The asa 5510 asa now supports ge gigabit ethernet for port 0 and 1 with the security plus license. Cisco asa 5510 etherchannel and vlan solutions experts exchange. Feb, 20 cisco firewall 5510 etherchannel connected to 3740 stack feb, 20. For rj45 interfaces on the asa 5500 series, the default autonegotiation setting also includes the automdimdix feature. Cisco asa 5500 sub interfaces and vlans petenetlive. The asa software has a similar interface to the cisco ios software on routers. Etherchannel on cisco ios catalyst switch in this tutorial we. Cisco, asa 5510, 5510, vlan configuration solutions experts. The device to which you connect the asa etherchannel must also support 802. Solved configuring qos on a cisco asa 5505 voip forum. Another suggestion is to add an optional ip to the etherchannel interfaces. Dec 09, 20 etherchannel on asa a single link between an asa and a switch provides simple connectivity, but it is a single point to failure, it means if the link goes down, no data can travel across it.
With etherchannel supported on 5510 and higher models you can group together up to eight physical interfaces which can form one etherchannel group up to 48 etherchannel groups can be created. Find answers to cisco asa 5510 etherchannel and vlan from the expert community at experts exchange. Up to 8 active and 8 standby port members per etherchannel. Starting interface configuration asa 5510 and higher starting interface configuration. Interfaces in passive mode will only respond to lacp requests. Find answers to link aggregation on asa 5510 from the expert community at experts exchange. Cisco, asa 5510, 5510, vlan configuration solutions. This way you can set multiple vlans to use this interface as a gateway at the same time whilst still separating the traffic. An etherchannel provides a method of aggregating multiple ethernet links into a single logical channel. A physical asa interface can be configured to connect to multiple logical networks. The ability to configure etherchannels on asa models 5510 and above was introduced within 8. The solution is etherchannel and it became available on the asa in version 8. Interfaces in active mode will actively try to form an etherchannel.
I was trying to crete an etherchannel on the asa and connected to the sw stack portchannel to support different vlans subinterfaced at the asa. Cisco documents typically have each asa going into one switch only, and then stacking or uplinks on the switches. Cisco asa 5500 series for smo and branch locations datasheet. I imagine what youre hoping to do is to use two physical interfaces on the 5510, with each interface connected to one of the switches, and then both interfaces are joined together in software to act as a single logical interface. Essentially what you are accomplishing is a bundle relationship between two interfaces that are looked at as one in. Cisco asa 5510 etherchannel and vlan solutions experts. The hp switches have a 10gbs backpane link between them. Cisco asa 5500 series configuration guide using the cli software version 8. Using any interface for managementonly traffic you can use any interface as a dedicated managementonly interface by configuring it for management traffic, including an etherchannel interface see the managementonly.
I have a single 5510 asa and a paired of 3750 stacked switches. Nov, 2014 the ability to configure etherchannels on asa models 5510 and above was introduced within 8. Example 31 lists the physical interfaces in an asa 5510. Etherchannel is a technology that lets you bundle multiple physical links into a single logical link.
Access product specifications, documents, downloads, visio stencils, product images, and community content. As because in normal catalyst switch it uses either a source ip or macor dest ip or mac like the on returning a packet from asa to the catalyst which algorithm it follows to perform the etherchannel. Creating an etherchannel between hp procurve and c. If you upgrade the license from base to security plus, the capacity of the external ethernet00 and ethernet01 ports increases from the original fe fast ethernet 100 mbps to ge mbps. With default switch settings, if the asa etherchannel is connected cross stack, and if the master switch is powered down. Configuring etherchannel on an asa firewall fir3net. When it comes to a physical interface the incoming or outgoing traffic is processed through fifo queues and rxtxrings per interface, when theses queues.
How to configure vlan subinterfaces on cisco asa 5500 firewall one of the advantages of the cisco asa firewall is that you can configure multiple virtual interfaces subinterfaces on the same physical interface, thus extending the number of security zones firewall legs on your network. Starting interface configuration asa 5510 and higher cisco. In computer networking, cisco asa 5500 series adaptive security appliances, or simply cisco. Cisco asa 5500 series configuration guide using the cli, 8. Dec 06, 20 first of all, you can not do a direct firmware upgrade from v5. Find answers to cisco, asa 5510, 5510, vlan configuration from the expert community at experts exchange.
