topic Re: Backup FWSM & OSPF in Network Security https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/backup-fwsm-ospf/m-p/1491781#M712144 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><PRE __jive_macro_name="quote" class="jive_text_macro jive_macro_quote"><P>schannro wrote:</P><P></P><P>hello!</P><P></P><P>I have two FWSM with OSPF and it is impossible to reach the backup device because there are no routes ( just the direct connected routes) in the routing table. Is this mormal that the backup device have no OSPF Routes in the routing table?</P><P>thx</P><P>schannro</P></PRE><P></P><P>Yes it is. The standby FWSM does not participate in the OSPF routing process until it becomes active so you would need to add a static route to the standby to reach it or connect to it from a device on one of the directly connected networks.</P><P></P><P>Jon</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 05 May 2010 15:13:42 GMT Jon Marshall 2010-05-05T15:13:42Z Backup FWSM & OSPF https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/backup-fwsm-ospf/m-p/1491779#M712128 <P>hello!</P><P></P><P>I have two FWSM with OSPF and it is impossible to reach the backup device because there are no routes ( just the direct connected routes) in the routing table. Is this mormal that the backup device have no OSPF Routes in the routing table?</P><P>thx</P><P>schannro</P> Mon, 11 Mar 2019 17:41:18 GMT https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/backup-fwsm-ospf/m-p/1491779#M712128 schannro 2019-03-11T17:41:18Z Re: Backup FWSM & OSPF https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/backup-fwsm-ospf/m-p/1491780#M712136 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>By backup do you mean a redundant/standby FWSM?</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 05 May 2010 14:46:32 GMT https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/backup-fwsm-ospf/m-p/1491780#M712136 dtochilovsky 2010-05-05T14:46:32Z Re: Backup FWSM & OSPF https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/backup-fwsm-ospf/m-p/1491781#M712144 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><PRE __jive_macro_name="quote" class="jive_text_macro jive_macro_quote"><P>schannro wrote:</P><P></P><P>hello!</P><P></P><P>I have two FWSM with OSPF and it is impossible to reach the backup device because there are no routes ( just the direct connected routes) in the routing table. Is this mormal that the backup device have no OSPF Routes in the routing table?</P><P>thx</P><P>schannro</P></PRE><P></P><P>Yes it is. The standby FWSM does not participate in the OSPF routing process until it becomes active so you would need to add a static route to the standby to reach it or connect to it from a device on one of the directly connected networks.</P><P></P><P>Jon</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 05 May 2010 15:13:42 GMT https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/backup-fwsm-ospf/m-p/1491781#M712144 Jon Marshall 2010-05-05T15:13:42Z