FirePOWER on a budget. Virtual? For Lab.

[johanwilden]

Been reading about Firepower and all the cool features it has and I want to get into FirePOWER, at the moment I have no physical ASA-X at all to play with. Is it possible to use it somehow via ESXi and get a feeling for it?

I looked at FirePOWER Threat Defense and that seems to be an interface for physical ASA?

[Jetsy Mathew]

Hello Johan,

There is Firepower hardware appliance and virtual appliance and Firepower modules with ASA.

If you dont have an ASA and you are not planning to have a hardware appliance, then you can try a virtual Firepower . This you can install on a ESXi. Ofcourse the trhouputs and performance will be varied when its virtual.

Please refer the follwoing links for further info on how to install and what all are the requirements.

• Cisco Firepower NGIPSv Quick Start Guide for VMware

http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/security/firepower/60/quick_start/ngips_virtual/NGIPSv-quick.html

• Cisco Firepower Management Center Virtual Quick Start Guide for VMware

http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/security/firepower/60/quick_start/management_center_virtual/FMCv-quick.html

• Firepower System Release Notes, Version 6.0

http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/security/firepower/60/relnote/firepower-system-release-notes-version-600.html

• Firepower System Release Notes, Version 6.0.0.1

http:www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/security/firepower/60/6001/relnotes/firepower-system-release-notes-version-6001.html

Rate if this answer helps you.

Regards

Jetsy 

[johanwilden]

Thanks for the reply Jetsy!

What is the Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Virtual appliance used for?

[johnlloyd_13]

hi,

there's a virtual demo site, which you can play all day long.

see helpful link:

http://ccnpsecuritywannabe.blogspot.com/2016/02/asa-firepower-basic-configuration.html