Cisco Security :: ASA 5545 - 8.6 - Active / Standby - License Upgrade
Feb 4, 2013
We are planning to upgrade the ASA license in an A/S pair by adding the ASA5500-SC-20= license. The ASA is 5545 and runs 8.6. According to documentation, after 8.3 version, the ASAs can share a license features and do not require the same license on both boxes. I run a test in GNS3 with 8.4(2) images and I saw that by adding the 'activation-key' command only on the primary unit did the job as the 'show activation-key' output shows. In order to be 100% sure would like to verify the following:
Putting the activation-key only on the primary unit is enough and there is no need to do anything elseIn case the primary unit is standby, again we have to put the actication-key command on the primary unit (I am asking this because the 'activation-key' command is not listed under the commands that are not replicated to the other unitk, but doesn't make sense to be replicated since the activation-key is 'tied' with the S/N of the device).
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Oct 4, 2012
I recently picked up two ASA5510s (ASA5510-SSL50-K9 & ASA5510-SEC-BUN-K) with intentions of creating an Active/Standy configuration. I'm receiving the error message "Mates' license (2 SSL VPN Peers) is not compatible with my license (50 SSL VPN Peers)", but I was under the impression that I didn't have to buy idential SSL VPN licenses post 8.2 in an Active/Standby configuration. am I missing a step that enables the license transfer(sharing?) feature to work correctly before the failover will build correctly?
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Mar 6, 2013
Our customer has purchased 2 x L-ASA-AC-E-5520= Anyconnect Essentials VPN Licenses (750 Users)Ive installed both activated licenses as per the cisco guides, I didnt get any errors on the install. I did a reload on both, they are both back up and running as active/standby but when I do a sh ver the license still shows "ASA 5520 VPN Plus License"Am I being dumb and has this worked successfully or should it not now display Anyconnect when I do a sh ver?
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Jan 17, 2012
Can I upgrade Active/standby pair from 7.2(4) to 8.0(5)25 directly or need to upgrade to 8.0.2/4 first? Upgrade an Active/Standby Failover ConfigurationComplete these steps in order to upgrade two units in an Active/Standby failover configuration:Download the new software to both units, and specify the new image to load with the boot system command.Refer to Upgrade a Software Image and ASDM Image using CLI for more information.Reload the standby unit to boot the new image by entering the failover reload-standby command on the active unit as shown below:active#failover reload-standbyWhen the standby unit has finished reloading and is in the Standby Ready state, force the active unit to fail over to the standby unit by entering the no failover active command on the active unit.active#no failover activeNote: Use the show failover command in order to verify that the standby unit is in the Standby Ready state.Reload the former active unit (now the new standby unit) by entering the reload command:newstandby#reloadWhen the new standby unit has finished reloading and is in the Standby Ready state, return the original active unit to active status by entering the failover active command:newstandby#failover activeThis completes the process of upgrading an Active/Standby Failover pair.
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Oct 9, 2011
I have been asked to look at upgrading two 5520 ASA configured in a HA pair Active/Standby, from version 7.2(4) to version 8.3(1) to bring it in line with some other ASA firewalls in the organisation.
My question is can I simply upgrade straight from 7.2(4) to 8.3(1) or will I have to step the upgrade from 7.2(4) => 8.2(x) => 8.3(1)
Having read a few articles on the forums and the release notes I think I should be able to go from 7.2(4) => 8.3(1) .
The second part of my query is around the upgrade itself, having researched this a little there seems to be various views on how to go about upgrading a HA pair and I cannot find anything specific on the website.
The approach I am thinking of is simply as follows;
- upload images onto both firewalls in the HA pair
- On the standby from the CLI
clear configure boot
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Mar 21, 2012
I need to upgrade a pair (active/standby) of ASA from 8.2.5 to 8.4.3 ... I have a script created to modify all NAT rules I need, and I have tested it in lab, and I think I'm good with it. Now, I want to figure out if there's a way to do this without an outage. Previously, when configuration were compatible between version, there was no problem. You could usually force secondary unit to be active, upgrade primary (rebooting), making primary the active again, and do the upgrade on secondary ... no outage at all
Now, as new software doesn't support old configuration, if I follow that process, as soon as I bring primary up with new software, it will try to get the configuration from the active one, which won't work ... Is there another option than having a short outage (turn off secondary acting as active, while primary is coming back with new software and configuration already changed?)
