topic Yes, FirePOWER is supported in Network Security

IPS -ASA

Anukalp S — Tue, 12 Mar 2019 05:08:14 GMT

Hi. i have ASA 5525 running in HA. I want to setup IPS now on ASA. I approached to cisco sale person for license for it and then he told me about ASA Firepower. I am bit confuse b/w IPS and firepower. Are these same or different. If different then which one is best to go with.

Cisco has two sw-modules for

Karsten Iwen — Wed, 26 Nov 2014 17:07:08 GMT

Cisco has two sw-modules for IPS: The legacy IPS and the new (Sourcefire) FirePOWER. Because FirePOWER is better then the old IPS, Cisco already announced EOS/EOL of the old IPS. So there is only one IPS that should be bought, and that's FirePOWER.

Thanks Karsten.. i have read

Anukalp S — Fri, 28 Nov 2014 13:08:13 GMT

Thanks Karsten.. i have read some where that firepower support with ASA software version 9.2 and above. Is this correct. I am running ASA 5525X with sofware ver 9.1 currently. So do i need to upgrade software on my ASA before deploying it. Pls advise.

Yes, FirePOWER is supported

Karsten Iwen — Fri, 28 Nov 2014 13:53:18 GMT

Yes, FirePOWER is supported starting on ASA version 9.2(2.4). That means, that you first have to upgrade your ASA before you can install the FirePOWER sw-module.

Thanks Karsten.. also if you

Anukalp S — Fri, 28 Nov 2014 14:15:51 GMT

Thanks Karsten.. also if you could share firepower configuration guides apart from those which is available on cisco site then would be really appreciated.