topic ASA Multiple Contexts on ASDM in Network Security

ASA Multiple Contexts on ASDM

Florin Barhala — Fri, 21 Feb 2020 15:29:31 GMT

Hi guys,

I am using 2 x ASA running 9.6(2) with ASDM 7.8(2). Multiple contexts have been enabled on Active-Active configuration.

While on CLI I can easily spot on what unit the context is Active so I don't risk using the Standby unit and un sync the config (I have added: prompt hostname context priority state )

Now on ASDM no matter what unit I connect to and the connect to a context it's always reported as Active as in the attachment below.

Thanks,

Florin.

Re: ASA Multiple Contexts on ASDM

Florin Barhala — Fri, 09 Mar 2018 11:13:14 GMT

I will just bump this and post another "ASDM management question": how can you find out the users using ASDM on the firewall you are connected to?

I was scrolling through ASDM config and I got the message about config update and need to refresh. How can I see the other logged in users?

CLI doesn't help that much: show asdm sessions shows just the ASDM allowed ip, but no username/login detail

Re: ASA Multiple Contexts on ASDM

Florin Barhala — Fri, 09 Mar 2018 12:10:13 GMT

One day later I solved the mystery: while on ASDM when changing config, ASDM uses a dedicated command: failover exec active.

This makes sure the config is being pushed on the ACTIVE unit, no matter that ASDM admin sits on the standby unit for that context.