ASA SFR Shutdown Procedure

[QUARK TARO]

To my knowledge ASA firewall can be shutdown by unplugging the firewall cable, but when SFR runs on SSD hard disk, can I do that? Will it require graceful shutdown?

[Shivapramod M · Accepted solution]

Hi,

You do have a shutdown command for the sfr hw and sw module shut down.

Please refer "shut down the module" section in below document

http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/security/asa/asa93/configuration/firewall/asa-firewall-cli/modules-sfr.html#pgfId-1486644

Thanks,
Shivapramod M
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[QUARK TARO]

Thank you, how can I power on the SFR without restarting ASA?

Example: I will shutdown the SFR and after sometime I would like to turn on the SFR. How can I do that?

[Florin Barhala]

This also bothers me? Does anyone know how to power on that module?

[Marvin Rhoads]

The sfr module is a software module on all ASA models (except the 5585-X). You can initialize it independently of the ASA in which it resides. See the command reference for the various relevant commands (sw-module module sfr reload, reset, shutdown etc.)

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/security/asa/asa-command-reference/S/cmdref3/s17.html#pgfId-1609168