FTD vs FMC

[network@bigbenkuwait.com]

Hi Guys,

To manage Cisco Firewalls (ASA or Firepower 4000), we have two ways:

1. FirePower Threat Defense software (FTD)

2. Firesight Management Center (firepower management center).

My questions:  

- What is the difference between them?

- Using FTD, i can use all the security capabilities (IPS, URL, AMP...etc), correct?

- If i'm using FTD, is it enough? or still i need firesight?

Regards,

[ataur-rahman1]

Dear Team 

still we will not be able to configure HA or Contexts in FPR2110 by FDM and FMC is mandatory ,plz confirm

[Marvin Rhoads]

That is correct.

Configuration of HA FTD pair running on Firepower 2100 series currently requires FMC. We expect that to change in Fall 2018 with the release of FTD 6.3.

Multi-context FTD is not currently available on any platform no matter what management tool you are using. We do not expect Firepower 2100 series to have multi-context support anytime soon (if ever).

[steiostb1]

Is RADIUS for management and user authentication (ex. RA-VPN) supported in FDM? I see that AD is support for user authentication for RA-VPN, but what about RADIUS?