topic 5512x power button / automatic power up in Network Security https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/5512x-power-button-automatic-power-up/m-p/2266970#M346574 <P>Hi guys.</P><P>We have one of the newer Cisco ASA 5512x Firewalls.</P><P></P><P>Unlike previous models this firewall has a "soft" power button. </P><P></P><P>The documentation indicates that once the button is pressed the power selection will remain ON.</P><P>In other words; in the event of a power cut, on resumption of power the unit will automatically power up.</P><P></P><P>During testing we observed this was normally the case.</P><P></P><P>However, in isolated test cases this did not occur. </P><P>Also we experience a number of power cuts in one of our sites and in the last 10 cuts; on 2 occassions the unit required manually intervention to start.</P><P></P><P>Has anyone else seen this behaviour?</P><P>Are there any configuration settings or otherwise to hard code automatic power restoration?</P><P>Could the power cuts be causing the automatic power restoration to fail in some way?</P><P></P><P>I have found one other query in this area, but nothing concrete.</P><P></P><P><A _jive_internal="true" href="https://community.cisco.com/thread/2186476" target="_blank">https://supportforums.cisco.com/thread/2186476</A></P><P></P><P>Thanks in advance for your help.</P><P></P><P>Mike</P> Tue, 12 Mar 2019 02:11:03 GMT mikedelafield 2019-03-12T02:11:03Z 5512x power button / automatic power up https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/5512x-power-button-automatic-power-up/m-p/2266970#M346574 <P>Hi guys.</P><P>We have one of the newer Cisco ASA 5512x Firewalls.</P><P></P><P>Unlike previous models this firewall has a "soft" power button. </P><P></P><P>The documentation indicates that once the button is pressed the power selection will remain ON.</P><P>In other words; in the event of a power cut, on resumption of power the unit will automatically power up.</P><P></P><P>During testing we observed this was normally the case.</P><P></P><P>However, in isolated test cases this did not occur. </P><P>Also we experience a number of power cuts in one of our sites and in the last 10 cuts; on 2 occassions the unit required manually intervention to start.</P><P></P><P>Has anyone else seen this behaviour?</P><P>Are there any configuration settings or otherwise to hard code automatic power restoration?</P><P>Could the power cuts be causing the automatic power restoration to fail in some way?</P><P></P><P>I have found one other query in this area, but nothing concrete.</P><P></P><P><A _jive_internal="true" href="https://community.cisco.com/thread/2186476" target="_blank">https://supportforums.cisco.com/thread/2186476</A></P><P></P><P>Thanks in advance for your help.</P><P></P><P>Mike</P> Tue, 12 Mar 2019 02:11:03 GMT https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/5512x-power-button-automatic-power-up/m-p/2266970#M346574 mikedelafield 2019-03-12T02:11:03Z 5512x power button / automatic power up https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/5512x-power-button-automatic-power-up/m-p/2266971#M346575 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>We are also seeing the issue, I also found the thread you mentioned before arriving at your thread. </P><P></P><P>Cisco, please give us some answers this is unacceptable. If my customer had TAC I would be straight on to them... </P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 14 Nov 2013 10:08:10 GMT https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/5512x-power-button-automatic-power-up/m-p/2266971#M346575 laurenceschoultz 2013-11-14T10:08:10Z