10-14-2020 08:25 AM
First of all how to i know what mode the device is in?
How do i switch modes?
What i can tell the getting started guide is not of much help.
https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/security/firepower/quick_start/fp2100/firepower-2100-gsg/asa-appliance.html
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10-15-2020 11:37 AM
Ah OK - you're running 9.12. Appliance mode was only added as of ASA 9.13.
Reference:
https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/security/asa/roadmap/asa_new_features.html#topic_lbm_q21_ghb
So unless you are running 9.13 or later, you can only be running Platform mode.
With 9.13+ you have the option to change to Appliance mode - and the fxos command should then be present to reflect which has been configured.
10-14-2020 08:34 AM - edited 10-14-2020 08:35 AM
The very last section of the link you shared shows how to move between the FXOS (platform) and ASA (appliance) modes:
ciscoasa# connect fxos admin Connecting to fxos. Connected to fxos. Escape character sequence is 'CTRL-^X'. firepower# firepower# exit Connection with FXOS terminated. Type help or '?' for a list of available commands. ciscoasa#
Basically, when you are in FXOS you are in platform mode, when you exit from the platform mode, you are in the appliance mode.
10-15-2020 12:02 AM
Hi!
Tanks for the response.
Almost the same text is in the platform guide aswell:
https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/security/firepower/quick_start/fp2100/firepower-2100-gsg/asa-platform.html
10-14-2020 08:51 AM - edited 10-14-2020 09:07 AM
When you connect to fxos (from the ASA or FTD cli) you can then run the command "show fxos mode".
Cisco Fire Linux OS v6.6.0 (build 37) Cisco Firepower 2140 Threat Defense v6.6.0.1 (build 7) > > connect fxos Cisco Firepower Extensible Operating System (FX-OS) Software TAC support: http://www.cisco.com/tac Copyright (c) 2009-2019, Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. The copyrights to certain works contained in this software are owned by other third parties and used and distributed under license. Certain components of this software are licensed under the "GNU General Public License, version 3" provided with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY under the terms of "GNU General Public License, Version 3", available here: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html. See User Manual (''Licensing'') for details. Certain components of this software are licensed under the "GNU General Public License, version 2" provided with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY under the terms of "GNU General Public License, version 2", available here: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html. See User Manual (''Licensing'') for details. Certain components of this software are licensed under the "GNU LESSER GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE, version 3" provided with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY under the terms of "GNU LESSER GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE" Version 3", available here: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl.html. See User Manual (''Licensing'') for details. Certain components of this software are licensed under the "GNU Lesser General Public License, version 2.1" provided with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY under the terms of "GNU Lesser General Public License, version 2", available here: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.html. See User Manual (''Licensing'') for details. Certain components of this software are licensed under the "GNU Library General Public License, version 2" provided with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY under the terms of "GNU Library General Public License, version 2", available here: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.0.html. See User Manual (''Licensing'') for details. FW1# FW1# show chassis Chassis cli CLI Information clock Clock configuration Configuration eth-uplink Ethernet Uplink event Event Management fabric-interconnect Show NGFW fault Fault fxos-mode Fxos-mode identity Identity ntp-overall-status NTP Overall Time-Sync Status registry-repository Registry Repository security security mode server Server system Systems timezone Set timezone version System version FW1# show fxos-mode Mode is currently set to platform FW1#
10-15-2020 12:09 AM
Hi!
Thanks for the response.
When i do the show command i can only see this:
FXOS# show chassis Chassis cli CLI Information clock Clock configuration Configuration eth-uplink Ethernet Uplink event Event Management fabric-interconnect Show NGFW fault Fault identity Identity ntp-overall-status NTP Overall Time-Sync Status registry-repository Registry Repository security security mode sel System Event Log server Server system Systems timezone Set timezone version System version
FXOS# show fxos-mode
^
% Invalid Command at '^' marker
10-15-2020 01:46 AM
What version is running ("show version" from the fxos cli)?
10-15-2020 07:31 AM
It's installde with: cisco-asa-fp2k.9.12.4.4.SPA
https://software.cisco.com/download/home/286312107/type/280775065/release/9.12.4%20Interim
Fxos: Show verson Boot Loader version: 1.0.09 System version: 2.6(1.214) Service Manager version: 2.6(1.214) fpga version: 2.0.00 fpga golden version: 2.0.00 power sequencer version: 2.13 lanspi version: unknown fxos: scope system: show firmware detail MANAGER: Boot Loader: Firmware-Vers: 1009.0200.0213 Rommon-Vers: 1.0.09 Fpga-Vers: 2.0.00 Fpga-Golden-Vers: 2.0.00 Power-Sequencer-Vers: 2.13 Firmware-Status: OK System: Running-Vers: 2.6(1.214) Platform-Vers: 2.6.1.214 Package-Vers: 9.12.4.4 Startup-Vers: 2.6(1.214) NPU: Running-Vers: 2.6(1.214) Platform-Vers: 2.6.1.214 Package-Vers: 9.12.4.4 Startup-Vers: 2.6(1.214) Service Manager: Running-Vers: 2.6(1.214) Platform-Vers: 2.6.1.214 Package-Vers: 9.12.4.4 Startup-Vers: 2.6(1.214)
10-15-2020 11:37 AM
Ah OK - you're running 9.12. Appliance mode was only added as of ASA 9.13.
Reference:
https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/security/asa/roadmap/asa_new_features.html#topic_lbm_q21_ghb
So unless you are running 9.13 or later, you can only be running Platform mode.
With 9.13+ you have the option to change to Appliance mode - and the fxos command should then be present to reflect which has been configured.
10-15-2020 11:57 PM
Thank you for all the help.
will uppgrade and verify the results before i accept as solution.
Have a nice day.
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