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Chapter 1 Configuring Active/Standby Failover
Information About Active/Standby Failover
When the replication starts, the ASA console on the active unit displays the message “Beginning
configuration replication: Sending to mate,” and when it is complete, the ASA displays the message
“End Configuration Replication to mate.” During replication, commands entered on the active unit may
not replicate properly to the standby unit, and commands entered on the standby unit may be overwritten
by the configuration being replicated from the active unit. Avoid entering commands on either unit in
the failover pair during the configuration replication process. Depending upon the size of the
configuration, replication can take from a few seconds to several minutes.
Note
The
crypto ca server
command and related sub commands are not synchronized to the failover peer.
On the standby unit, the configuration exists only in running memory. To save the configuration to flash
memory after synchronization, do the following:
•
For single context mode, enter the
write memory
command on the active unit. The command is
replicated to the standby unit, which proceeds to write its configuration to flash memory.
•
For multiple context mode, enter the
write memory all
command on the active unit from the system
execution space. The command is replicated to the standby unit, which proceeds to write its
configuration to flash memory. Using the
all
keyword with this command causes the system and all
context configurations to be saved.
Note
Startup configurations saved on external servers are accessible from either unit over the network and do
not need to be saved separately for each unit. Alternatively, you can copy the contexts on disk from the
active unit to an external server, and then copy them to disk on the standby unit, where they become
available when the unit reloads.
Command Replication
Command replication always flows from the active unit to the standby unit.As commands are entered on
the active unit, they are sent across the failover link to the standby unit. You do not have to save the active
configuration to flash memory to replicate the commands.
The following commands that are replicated to the standby ASA:
•
All configuration commands except for
mode
,
firewall
, and
failover lan unit
•
copy running-config startup-config
•
delete
•
mkdir
•
rename
•
rmdir
•
write memory
The following commands that are
not
replicated to the standby ASA:
•
All forms of the
copy
command except for
copy running-config startup-config
•
All forms of the
write
command except for
write memory
•
debug
•
failover lan unit
•
firewall
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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