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Does anybody know firepower 2110 support hardware bypass?

zhujiang — Fri, 21 Feb 2020 16:55:40 GMT

Cisco documents says that FP2100 series support hardware bypass, but it seem they're only some modules of FP2130/2140 supports hardware bypass, FP2110 doesn't support hardware bypass. Is that true?

Re: Does anybody know firepower 2110 support hardware bypass?

Marvin Rhoads — Mon, 11 Mar 2019 03:01:48 GMT

Are you asking about the Fail-to-Wire (FTW) feature that allows the unit to continue passing traffic in the event of power failure or other such normally service-affecting issues?

If so, then - yes, that is only available on the Firepower 2130 or higher models. This is because the FTW hardware is a separate network module that goes into the expansion slot that's only available on the higher end models. It's pretty pricey - US$9,995 list price. For comparison the base Firepower 2130 hardware is US$29,995.

Re: Does anybody know firepower 2110 support hardware bypass?

zhujiang — Mon, 11 Mar 2019 10:38:42 GMT

Yes, that's my question. Thank you Marvin!

Re: Does anybody know firepower 2110 support hardware bypass?

AlbertAlmeda25138 — Thu, 27 Oct 2022 18:50:03 GMT

We have a 2130, but for some reason, it's not doing hardware bypass, and I don't see any option for hardware bypass on the interface or inline set config. Is it possible that my 2130 did not come with hardware bypass capable network modules? How do I check? Thanks.

Re: Does anybody know firepower 2110 support hardware bypass?

Marvin Rhoads — Fri, 28 Oct 2022 02:44:23 GMT

As I mentioned back in 2019 in this thread, "FTW hardware is a separate network module that goes into the expansion slot that's only available on the higher end models. It's pretty pricey - US$9,995 list price. For comparison the base Firepower 2130 hardware is US$29,995."

A base Firepower appliance (any model) cannot do FTW without one of those specific modules.