I need to create a 4 link etherchannel between the cisco stack and the 2x hp switches. Load sharing of traffic as well as protection against link failure by using etherchannel. With an etherchannel, two to eight active physical interfaces can be grouped or bundled together as a single logical portchannel interface. Asa supports lacp protocol ietf std but doesnt support pagp cisco proprietary. Jul 27, 2015 interface configuration in cisco asa routed mode automdimdix feature. Information about starting asa 5510 and higher interface configuration etherchannels an 802. How do you configuring vlanstrunk on a cicso asa 5510 server. Starting interface configuration asa 5510 and higher. Upgrading a nortel avaya baystack ers 5510 5520 firmware from v5. Avayanortel baystack ers 55105520 firmware upgrade from v5. October 31, 2012 americas headquarters cisco systems, inc.
Cisco asa etherchannel interfaces with the asa version 8. I assume that you did but once you get the primary link working, you have to switch to the other unit and get that link working too. On a scale of 15 5 being the best, please let us know how we rate in the following areas. Configuring etherchannel interface in cisco asa youtube. Etherchannel support asa 5510 and higher you can configure up to 48 802. This device is the second model in the asa series asa 5505, 5510, 5520 etc and is fairly popular since is intended for small to medium enterprises. I was trying to create an ether channel on the asa and connected to the sw stack port channel to support different vlans sub interfaced at the asa. The asa 5505 is not yet eol so should keep the shaping with qos capabilities. Etherchannel gives us the ability to keep the redundancy on the interface level on asa 8. Link aggregation on asa 5510 solutions experts exchange. Mar 08, 20 in asa you can configure up to 48 etherchannels in turn each channel group can have eight active interfaces. Supports up to 10 vlans on cisco asa 5510 appliances with the security plus.
Asa and cisco application policy infrastructure controller apic compatibility. To do this, the interface is configured to operate as a vlan trunk link. Maximizing firewall performance 2012 san diego slideshare. Then you configure the asa to poll over a dedicated fo interface to detect device or interface failure, and then you have another poll set up to poll the devices over the switching interfaces. Etherchannel port channel on cisco asa amir montazeri. It allows grouping of several physical ethernet links to create one logical ethernet link for the purpose of providing faulttolerance and highspeed links between switches, routers and servers.
Feb 15, 2016 this article gets back to the basics regarding cisco asa firewalls. Configure etherchannel on cisco asa to increase bandwidth. Asa supports both active and passive modes, where active initiates the lacp negotiation, and passive expects to receive lacp negotiations. Cisco asa 5500 series hardware installation guide part number. Empowering the internet generation, enterprisesolver, etherchannel. Each interface must be of the same type, speed, and duplex mode before an etherchannel can be built. Cisco asa 5500 series hardware installation guide, version 7. Asa and firepower threat defense clustering external hardware support. For the asa 5512x through asa 5555x, the ips ssp software module uses the same physical management 00 interface as the asa. Cisco firewall 5510 etherchannel connected to 3740 stack. Cisco systems asa5515k9, asa 5500 converting inuse. Nov 14, 2018 for the asa 5512x through asa 5555x, the ips ssp software module uses the same physical management 00 interface as the asa. This gives you a lot of information but im particularly interested in seeing if lacp is configured for passive or active mode.
Im offering you here a basic configuration tutorial for thecisco asa 5510 security appliance. The asa interfaces are connected cross stack, that means, one asa interface is going to one switch port and another asa interface is going to another switch in. Note you cannot use interfaces on the 4ge ssm, including the integrated 4ge ssm in slot 1 on the asa 5550, as part of an etherchannel. How to configure vlan subinterfaces on cisco asa 5500 firewall. Asa etherchannel interface is down when the master switch in a switch stack is powered down. The best command to use is show etherchannel detail. Configuring vlan interfaces ccnp security firewall cert. Asa etherchannel has been created with switch ports which are in stack. How do you configuring vlanstrunk on a cicso asa 5510. This document lists the cisco asa software and hardware compatibility and. I just applied the security plus license on our brand new asa 5510 so i will try it out. Hi, ive got a 2x cisco 3750 switches in a stack and 2x hp procurve 2910al48g.
May 16, 2014 this clip is an extract for an online interactive class. You can take the physical interface of a cisco asa firewall, or an ether channel and split it down into further subinterfaces. Cisco systems asa5515k9, asa 5500 converting inuse interfaces to a redundant or etherchannel interface. Cisco asa 5510 adaptive security appliance provides highperformance. Etherchannel is a port link aggregation technology or portchannel architecture used primarily on cisco switches. The logical portchannel interface will take the mac address of the lowest number interface from the group. However that may have changed with the release of the 9. Solved creating etherchannel link on standby 5525x cisco. Configuring physical interfaces ccnp security firewall cert. On asa 5510 and higher platforms, each vlan that is carried over the trunk link terminates on a unique subinterface of a physical interface. Enable gigabit interfaces on cisco asa5510secbunk9.