03-25-2009 09:09 AM
I would like to deploy multiple contexts on my ace. I am wondering if I can use the same management vlan for all of them or do i need to use different vlans? I would like to use mulitple contexts behind one fwsm for product management reasons, but i only really want one management vlan.
thanks
03-25-2009 10:46 AM
Yes.
You can use a shared management vlan. All the interface among the different contexts (connected to management vlan) needs to have a unique IP.
Also If you are planning to manage these contexts from remote networks then you need static routes for these remote networks.
HTH
Syed Iftekhar Ahmed
02-08-2010 08:54 AM
Hi Syed,
Can you kindly explain where the static route would need to be applied?
If the management vlan is shared among all the Contexts, and each context have a unique IP address, does the static route get applied at each context (user defined, and admin), and the Sup card?
Thanks for any feedback.
Raman Azizian
02-09-2010 05:31 AM
Hi,
If you have a managment IP subnet (VLAN) and you want to give each context a unique IP address out of this subnet, then you need to have in each context these static routes defined, because each context has its own routing table.
For example:
Managment subnet 172.16.0.0/24 - router 172.16.0.254
CONTEXT 1 172.16.0.10/24
CONTEXT 2 172.16.0.11/24
CONTEXT 3 172.16.0.12/24
Management station: 10.0.0.10/24
in this case, in each context you would configure
ip route 10.0.0.10 255.255.255.255 172.16.0.254
assuming your router has a route to reach the management station.
HTH,
Dario
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