both tcp 20 & 21. FTP inspection is at default on both contexts.
We have tested with Win XP (capable of Active FTP only) & Firefox 3.6.12 which is the connections we are seeing in the logs trying to do Passive FTP.
Is this a problem with teh contexts randomizing sequence numbers or TCP Normalization? Or do we just have a problem with the Inspection engine on one of the contexts (I would have expected to see this on both contexts if it was a bug).
I am just designing a solution where a FWSM consists of 2 contexts initially and has a shared outside interface pointing to the 6500 switch. There are 3 subnets connected to each of the FWSM contexts. So if anyone wants to access these 6 subnets then a route would be needed pointing to the interface vlan of the shared interface on the switch. But that would not be enough to access the subnets.. I am sure we have to define static NATS to point them to the right context where these subnets reside.
The FWSM is running version 3.x code So say 1.1.1.0(shared), 10.10.0.0(inside1), 10.20.0.0(inside2) and 10.30.0.0(inside3) reside in Context 1 and 1.1.1.0(shared), 20.10.0.0(dmz1), 20.20.0.0(dmz2) and 20.30.0.0(dmz3) reside in Context 2 in each of the context we would have to make three static NATS
static(inside1,shared) 10.10.0.0 10.10.0.0 netmask 255.255.255.0
static(inside2,shared) 10.20.0.0 10.20.0.0 netmask 255.255.255.0
static(inside3,shared) 10.30.0.0 10.30.0.0 netmask 255.255.255.0
The same would go for context 2 as well
static(dmz1,shared) 20.10.0.0 20.10.0.0 netmask 255.255.255.0
static(dmz2,shared) 20.20.0.0 20.20.0.0 netmask 255.255.255.0
static(dmz3,shared) 20.30.0.0 20.30.0.0 netmask 255.255.255.0
By creating these NAT statements, would the outside users be able to access the subnets residing in the context?
if on the ASA 5512-X virtual contexts are supported with version 9.1 ?
I found different information on the Cisco web, the ASA datasheet says it is supported but in the configuration guide I found exactly the opposite information.
Cisco ASA Series General Operations CLI Configuration Guide 9.1 and 8.6 [URL]
Cisco ASA 5500 and ASA 5500-X Series Next- Generation Firewalls for Small Offices and Branch Locations Data Sheet (Updated) [URL]
We are deploying the Cisco ASA 5585 in transparent mode with multiple contexts, the port-channel was configured to connect to the core switches using dot1q trunk. We are experiencing an issue which is the core switches are configured loop guard globally, therefore the port-channel connected to the firewalls will be put into inconsistent state when the failover happen, and the two firewalls' failover can not fulfill the failover at last.
I have two queries below:
1. Does the firewall allow the BPDU passing through when it is in standby mode, for example, secondary firewall is active for group 2 and standby for group 1. does the secondary firewall block the BPDU from the vlans under group1 ?
2. Can we disable the loop guard feature on the switch port-channel or is there any other way to solve this issue ?
We are currently looking at design models for a Multi-Tenancy solution.The firewall layer will be 2 X ASA's running 9.X to take advantage of VPN's in multiple context mode and mixed L3 and L2 contexts.
We will be delivering services through multiple L3 contexts (between 2 and 5 L3 contexts for services) and 1 transparent context for customers infrastructure who will then have virtual firewalls for NAT's and VPN's etc withing their own environment.
I am not very experienced with IPS so my query is; if we were to get an IPS license for both ASA's how would the IPS fit in, can we use it to inspect traffic for all the L3 contexts and the transparent context?
I have a ASA 5510 with Security Plus License and when I looked at the devices a few days ago I had 2 contexts, however after configuring the Mgm port as a regular port the contexts show 0, why? I can not find any post on the internet where this issue has happen: here is the output from show ver:
Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance Software Version 7.0(8)
Compiled on Sat 31-May-08 23:48 by builders
System image file is "disk0:/asa708-k8.bin"
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We are going to deploy a active/active setup of 2 ASA 5585's. Here we will implement a concept of security zones through context's where different services will be firewall through a separate firewall context. will a security context consume 1 or 2 licenses because we are running in a Active/active setup? Right now I got completely confused when my manager asked me that question.I would say that we only use on security context license - but since we are running in a active/active setup - even though the other instance is standby - will it consume a context license? We are using ASA OS 8.4.x.
View 5 Replies View RelatedI have setup a 5515-X in transparent multi-mode and setup 5 security contexts with inside and outside ports, one admin and 4 others. The problem I have run into is setting up a management IP for each context. On one of my other transparent firewalls in production we were able to apply an IP to the security context (not interface) however the new firewall is running the latest software and this same functionality is not available. The only options for IP in context mode is IP AUDIT. So my next plan was to create sub-interfaces of the management interface and assign one to each context however the 5515-x does not allow sub-interfaces on the management interface. How I setup a management IP on each context?
Another interesting thing i read is that the managment IP assigned to a context (if i could figure out how to set it up), has to be in the same subnet as the data interface which if fine but it also says that the management interface should not be connected to the same switch as the data interface because of MAC address table update issues, meaning that i could not use a sub-interface of one of the already configured context ports.
