topic ASA change to FTD in Network Security

ASA change to FTD

faruk.zaimovic — Thu, 30 Dec 2021 14:50:53 GMT

hello,

I have ASA 5515-X with a firepower module. What is the best practice to install an FTD image on ASA or install a firepower module?

Re: ASA change to FTD

Rob Ingram — Thu, 30 Dec 2021 15:01:08 GMT

@faruk.zaimovic the old ASA 5515-x hardware it only supports FTD or FPR version 6.4. With FTD it does not have feature parity with the ASA image, so depending on what features you want/need you might be better to continue with ASA software with FPR module.

If you do want to use FTD image, here is the reimage guide.

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/security/firepower/quick_start/reimage/asa-ftd-reimage.html#id_51368

Or buy newer Cisco FPR1000 series hardware and run FTD version 7.x

Re: ASA change to FTD

faruk.zaimovic — Thu, 30 Dec 2021 17:30:09 GMT

Rob Ingram thank you very much.

I want to use firepower module as URL filtering, IPS and AMP.