ASA load balancing

[philbert_manalo]

hi,

i have Cisco asa 5508-x and Cisco asa 5506, can i use them both for load balancing?we have 2 internet provider in our office. thank you!

Best Regards,

Philbert

[Shivapramod M]

Hi Philbert,

If you are planning to put these two devices in a failover (active/active) setup then it is not possible, since the failover requires same hardware units as members. Since you are using 5506 and 5508 it supports  9.4 version and the PBR is supported in version 9.4.1. Using the PBR you can configure the ISP load-balancing.

Please refer 

http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/security/asa/asa94/configuration/general/asa-general-cli/route-policy-based.html

Thanks,
Shivapramod M
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[philbert_manalo]

hi Shivapramod,

thank you for the answer, so the thing is i can't use the 2 ASA to run in one network?

thanks,

Philbert

[Shivapramod M · Accepted solution]

Hi Philbert,

You can use two different firewall in your network. But what I mentioned that they can not be in failover setup or high availability.

Please refer

http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/security/asa/asa94/configuration/general/asa-general-cli/ha-failover.html

If your goal is load-balancing of the ISP then you can configure the PBR in the ASA which is supported on version 9.4.1 and above only.

Thanks,
Shivapramod M
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