Cisco ASA 5585-X Port Numbering
KB ID 0001004 Problem Back at the beginning of the year I had to do a firewall design that included an ASA5585-X, I did some searching to find out how the ports were numbered but came up blank. So I took an (incorrect) educated guess. I unboxed and fired one up today, and ran though the port numbering and orientation, and discovered the correct numbering. Solution Note: This ASA5585-X also has a CX module fitted. The bottom...
ASA 5585-X Update the CX SSP Module
KB ID 0001005 Problem Every piece of documentation I found on upgrading CX SSP modules was for doing so on models other than the ASA5585-X. The (current) latest CLI guide says; “For the ASA 5585-X hardware module, you must install or upgrade your image from within the ASA CX module. See the ASA CX module documentation for more information.” Yeah good luck finding that! Solution Before I saw the information above I tried...
ASA Upgrading and Imaging a Hardware CX Module
KB ID 0001025 Problem Last time I had to do one of these the process was very straight forward, one command and the ASA got its new image from FTP, extracted it, and then installed it. I had a CX module fail last week, and Cisco shipped me out a replacement. After installing it and running the setup, I needed to upgrade it (it will be managed by PRSM). It was running version 9.0.2 (probably been on the shelf a while!). And every time...