01-30-2010 11:20 PM - edited 03-11-2019 10:03 AM
Gurus,
We have a requirement to create 2 contexts & 1 admin context on a HA based ASA. The local ip range i have is 192.168.100.0 /24.
Internet traffic will be coming on to this context, although there will be only one single internet line and not two different ones for each context.
Please help me as to how the ip assignments on these contexts must be made wrt to HA pair.A brief overall config including ip address would be very much appreciated.
Thank You.
Solved! Go to Solution.
02-01-2010 09:22 AM
02-01-2010 09:39 AM
Yes that is correct. Context 1 and context 2 are two different firewalls.
-KS
01-30-2010 11:25 PM
(EDIT): these also need to have a DMZ interface on each of them. How is that also be incorporated in this.
Thanks.
01-31-2010 09:50 AM
Pls. see an example here:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/security/asa/asa80/configuration/guide/examples.html#wp1009684
-KS
02-01-2010 07:51 AM
Thanks for the great link. Another query though, since the firewall is in an HA mode, how do we allocate public ip address on its internet facing interface.
viz, would the admin context also need to be put in with ip address or is it only for the other 3 contexts interface. If so, would each context on active firewall have different public ip address and would same apply to standby firewall.
Appreciate any assistance!
02-01-2010 08:31 AM
Good question. We do recommend to add a standby IP for all interfaces. If you have available addresses I would add a standby IP address for the outside interface for all the contexts. Otherwise you can leave it just with the active IP. Failover will still work. Just monitoring interface will not work.
When you issue sh fail, active unit will show up with an IP address but the standby unit will show up as 0.0.0.0. That is all.
-KS
02-01-2010 09:17 AM
thanks for the prompt help. to make it more easily digestible to me, below is the
sample config i have done to enact this scenario:
each context will have a different organisation on it.
FWA(Active) - Context 1 & Context 2
FWB(Standby) - Context 1 & Context 2
Assuming public ip's to be 192.168.100.4 /29
Gw: 192.168.100.5
On FWA- context1: i assign IP 192.168.100.6 /29 on public interface
On FWA- context2: i assign IP 192.168.100.7 /29 on public interface
(Or does it mean that Context2 doesnt have to be assigned any ip or the same as Context1) ?
On FWB- context1: Unassigned
On FWB- context2: Unassigned
Is this correct as per my understanding of your post.
Tons of thanks to you!
02-01-2010 09:22 AM
That is correct. You did understand it correct.
-KS
02-01-2010 09:32 AM
Ok. that means Context1 & Context2 will have seperate translation tables ?
Thanks.
02-01-2010 09:39 AM
Yes that is correct. Context 1 and context 2 are two different firewalls.
-KS
Find answers to your questions by entering keywords or phrases in the Search bar above. New here? Use these resources to familiarize yourself with the community: