topic Re: ASA vs FTD (license) in Network Security

ASA vs FTD (license)

me77 — Fri, 21 Feb 2020 15:15:17 GMT

I have an ASA 5506-X K9 (not the Sec-Bun) with a Control license. Is this enough to do anything at all with FTD, like manage the ASA function? I'm pretty sure I'd need additional licenses to do anything else.

Also, is there a process to reimage back from FTD back to the standard ASA boot? I currently have the FTD boot image installed, so when I reload it comes into the FTD boot image - but I'm not sure that I want to install the FTD system software and lose everything on Disk0. (Especially if it required a license that I don't have.)

Re: ASA vs FTD (license)

Philip D'Ath — Wed, 31 Jan 2018 22:58:05 GMT

The control licence will get you basic FTD functionality.

Yse you can image back to ASA from FTD.

Re: ASA vs FTD (license)

me77 — Fri, 02 Feb 2018 23:40:59 GMT

Just to add, the control license cannot be converted to Smart licensing, and I was informed by Cisco licensing support that more than a basic control license is needed to use FTD. Since I already installed FTD my only option is to do a 90-day trial license (because I do not have an FTD license.)

After which time, I will be converting back to regular ASA.

The control license is enough to run standard regular ASA.

Re: ASA vs FTD (license)

Marvin Rhoads — Sun, 04 Feb 2018 02:44:14 GMT

"Threat" is the base license on FTD images. It is analogous to Control plus the IPS subscription combined for the Firepower service module. There is no "equivalent-to-Control" free license on FTD - just the trial as you noted.

Re: ASA vs FTD (license)

mohamed.said — Thu, 16 Jan 2020 12:08:34 GMT

@Philip D'Ath wrote:
The control licence will get you basic FTD functionality.

Yse you can image back to ASA from FTD.

Hi,

Please am hardly looking for the steps to image back from FTD image to ASA image,

Any one to help me please.

Re: ASA vs FTD (license)

Marvin Rhoads — Fri, 17 Jan 2020 05:26:00 GMT

@mohamed.said please refer to this document:

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/security/firepower/quick_start/reimage/asa-ftd-reimage.html