topic fail over ASA in Network Security https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/fail-over-asa/m-p/1307509#M858356 <P>Ihave two ASA 5520, I am new to ASA as a fail over, I would like to know how I can view if the two firewalls states and which firewall is active</P> Mon, 11 Mar 2019 15:59:33 GMT shanemcanuff 2019-03-11T15:59:33Z fail over ASA https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/fail-over-asa/m-p/1307509#M858356 <P>Ihave two ASA 5520, I am new to ASA as a fail over, I would like to know how I can view if the two firewalls states and which firewall is active</P> Mon, 11 Mar 2019 15:59:33 GMT https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/fail-over-asa/m-p/1307509#M858356 shanemcanuff 2019-03-11T15:59:33Z Re: fail over ASA https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/fail-over-asa/m-p/1307510#M858357 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>show failover</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 27 Jul 2009 21:04:36 GMT https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/fail-over-asa/m-p/1307510#M858357 srue 2009-07-27T21:04:36Z Re: fail over ASA https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/fail-over-asa/m-p/1307511#M858358 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>thanks that works, how do I change over to the primary firewall, and what command I use to see the mode the two firewall is running in?</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 29 Jul 2009 19:54:07 GMT https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/fail-over-asa/m-p/1307511#M858358 shanemcanuff 2009-07-29T19:54:07Z Re: fail over ASA https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/fail-over-asa/m-p/1307512#M858359 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Shane</P><P></P><P>"sh mode" shows you which mode the firewall is running in.</P><P></P><P>To switch between firewalls either </P><P></P><P>1) on the current standby firewall use the command - "failover active"</P><P></P><P>OR </P><P></P><P>2) on the current active firewall use the command - "no failover active" </P><P></P><P><A class="jive-link-custom" href="http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/security/asa/asa72/command/reference/ef_72.html#wp1759150" target="_blank">http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/security/asa/asa72/command/reference/ef_72.html#wp1759150</A></P><P></P><P>Jon</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 29 Jul 2009 20:18:03 GMT https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/fail-over-asa/m-p/1307512#M858359 Jon Marshall 2009-07-29T20:18:03Z Re: fail over ASA https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/fail-over-asa/m-p/1307513#M858360 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Thanks a lot, for some reason I was not able to failover, when I went to the data center I saw that one of the firewall was off.</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 29 Jul 2009 22:06:30 GMT https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/fail-over-asa/m-p/1307513#M858360 shanemcanuff 2009-07-29T22:06:30Z