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pix 515 question

b-mackey — Fri, 21 Feb 2020 07:18:07 GMT

On the PIX 515 when I do sh crypto engine ,it shows

Crypto Engine Connection Map:

size = 32, free = 11, used = 20, active = 20

I checked the command refernce but could not understand anything.

What does SIZE,FREE,USED,ACTIVE denote.

Does it mean that if I used the 11 free tunnels,I would not be able to add new peers on my PIX?

When I do sh tech,I see that the IPSec peers : Unlimited

Re: pix 515 question

drolemc — Tue, 23 Mar 2004 19:01:01 GMT

I don't think this has anything to do with the maximum number of tunnels your PIX cn handle. With referenec to the meaning of the fields, this is what I got:

Size - The map size of the crypto engine. The map size will exponentially double if the number of IPSec tunnels outgrows the map size.

Ffree - The number of free connection entries in the map.

Used - The number of allocated connection entries in the map.

Active - The number of connection entries that is able to cryptographically protect IPSec traffic.

Re: pix 515 question

Sat, 27 Mar 2004 05:40:39 GMT

I can tell you that I have read somewhere in the documentation on a PIX 515e that there is no limit to the sessions, within reason, only in reguards to preformance issues. But the device is not limited. That was one of the reason's I decided on the PIX 515. As far as what the SIZE,FREE,??USED,ACTIVE means I could not answer you there.

Hope that helps,

joshl