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Cisco ASA 5500 Series Configuration Guide using ASDM
Chapter67 Configuring Active/Active Failover
Configuring Active/Active Failover
– Testing—Hello messages are not heard on the interface for five poll times.
– Link Down—The interface is administratively down.
– No Link—The physical link for the interface is down.
– Failed—No traffic is received on the interface, yet traffic is heard on the peer interface.
Failover - Transparent
Use this pane to define the standby IP address for the management interface for the security context and
to specify whether the status of the interfaces on the security context should be monitored.
Fields
•Interface—Lists the interfaces for the security context and identifies their monitoring status.
– Interface Name—Identifies the interface name.
– Is Monitored—Specifies whether this interface is monitored for failure.
•Edit—Displays the Edit Failover Interface Configuration dialog box for the selected interface.
•Management IP Address—Identifies the active and standby management IP addresses for the
security context.
– Active—Identifies the management IP address for the active failover unit.
– Standby—Specifies the management IP address for the standby failover unit.
•Management Netmask—Identifies the mask associated with the management address.
Edit Failover Interface Configuration
Use the Edit Failover Interface Configuration dialog box to specify whether the status of the interface
should be monitored.
Fields
•Interface Name—Identifies the interface name.
•Monitor interface for failure—Specifies whether this interface is monitored for failure. The number
of interfaces that can be monitored for the security appliance is 250. Hello messages are exchanged
between the security appliance failover pair during every interface poll time period. Monitored
failover interfaces can have the following status:
– Unknown—Initial status. This status can also mean the status cannot be determined.
– Normal—The interface is receiving traffic.
– Testing—Hello messages are not heard on the interface for five poll times.
– Link Down—The interface is administratively down.
– No Link—The physical link for the interface is down.
– Failed—No traffic is received on the interface, yet traffic is heard on the peer interface.
Failover-Multiple Mode, System
This pane includes tabs for configuring the system-level failover settings in the system context of an
ASA in multiple context mode. In multiple mode, you can configure Active/Standby or Active/Active
failover. Active/Active failover is automatically enabled when you create failover groups in the device