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Chapter 14 Configuring Failover
Configuring Failover
allocate-interface GigabitEthernet0/2
allocate-interface GigabitEthernet0/3
config-url flash:/admin.cfg
join-failover-group 1
context ctx1
description context 1
allocate-interface GigabitEthernet0/4
allocate-interface GigabitEthernet0/5
config-url flash:/ctx1.cfg
join-failover-group 2
Example 14-2 admin Context Configuration
hostname SecAppA
interface GigabitEthernet0/2
nameif outsideISP-A
security-level 0
ip address 192.168.1.1 255.255.255.0 standby 192.168.1.2
asr-group 1
interface GigabitEthernet0/3
nameif inside
security-level 100
ip address 10.1.0.1 255.255.255.0 standby 10.1.0.11
monitor-interface outside
Example 14-3 ctx1 Context Configuration
hostname SecAppB
interface GigabitEthernet0/4
nameif outsideISP-B
security-level 0
ip address 192.168.2.2 255.255.255.0 standby 192.168.2.1
asr-group 1
interface GigabitEthernet0/5
nameif inside
security-level 100
ip address 10.2.20.1 255.255.255.0 standby 10.2.20.11
Figure 14-1 on page 14-37
shows the ASR support working as follows:
1.
An outbound session passes through security appliance SecAppA. It exits interface outsideISP-A
(192.168.1.1).
2.
Because of asymmetric routing configured somewhere upstream, the return traffic comes back
through the interface outsideISP-B (192.168.2.2) on security appliance SecAppB.
3.
Normally the return traffic would be dropped because there is no session information for the traffic
on interface 192.168.2.2. However, the interface is configure with the command
asr-group 1
. The
unit looks for the session on any other interface configured with the same ASR group ID.
4.
The session information is found on interface outsideISP-A (192.168.1.2), which is in the standby
state on the unit SecAppB. Stateful Failover replicated the session information from SecAppA to
SecAppB.
5.
Instead of being dropped, the layer 2 header is re-written with information for interface 192.168.1.1
and the traffic is redirected out of the interface 192.168.1.2, where it can then return through the
interface on the unit from which it originated (192.168.1.1 on SecAppA). This forwarding continues
as needed until the session ends.
Summary of Contents for 500 Series
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