Chapter 30 Configuring the ASA CX Module

Feature History for the ASA CX Module

Table 30-2

Feature History for the ASA CX Module (continued)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Platform

 

Feature Name

 

Releases

Feature Information

 

 

 

Monitor-only mode for demonstration

ASA 9.1(2)

For demonstration purposes only, you can enable

purposes

 

ASA CX 9.1(2)

monitor-only mode for the service policy, which forwards a

 

 

 

copy of traffic to the ASA CX module, while the original

 

 

 

traffic remains unaffected.

 

 

 

Another option for demonstration purposes is to configure a

 

 

 

traffic-forwarding interface instead of a service policy in

 

 

 

monitor-only mode. The traffic-forwarding interface sends

 

 

 

all traffic directly to the ASA CX module, bypassing the

 

 

 

ASA.

 

 

 

We modified the following screen: Configuration > Firewall

 

 

 

> Service Policy Rules > Add Service Policy Rule > Rule

 

 

 

Actions > ASA CX Inspection.

 

 

 

The traffic-forwarding feature is supported by CLI only.

 

 

 

NAT 64 support for the ASA CX module

ASA 9.1(2)

You can now use NAT 64 in conjunction with the ASA CX

 

 

ASA CX 9.1(2)

module.

 

 

 

We did not modify any screens.

 

 

 

ASA 5585-X with SSP-40 and -60 support for

ASA 9.1(3)

ASA CX SSP-40 and -60 modules can be used with the

the ASA CX SSP-40 and -60

ASA CX 9.2(1)

matching level ASA 5585-X with SSP-40 and -60.

 

 

 

We did not modify any screens.

 

 

 

Multiple context mode support for the ASA

ASA 9.1(3)

You can now configure ASA CX service policies per

CX module

 

ASA CX 9.2(1)

context on the ASA.

 

 

 

Note Although you can configure per context ASA

 

 

 

service policies, the ASA CX module itself

 

 

 

(configured in PRSM) is a single context mode

 

 

 

device; the context-specific traffic coming from the

 

 

 

ASA is checked against the common ASA CX

 

 

 

policy.

 

 

 

We did not modify any screens.

 

 

 

Filtering packets captured on the ASA CX

ASA 9.1(3)

You can now filter packets captured on the ASA CX

backplane

 

ASA CX 9.2(1)

backplane using the match or access-listkeyword with the

 

 

 

capture interface asa_dataplane command.

 

 

 

Control traffic specific to the ASA CX module is not

 

 

 

affected by the access-list or match filtering; the ASA

 

 

 

captures all control traffic.

 

 

 

In multiple context mode, configure the packet capture per

 

 

 

context. Note that all control traffic in multiple context

 

 

 

mode goes only to the system execution space. Because

 

 

 

control traffic cannot be filtered using an access-list or

 

 

 

match, these options are not available in the system

 

 

 

execution space.

 

 

 

We did not modify any ASDM screens.

 

 

 

 

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