Use Managment Port for Failover

[bull3000]

Can the management interface be used as the failover interface in a 5510 Security Plus version? I believe in the S+ edition, the management port can be used as a 5th ethernet port. Can't find anything that suggests one way or the other.

Thanks in advance.

 

[garnetbobcat]

I think you're right and I think I may have tried it before. In the command reference for the management-only command it says, "Also, for Management 0/0, you can disable management-only mode so the interface can pass through traffic just like any other interface."

That makes me think that it can become a failover interface "just like any other interface."

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/security/asa/asa72/command/reference/m_72.html#wp1780826

Do let us know how it turns out.

One other thing to keep in mind when using the management interface to pass traffic on a 5520 and above is that m0/0 is only 10/00 while the other interfaces are 10/100/1000. Depending on your throughput this could be a problem.

Matt
CCSP

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