topic PIX 515E Failover help in Network Security https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/pix-515e-failover-help/m-p/745278#M1022385 <P>Hello everyone,</P><P></P><P>What is the best way to setup the PIX 515E for FO? I read that serial + ethernet is the best way to go, this seems to be what I want to do.</P><P></P><P>How do I go about setting this up in this manner? Thanks for your help. I get bad search results when looking on the cisco site, so I figured I would post here and save myself some grief.</P> Mon, 11 Mar 2019 10:00:45 GMT DanielO 2019-03-11T10:00:45Z PIX 515E Failover help https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/pix-515e-failover-help/m-p/745278#M1022385 <P>Hello everyone,</P><P></P><P>What is the best way to setup the PIX 515E for FO? I read that serial + ethernet is the best way to go, this seems to be what I want to do.</P><P></P><P>How do I go about setting this up in this manner? Thanks for your help. I get bad search results when looking on the cisco site, so I figured I would post here and save myself some grief.</P> Mon, 11 Mar 2019 10:00:45 GMT https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/pix-515e-failover-help/m-p/745278#M1022385 DanielO 2019-03-11T10:00:45Z Re: PIX 515E Failover help https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/pix-515e-failover-help/m-p/745279#M1022386 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Assuming you have Version 7 software, Cisco have it covered here.</P><P></P><P><A class="jive-link-custom" href="http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps6120/products_configuration_guide_chapter09186a008045247e.html" target="_blank">http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps6120/products_configuration_guide_chapter09186a008045247e.html</A></P><P></P><P>As you state, serial heartbeat plus dedicated statefull link ( peferebly a VLAN ) is the best way to go. For this the two devices need to be withing 6 feet or so of each other.</P><P></P><P>Later versions of ASDM have a reasonable GUI, just make sure the hardware and software is identical, and also the encyption licences need to be the same.</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 16 Apr 2007 21:12:09 GMT https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/pix-515e-failover-help/m-p/745279#M1022386 mark.hodge 2007-04-16T21:12:09Z