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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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Sep 30, 2012
I have 2 6509 chasis with one SUP720-3B in each and current IOS is s72033-ipservicesk9_wan-mz.122-18.SXF4 and 2 FWSM with version is 3.3.1 I need to upgrade FWSM system software to 4.1, after checking FWSM 4.1 release notes, I thought of upgrading IOS to latest version to 12.2(33)SXJ.I got new 2 CF of 512MB and downloaded the new IOS on them and need to upgrade 6509 IOS first to meet the requirement for FWSM upgrade.
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Jun 29, 2011
I have a pair of 5520s running 8.2(3) in failover active/standby, routed mode. I have an issue with SSH as it's stopped worked after a short time, less than 8hrs during the network being installed, telnet is working fine as is https/asdm. I have re-created the crypto key and the ssh access is allowed. When I try to connect I just get a flashing cursor, telnet to the ip and port 22 also works.
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Apr 24, 2012
I have two ASA 5505's with Security Plus licenses on both.I am trying to force them to becoming an HA pair using active/standby.When I enable failover I get this message:
Mate's license (Licensed Cores ) is not compatible with my license (Licensed Cores ). Failover will be disabled.Do I need to apply new licenses to the ASA's?
Device licence details (same on both):Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance Software Version 8.2(1) [code] This platform has an ASA 5505 Security Plus license.
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Aug 19, 2012
I want to implement Active/Standby cluster with a pair of 5550 ASAs and I have a licensing question. Here is the "sh activation-key detail" output from both devices...
ASA1:
sh activation-key detail:
Serial Number: XXXXX
No active temporary key.
Running Activation Key: XXXXX XXXXX XXXXX XXXXX XXXXX
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This platform has an ASA 5550 VPN Premium license.The flash activation key is the SAME as the running key.So it looks obvious that I'll have to upgrade the first ASA to support 25 SSL VPN Peers in order to build HA cluster, right?Now I want to know do I need the "ASA5505-SSL25-K9" license or something else.
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Jul 17, 2012
I have a pair of ASA 5520s operating in failover pair as active/standby, having two contexts on them. I am planning to share the load and make it active/active making first context active on the primary unit and second context active on the secondary unit. My question is if this will disrupt any connectivity thru these firewalls when I do "no failover" on the active/standby and assign the contexts to different failover groups and enable the failover back.
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Nov 4, 2011
I have a Cisco 1921 ISR Router with Security License running software version 15.0. I want to upgrade the router to 15.1. But I don't want to lose the security license that came with the router. When I look at the IOS downloads page on Cisco, all I see is universal images for all versions of 15.1.
My question is - where is the security license stored? In the IOS or programmed in somewhere else of the router? If I upgrade my router to one of the newer 15.1 universal images, will I lose my security license?
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Apr 10, 2011
I faced one problem in our core switch 4507 R . Active sup lost connection and standby came active. We got lot of errors/alerts on console shown below. [Code] Also when I reloaded the switch with reload command only both sups got reloaded but I want to reload all the modules but reload command do not gives any options for that.
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Apr 19, 2012
We want to upgrade one of our Cisco 5505 with Security Plus license. what is the difference between L-ASA5505-SEC-PL and ASA5505-SEC-PL upgrade licenses?
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Oct 25, 2011
I would like to Upgrade license Cisco 1941-K9 from ipbase to security
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Dec 18, 2012
i have 2921 router with base license . i want to upgrade to it to security k9 feature or want to enable it. i have license file with product activation key. how should i do it. if any body have screen shot file
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Dec 13, 2012
We are preparing to upgrade from LMS 3.2 where we run 2 seperate independant instances in seperate locations for redundancy. Each instance forwards syslog traps to a seperate Openview system in the associated location. Device updates are manually done on each system.
To reduce costs and administrative overhead we are considering switching to an active-standby environment when we upgrade to LMS 4.2 where the active system would forward traps to both Openview systems.
Any experience with an active-standby Ciscoworks LMS 4.2 environment, specifically; When one system becomes unavailable (due to network, system or application issues) is promoting the standby system to active automatic?How long does it take?
Does the standby system still monitor syslog events and initiate automated actions? Where the active system stops working or hangs and the standby system does not go active?
