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Cisco ASA Series CLI Configuration Guide
Chapter 1 Setting General VPN Parameters
Configuring Load Balancing
Note
When using encryption, you must have previously configured the load-balancing inside
interface. If that interface is not enabled on the load-balancing inside interface, you get an error
message when you try to configure cluster encryption.
If the load-balancing inside interface was enabled when you configured cluster encryption, but
was disabled before you configured the participation of the device in the virtual cluster, you get
an error message when you enter the
participate
command (or, in ASDM, check the
Participate
in Load Balancing Cluster
check box), and encryption is not enabled for the cluster.
To use cluster encryption, you must enable ISAKMP on the inside interface, using the
crypto
isakmp enable
command with the inside interface specified.
Step 5
If you enable cluster encryption, you must also specify the IPsec shared secret by entering the
cluster
key
command. This command specifies the shared secret between IPsec peers when you have enabled
IPsec encryption. The value you enter in the box appears as consecutive asterisk characters
hostname(config-load-balancing)#
cluster key
shared_secret
hostname(config-load-balancing)#
For example, to set the shared secret to 123456789, enter the following command:
hostname(config-load-balancing)#
cluster key 123456789
hostname(config-load-balancing)#
Step 6
Enable this device’s participation in the cluster by entering the participate command:
hostname(config-load-balancing)#
participate
hostname(config-load-balancing)#
Enabling Redirection Using a Fully Qualified Domain Name
To enable or disable redirection using a fully qualified domain name in vpn load-balancing mode, use
the
redirect-fqdn enable
command in global configuration mode. This behavior is disabled by default.
By default, the ASA sends only IP addresses in load-balancing redirection to a client. If certificates are
in use that are based on DNS names, the certificates will be invalid when redirected to a backup device.
As a VPN cluster master, this ASA can send a fully qualified domain name (FQDN), using reverse DNS
lookup, of a cluster device (another ASA in the cluster) instead of its outside IP address when redirecting
VPN client connections to that cluster device.
All of the outside and inside network interfaces on the load-balancing devices in a cluster must be on the
same IP network.
Note
If you use the CLI name command to name the IP address of the ASA, and enable IP address redirect
to FQDN, then the Master ASA will use the name instead of the hostname when directing VPN client
connections to itself. If the name you gave to the ASA's IP is not in the DNS used by the client, then it
will try a reverse DNS lookup. If the name is still not found, the client will not be able to connect to that
ASA.
Summary of Contents for 5505 - ASA Firewall Edition Bundle
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Page 61: ...P A R T 1 Getting Started with the ASA ...
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Page 219: ...P A R T 2 Configuring High Availability and Scalability ...
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Page 403: ...P A R T 2 Configuring Interfaces ...
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Page 499: ...P A R T 2 Configuring Basic Settings ...
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Page 533: ...P A R T 2 Configuring Objects and Access Lists ...
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Page 601: ...P A R T 2 Configuring IP Routing ...
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Page 745: ...P A R T 2 Configuring Network Address Translation ...
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Page 845: ...P A R T 2 Configuring AAA Servers and the Local Database ...
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Page 981: ...P A R T 2 Configuring Access Control ...
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Page 1061: ...P A R T 2 Configuring Service Policies Using the Modular Policy Framework ...
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Page 1093: ...P A R T 2 Configuring Application Inspection ...
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Page 1191: ...P A R T 2 Configuring Unified Communications ...
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Page 1333: ...P A R T 2 Configuring Connection Settings and QoS ...
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Page 1379: ...P A R T 2 Configuring Advanced Network Protection ...
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Page 1475: ...P A R T 2 Configuring Modules ...
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Page 1549: ...P A R T 2 Configuring VPN ...
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Page 1965: ...P A R T 2 Configuring Logging SNMP and Smart Call Home ...
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Page 2059: ...P A R T 2 System Administration ...
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