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Cisco ASA Series CLI Configuration Guide
Chapter 1 Information About Failover
Failover System Requirements
Note
When the ASA is configured for Active/Active Stateful Failover, you cannot enable IPsec or SSL VPN.
Therefore, these features are unavailable. VPN failover is available for Active/Standby failover
configurations only.
Failover System Requirements
This section describes the hardware, software, and license requirements for ASAs in a failover
configuration.
This section includes the following topics:
•
Hardware Requirements, page 1-2
•
Software Requirements, page 1-2
•
License Requirements, page 1-2
Hardware Requirements
The two units in a failover configuration must be the same model, have the same number and types of
interfaces, the same SSMs installed (if any), and the same RAM installed.
If you are using units with different flash memory sizes in your failover configuration, make sure the
unit with the smaller flash memory has enough space to accommodate the software image files and the
configuration files. If it does not, configuration synchronization from the unit with the larger flash
memory to the unit with the smaller flash memory will fail.
Software Requirements
The two units in a failover configuration must be in the same operating modes (routed or transparent,
single or multiple context). They must have the same major (first number) and minor (second number)
software version. However, you can use different versions of the software during an upgrade process; for
example, you can upgrade one unit from Version 8.3(1) to Version 8.3(2) and have failover remain active.
We recommend upgrading both units to the same version to ensure long-term compatibility.
See the
for more information about upgrading the software on a failover pair.
License Requirements
The two units in a failover configuration do not need to have identical licenses; the licenses combine to
make a failover cluster license. See the
“Failover or ASA Cluster Licenses” section on page 1-30
more information.
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 403: ...P A R T 2 Configuring Interfaces ...
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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 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 1965: ...P A R T 2 Configuring Logging SNMP and Smart Call Home ...
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