Are there any reliability issues with database updates or synchronization from the active system to the standby system? Is there a way to test communications from the standby system for new device turn-ups without making it active?
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Oct 16, 2012
What's the difference between VPN Plus license and Security Plus license. I have new 5520 shipped with VPN Plus license.Also does it require a seperate license for Anyconnect for Mobile and AnyConnect Essentials.
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Jun 1, 2011
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?
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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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Dec 17, 2012
I'm not quite ready for the Automatic Failover feature that the ASA 5520 support. For now we have a cold stand by unit. I was wondering if I can change the mac addresses of the standby unit's interfaces to be exactly the same as the primary unit. I see an active/standby mac address section in ADSM, but I think that is used in the automatic failover function.
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Sep 21, 2011
i have 2 ASA 5505 running 8.3(1) and ASDM 6.3(1).
the first unit is currently working, and i now wish to configure the second unit as standby. im configuring through the ASDM GUI. Started the HA Wizard, choose Active/Standby configuration and enter the IP of the peer device. checks come back all ok. On the LAN link configuration page (step 3of6) Interface is pre selected as VLAN99, I give it a logical name as iface_fail, and enter 10.0.0.1 as primary address and 10.0.0.2 as standby, subnet as 255.255.255.248, and select port Ethernet0/5
Note that if i click on the buttons next to the IP fields, i get IP addresses of remote hosts!.
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Dec 21, 2011
I have a problem with failover. On My site I have 2 Firewalls 5580. And I did this configuration on my firewall.interface GigabitEthernet3/0description LAN/STATE Failover Interfacespeed nonegotiate.
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Feb 8, 2012
I would like to ask you about ASA 5510 (Active/Standby). i have two ASA 5510 and i did configuretion failover and it is working ( Active / Standby) but my issue that when primary donw, the standby unit up to primary but the primary came back the standby unit it not switch to standby ( i mean it still up ) . if i want to primary up i type command ( failover active ) on primary unit , so i don't want use manul command i want it auto.Which command that make ASA failover when primary coma back? [code]
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Apr 18, 2012
i read that you need only one L-ASA5510-SEC-PL for setting up a Active/Standby Failover. I installed the license on the 1st ASA and tried to setup the failover via the ASDM wizard. It always fails, because the 2nd device can't have a 'base' license.So does this mean, i really need another license?
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Feb 12, 2012
I'm working on configuring two ASA 5520's in an Active/Standby configuration. I've got almost everything the same between the two units for AnyConnect to work expect the following two items:
AnyConnect Client Profiles
AnyConnect Client Software
If I upload the software manually to the Standby unit I get warning about them not being in sync and on the active unit if I do a 'write standby' it does not copy the profile or software.
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Mar 3, 2013
I have two ASA 5520 version 8.2 in active Standay Mode. What is a good practice to setup IPS AIM ssm-20 for this setup.
Is IPS should be in Fail-Open or Fail-Close mode ?
Is Mangement ip for both IPS module should be same or diffrent. ?
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Jun 4, 2012
I currently have a LAN-based failover setup between two 5510s. The failover link is a crossover cable. In the current setup, if I unplug the crossover cable both units become active. From what I understood from Cisco documentation, each unit should mark the failover interface as down and there shouldn't be any failover. That's exactly how I want this setup to work.
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May 11, 2011
I have just finished setting up two ASA5510s in Active/Standby Staeful failover, using the Management interface for both failover and state. Everything appears to be working well.Configurations were transferred and the "sh failover" on both accurately reports their status before and after a failing the active device.I monitored the inside IP with a continuous ping (using a Windows client) and noticed that there were usually two to three ping responses lost. Is this normal?
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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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Feb 6, 2012
I am looking to add the IPS module to my ASA 5510's. I am contemplating only purchasing one module and placing it in the active ASA. I am willing to accept that in a failure scenario I will loose the IPS functionality until the primary ASA is recovered. I have not had a chance to talk to my SE to see if this is even possible. Has anyone attempted a deployment such as this? Will it work and is it supported?
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Dec 5, 2011
We have 2 ASA 5505s in a data center at a remote site.
Whilst troubleshooting another issue I noticed the below. I don't know much about fail over but this would suggest that the secondary ASA is active and the primary ASA is on standby.
if the primary is "active" then how come the secondary is the active ASA? I would have thought that once the primary ASA became active this would assume the "main" role".
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