ASA 5510 License confusion

ahmad82pkn · ‎07-29-2009

Hi i have cisco ASA 5510, with Security Plus license.

My question is, if this device capable of work in active/standby environment?

if yes, then what license should be on second ASA which i am going to buy.

if not, then what i need to do for this ASA to have active/standby setup.

here is other information.

Licensed features for this platform:

Maximum Physical Interfaces : Unlimited

Maximum VLANs : 25

Inside Hosts : Unlimited

Failover : Active/Standby

VPN-DES : Enabled

VPN-3DES-AES : Enabled

Security Contexts : 0

GTP/GPRS : Disabled

VPN Peers : 150

handsy · ‎07-29-2009

Take a look at the following document, it should answer all your questions:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/security/asa/asa72/configuration/guide/failover.html#wp1053685

netsec · ‎07-29-2009

according to this link : http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps6120/prod_models_comparison.html

Yes you can do A/S failover.

Q: then what license should be on second ASA which i am going to buy?

A: You will need the same license ( as it's required point for FO), and same hardware... take a look at the link in the privous answer.

I don't understand why you have 0 Sec contexts?? you should have 2 at least!

Good luck.

ahmad82pkn · ‎07-30-2009

@ netsec@smals

Thank you for your email, and the link, i also researched and on same conclusion, about security contexts, i just upgraded my IOS from 7.0(8) to 8.2(1)and now i have 2 contexts.

i will be making fail over configuration in day or two, then update you, in case of issue.

ahmad82pkn · ‎08-07-2009

i am good with out any issues :D