topic Re: PIX warnning in Network Security https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/pix-warnning/m-p/304551#M596231 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>You must configure an IP address on both the actual interface and the failover interface for every active interface in the PIX, using the following two commands:</P><P><B></B></P><P>ip address <INT> <IP-ADDRESS></IP-ADDRESS></INT></P><P>failover ip address <INT> <IP-ADDRESS></IP-ADDRESS></INT></P><P></P><P>You need these two commands for each active interface. This does not configure stateful failover as you've suggested, it simply configures failover. If you want stateful failover then you need to use the additional command:</P><P><B></B></P><P>failover link <INT></INT></P><P></P><P>If you haven't configured any "failover ip address" commands then you're missing the basic fundamentals of configuring failover, and this is what the PIX is telling you.</P><P></P><P>Try reading <A class="jive-link-custom" href="http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/110/failover.html" target="_blank">http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/110/failover.html</A> for a good understanding of how it works and how to configure it. </P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 11 Dec 2003 22:57:39 GMT gfullage 2003-12-11T22:57:39Z PIX warnning https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/pix-warnning/m-p/304550#M596230 <P>this is the third time that i send this message without to solve my problem. i will reDesribe my problem:</P><P>i has installed 2 pix 525 UR et 525 FO using the mode actif passif with failover cable. the two unit shows the message:</P><P>WARNING, missing ip or failover address on off interface </P><P>WARNING, missing ip or failover address on inside interface </P><P>WARNING, missing ip or failover address on outside interface </P><P></P><P>NB the mode of Failover used isnot statefull. ie didn't use commands like: failover ip address outside ....</P><P></P><P>thinks very match</P><P></P> Fri, 21 Feb 2020 07:08:59 GMT https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/pix-warnning/m-p/304550#M596230 a.youssef 2020-02-21T07:08:59Z Re: PIX warnning https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/pix-warnning/m-p/304551#M596231 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>You must configure an IP address on both the actual interface and the failover interface for every active interface in the PIX, using the following two commands:</P><P><B></B></P><P>ip address <INT> <IP-ADDRESS></IP-ADDRESS></INT></P><P>failover ip address <INT> <IP-ADDRESS></IP-ADDRESS></INT></P><P></P><P>You need these two commands for each active interface. This does not configure stateful failover as you've suggested, it simply configures failover. If you want stateful failover then you need to use the additional command:</P><P><B></B></P><P>failover link <INT></INT></P><P></P><P>If you haven't configured any "failover ip address" commands then you're missing the basic fundamentals of configuring failover, and this is what the PIX is telling you.</P><P></P><P>Try reading <A class="jive-link-custom" href="http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/110/failover.html" target="_blank">http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/110/failover.html</A> for a good understanding of how it works and how to configure it. </P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 11 Dec 2003 22:57:39 GMT https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/pix-warnning/m-p/304551#M596231 gfullage 2003-12-11T22:57:39Z