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5515x-mb vs 5515x-k9

JRDIAZ758
Level 1
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i cant find what is the difference between 5515-mb and 5515x-k9,,,,  we purchased a new one to complete the HA pair. anyone knows if they wont have any problems running failover between them?

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Aditya Ganjoo
Cisco Employee
Cisco Employee

Hi,

Could you share the show ver and show inventory from both the devices?

Regards,

Aditya

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i still do not have the new one. but in cisco advisor, it list one as 5515x-k9 and the old as 5515x-MB, below is the show version of the 5515x-MB. i know K9 has more to do with the encryption level the box comes with. so im curios as to what MB stands for.

show inventory
Name: "Chassis", DESCR: "ASA 5515-X with SW, 6 GE Data, 1 GE Mgmt, AC"
PID: ASA5515 , VID: V01 , 

show version

Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance Software Version 9.6(1)
Device Manager Version 7.6(2)150

Compiled on Fri 18-Mar-16 14:08 PDT by builders
System image file is "disk0:/asa961-smp-k8.bin"
Config file at boot was "startup-config"

asa-TEST up 84 days 8 hours
failover cluster up 84 days 8 hours

Hardware: ASA5515, 8192 MB RAM, CPU Clarkdale 3058 MHz, 1 CPU (4 cores)
ASA: 4105 MB RAM, 1 CPU (1 core)
Internal ATA Compact Flash, 8192MB
BIOS Flash MX25L6445E @ 0xffbb0000, 8192KB

Encryption hardware device : Cisco ASA Crypto on-board accelerator (revision 0x1)
Boot microcode : CNPx-MC-BOOT-2.00
SSL/IKE microcode : CNPx-MC-SSL-SB-PLUS-0005
IPSec microcode : CNPx-MC-IPSEC-MAIN-0026
Number of accelerators: 1
Baseboard Management Controller (revision 0x1) Firmware Version: 2.4


0: Int: Internal-Data0/0 : address is 6c41.6a1f.3105, irq 11
1: Ext: GigabitEthernet0/0 : address is 6c41.6a1f.3109, irq 10
2: Ext: GigabitEthernet0/1 : address is 6c41.6a1f.3106, irq 10
3: Ext: GigabitEthernet0/2 : address is 6c41.6a1f.310a, irq 5
4: Ext: GigabitEthernet0/3 : address is 6c41.6a1f.3107, irq 5
5: Ext: GigabitEthernet0/4 : address is 6c41.6a1f.310b, irq 10
6: Ext: GigabitEthernet0/5 : address is 6c41.6a1f.3108, irq 10
7: Int: Internal-Data0/1 : address is 0000.0001.0002, irq 0
8: Int: Internal-Control0/0 : address is 0000.0001.0001, irq 0
9: Int: Internal-Data0/2 : address is 0000.0001.0003, irq 0
10: Ext: Management0/0 : address is 6c41.6a1f.3105, irq 0

Licensed features for this platform:
Maximum Physical Interfaces : Unlimited perpetual
Maximum VLANs : 100 perpetual
Inside Hosts : Unlimited perpetual
Failover : Active/Active perpetual
Encryption-DES : Enabled perpetual
Encryption-3DES-AES : Enabled perpetual
Security Contexts : 2 perpetual
Carrier : Disabled perpetual
AnyConnect Premium Peers : 2 perpetual
AnyConnect Essentials : Disabled perpetual
Other VPN Peers : 250 perpetual
Total VPN Peers : 250 perpetual
AnyConnect for Mobile : Disabled perpetual
AnyConnect for Cisco VPN Phone : Disabled perpetual
Advanced Endpoint Assessment : Disabled perpetual
Shared License : Disabled perpetual
Total UC Proxy Sessions : 2 perpetual
Botnet Traffic Filter : Disabled perpetual
IPS Module : Disabled perpetual
Cluster : Enabled perpetual
Cluster Members : 2 perpetual

This platform has an ASA 5515 Security Plus license.


Failover cluster licensed features for this platform:
Maximum Physical Interfaces : Unlimited perpetual
Maximum VLANs : 100 perpetual
Inside Hosts : Unlimited perpetual
Failover : Active/Active perpetual
Encryption-DES : Enabled perpetual
Encryption-3DES-AES : Enabled perpetual
Security Contexts : 4 perpetual
Carrier : Disabled perpetual
AnyConnect Premium Peers : 4 perpetual
AnyConnect Essentials : Disabled perpetual
Other VPN Peers : 250 perpetual
Total VPN Peers : 250 perpetual
AnyConnect for Mobile : Disabled perpetual
AnyConnect for Cisco VPN Phone : Disabled perpetual
Advanced Endpoint Assessment : Disabled perpetual
Shared License : Disabled perpetual
Total UC Proxy Sessions : 4 perpetual
Botnet Traffic Filter : Disabled perpetual
IPS Module : Disabled perpetual
Cluster : Enabled perpetual

This platform has an ASA 5515 Security Plus license.

Image type : Release
Key version : A

Hi,

I was not able to find what exactly MB means but if the show version matches that of the K9 you should be able to get the failover up and running.

Regards,

Aditya

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Thats what assumed too. 

Yes, you are correct.

I believe MB stands for Motherboard.

This is similar to how some ASA code reports the PCB (printed circuit board aka motherboard) serial number differently than the chassis serial number leading to confusion in requesting activation keys for feature licenses.

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