FTD and Multiple Internet Connections

[j.burckart]

Hello

We recently replaced an old juniper with a Cisco FTD device.  One of the challenges we've faced seems like it should be doable and I'd like your input.

We have two /30 internet connections from our provider that statically routes to a /27 network.  The old firewall had a virtual loopback interface that connected to /27 to both /30 networks, which were statically routed by the provider.

The proposed solution is to move to BGP.  The caveat with BGP is that we will be subject to a 5 minute convergence window, during which we would experience an outage.

Is it possible to recreate the virtual loopback interface on the FTD?  

Thank you

[Marvin Rhoads · Accepted solution]

Sorry but FTD does not currently (as of 6.5.0.1 software) support virtual loopback interfaces.

You might reduce the convergence time through using an IP SLA operation result to change your default route. That has to be done via Flexconfig.

[j.burckart]

Thank you Marvin!