Replace an ASA 5505 with an ASA 5506-X
Nov17

Replace an ASA 5505 with an ASA 5506-X

KB ID 0001091  Problem Given the amount of ASA work I do it’s surprising that the first time I saw an ASA 5506-X was last week (I’ve been working on larger firewalls for a while). I’m probably going to have to do a few of these over the next couple of years so I’ll update this article as things surface. Solution Q: Can I just copy the config from an ASA 5505 to an ASA 5506-X? A: No, that would be nice, truth be...

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Cisco ASA 5500-X Restart the FirePOWER Service Module
Nov17

Cisco ASA 5500-X Restart the FirePOWER Service Module

KB ID 0001101  Problem I’ve only just recently started to work with these, the advantage of them is they are great for SOHO and SMB, and they don’t need additional SSD drives installing. Note: This also procedure works on the larger ASA5500-X firewalls that have Firepower installed on an internal SSD drive, (i.e. 5512,5515,5525, and 5545 etc.) While getting them to work with a Sourcefire appliance, I had to...

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