Once you go through the initial configuration of 4100 chassis and FTD bootstrap next configuration step is to setup your ASA units as Active/Standby pair or as a Cluster. Clustering on 4100 chassis is new and lets you group multiple ASAs together as a single logical device. Cluster provides all …
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Once you complete Firepower Hardware Platform configuration as discussed in the previous post you can proceed with Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) setup which is a lot easier and more intuitive. More information regarding configuration, updates, and upgrades can be found at the following link. Components: FTD: 6.2 Start by connecting …
One of the projects I was involved in was the setup of two 4100 series Firepower Chassis Managers (FCM) in the data-center environment where high-availability and redundancy played a key role. I did my research and found no good document that would have taken me through all the steps to …
As you know Firepower Management Center (FMC) version 6.x does not require unit license (2, 10 or 25). If you ever wondered how many sensors you can ACTUALLY support on virtual FMC appliance the answer is 25. And it is a hard limit which does not depend on the Sensor model, …
In preparation for Identity Services Engine (ISE) 2.1 upgrade, I’ve replicated production environment in order to validate upgrade functionality. This way I had a chance to run through restore steps and test upgrade process. This post is about my findings and lessons learned. Components: Cisco ISE: 2.0 First of all, …