topic ASA5555-x IPS question in Network Security https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/asa5555-x-ips-question/m-p/2120398#M54267 <P>We recently moved to a single ASA5555-x firewall that has the IPS software module in it.</P><P>However it is currently inactive.</P><P></P><P>I would now liek to enable it and spend the next month or so in promiscous mode.</P><P></P><P>IPS image 7.1.4 is on the firewall but i have yet to go thru the enable process.</P><P></P><P>Am I okay to do this during the day ? Is there any risk of a break in service while I am enabling the IPS module ?</P><P></P><P>This is our production firewall and I would like to keep downtime to a minimum.</P><P></P><P>Any help would be appreciated.</P><P></P><P>Cheers</P><P><BR />Dave</P> Sun, 10 Mar 2019 12:51:12 GMT dclee 2019-03-10T12:51:12Z ASA5555-x IPS question https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/asa5555-x-ips-question/m-p/2120398#M54267 <P>We recently moved to a single ASA5555-x firewall that has the IPS software module in it.</P><P>However it is currently inactive.</P><P></P><P>I would now liek to enable it and spend the next month or so in promiscous mode.</P><P></P><P>IPS image 7.1.4 is on the firewall but i have yet to go thru the enable process.</P><P></P><P>Am I okay to do this during the day ? Is there any risk of a break in service while I am enabling the IPS module ?</P><P></P><P>This is our production firewall and I would like to keep downtime to a minimum.</P><P></P><P>Any help would be appreciated.</P><P></P><P>Cheers</P><P><BR />Dave</P> Sun, 10 Mar 2019 12:51:12 GMT https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/asa5555-x-ips-question/m-p/2120398#M54267 dclee 2019-03-10T12:51:12Z ASA5555-x IPS question https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/asa5555-x-ips-question/m-p/2120399#M54272 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hello&nbsp; Dave,</P><P></P><P>As long as you set it up properly you should not encounter any problems, it's going to be on promiscous mode so it will not affect the network directly,</P><P></P><P>Regards</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 18 Dec 2012 18:01:14 GMT https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/asa5555-x-ips-question/m-p/2120399#M54272 Julio Carvajal 2012-12-18T18:01:14Z