Expansion I/O module for my firewall

[RojinPhilominRaja86590]

Hi I have a question.

I need to purchase an Expansion I/O module for my firewall.

So My company is adding one more ISP to the network.(There is already one ISP existing as outside interface). There is only one unused interface in the firewall. And I need to make one more connection(Port channel) going to the Core switch. So I need a total of 3 unused interfaces on the firewall. So i figured i need an expansion io module. Do I need to order 2 modules, for primary and secondary or just one. and is there any other items i need to purchase like power cable or something for expansion purpose.

[balaji.bandi]

what is the model of the FW / and post-show version to suggest best

[RojinPhilominRaja86590]

Model is ASA 5525-X

Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance Software Version 9.8(4)12
Firepower Extensible Operating System Version 2.2(2.121)
Device Manager Version 7.13(1)

Compiled on Fri 18-Oct-19 08:47 PDT by builders
System image file is "disk0:/asa984-12-smp-k8.bin"
Config file at boot was "startup-config"

MSN-ASA5525-X up 355 days 19 hours
failover cluster up 2 years 2 days

Hardware: ASA5525, 8192 MB RAM, CPU Lynnfield 2394 MHz, 1 CPU (4 cores)
ASA: 4178 MB RAM, 1 CPU (1 core)
Internal ATA Compact Flash, 8192MB
BIOS Flash MX25L6445E @ 0xffbb0000, 8192KB

[balaji.bandi]

you can go upto 6 GE copper or 6 GE SFP

Look at the module and part numbers :

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/collateral/security/asa-5500-series-next-generation-firewalls/data_sheet_c78-701808.html

[RojinPhilominRaja86590]

So do I purchase two of them, for primary and secondary?

[balaji.bandi]

it all depends in the requirement, if this is HA, i suggest having 2 for both ASA.

as suggested official EOS, but you may some body has excess stock for your rquirement.

[Alex Pfeil]

Have you looked into doing sub-interfaces? How much is the total throughput between the two circuits?

[Marvin Rhoads]

ASA 5525-X (and associated options such as expansion module hardware) are end of sales as of 4 September 2020.

Reference:

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/collateral/security/asa-firepower-services/eos-eol-notice-c51-743545.html