I have an ASA5520 in location A with an ISP connection and a matching ASA5520 in location B with a separate ISP connection. We have fiber connecting the two locations and vlans passing back and forth so I will be able to configure the failover via a vlan as well as extend the ISP's to each location via vlans. The Active/Active configuration with the multiple security contexts does not seem to be an issue but how is a redundant ISP configured in this mode?We want to have context A using the ASA in location A with ISP1 as the primary and failing over to ISP 2 in locaiton B We also want to have context B using the ASA in location B with ISP 2 as the primary and failing over to ISP1 in location A Would route tracking provide the desired result? Is there a better option?
View 1 Replies View RelatedHow are asa5540 in high availability mode upgraded for their versions.
View 1 Replies View RelatedI 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.
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.
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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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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-
I Have Cisco 5540 with AIP-SSM-40, recently i config AIP-SSM-40 to capture all traffic from all interface any to any with promiscous mode and if card fail traffic still flow throuh asa, but after that i can't login to cisco ASDM, the error is "Un Able To Launch Device Manager From xx.xx.xx.xx"
View 2 Replies View RelatedI have a remote site customer with a Cisco ASA 5540 running SSLVPN (Anyconnect)(8.03). It currently only serves about 450 SSLVPN clients. Since last friday, they've seen the CPU utilization go up to high 90% while only serving 400+ remote users. I saw some high cpu utilization bugs, but none looked to be relevant. How I can find the root cause of the CPU high utilization?
View 2 Replies View RelatedJust upped our external ASA-5540 pair to 8.4(1), and now one of our nat's is busted.
Here's the lowdown:
Our public IP for our IronPorts ends in .167. That IP is natted to a VIP on our ACE, which load balances to the IronPorts.
The outside interface of the ASA uses .162, which has been the pat for all outbound traffic for a few years... except for the subnet that houses the IronPorts. Due to reverse lookup, that subnet uses the .167 IP address for all outbound traffic.
After the code upgrade, the nat won't work. No email sent or received. Nothing but Deny's on the ASA with flags reading either "SYN" or "RST". IE: Apr 27 12:56:11 10.22.151.41 local5.crit %ASA-2-106001: Inbound TCP connection denied from 69.25.174.17/36917 to 207.236.211.167/25 flags SYN on interface outside
If I return the subnet pat back to the outside interface, then inbound traffic works fine, though reverse lookup fails and anyone running a reasonable spam filter won't send to us.
I have two Cisco ASA 5540, these ASA running ver 7.2. and used mainly as VPN gateways.My question is simple, Apart from the extra AnyConnect client functionality and the higher encryption, is there any specific security benefits (related to the VPN use) for upgrading to ver. 8.x ?
View 4 Replies View RelatedI have to use GNS3 for simulate ASA5540.but it does not work. I've installed latest GNS3(0.8.3.1 all in one) in Win7 32bit environment, and used IOS file is asa842-k8.bin.but i can't unpack it properly. it said "Couldn't find any ZIP header in asa842-k8.bin".
View 2 Replies View RelatedI have two ASA 5540 working in Active/Standby mode. After I've upgraded them to 8.2.3 ver. I have the following issue: once a day presently active device arbitary reloadI have no err in show version and in syslogs:11:15:50 ASA : %ASA-6-302020: Built inbound ICMP connection for faddr 10.10.0.36/512 gaddr 10.0.0.16/0 laddr 1011:15:58 ASA : %ASA-1-104001: (Primary) Switching to ACTIVE - HELLO not heard from mate.
View 4 Replies View RelatedI am having the EXACT same problem as this user:URL
Error: GnuTLS error -53: Error in the push function.
Response: 425 Can't open data connection.
Error: Failed to retrieve directory listing
Response: 421 Connection timed out.
However I am using implicit instead of explicit. Here are the outputs of items that have been requested in the other thread.
We are try to connect ssh via outside system (from Internet) its was not getting connected.
When we try to connect from outside pool of ip than its working.
I have 2 ASA 5540's that I want to run in HA A/F. The active ASA has an IPS module running. I no longer need this and would rather remove it than purchase another module for the spare. What is the process to do this safely? After removal will the HA wizard recognize that the module was removed or do I have to update the software?
View 3 Replies View Relatedwe have noted the automatically removing of the only "nat (inside,any)" line, during the upgrade of ASA 5540 from 8.4(3) to 8.4(4) 1: why ?
View 1 Replies View Relatedthere was remote FTP - users behind ASA5540 can connect to it.
Now, with this ftp there is SSL/TLS encryption added and users behind this ASA can't connect to this FTPS.
It this possible for users behind ASA to connect to FTPSs?
I was looking in the CISCO webpage how to load an IOS from a tftp server but i got some questions:
I got the information from this webpage: [URL]
rommon #1> ADDRESS=10.132.44.177 <---- Which IP address? the one that I got on my firewall?
Does ASA 5540 support BGP routing protocol to be configured on it??
I'm talking about the latest versions.