topic Does FTD Image support Active/Active ? in Network Security

Does FTD Image support Active/Active ?

Akshatha0911 — Thu, 09 Jul 2020 17:55:46 GMT

Hi Team,

Does FTD Image support Active/ Active High Availability ?

Thanks,

Akshatha

Re: Does FTD Image support Active/Active ?

Rob Ingram — Thu, 09 Jul 2020 18:18:03 GMT

Hi,

AFAIK, it's not available on FTD currently.

Active/Standby HA is obviously supported or if running 4100/9300 hardware you can configure a cluster.

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/security/firepower/640/configuration/guide/fpmc-config-guide-v64/clustering_for_the_firepower_threat_defense.html#concept_C8502505F840451C9E600F1EED9BC18E

Re: Does FTD Image support Active/Active ?

Marius Gunnerud — Thu, 09 Jul 2020 20:52:17 GMT

FTD supports Active/Active only through clustering (as @Rob Ingram has mentioned). Have a look at the following link on page 10 for a comparison between ASA and FTD:

https://www.ciscolive.com/c/dam/r/ciscolive/latam/docs/2017/pdf/BRKSEC-2050.pdf

The newer versions of FTD support multi-instance which is similar to the ASA multi-context (The presentation states multi-context is not supported and it wasn't when the presentation was made).