FWSM interface monitoring and best practices documentation.

[ggalteroo]

Hello everyone

 I have a couple of questions regarding vlan interface monitoring and best practices specifically for this service module.

 I couldn’t find a suggestion or guideline as for how to define a VLAN interface on a management station. The FWSM total throughput is 5.5gbs and the interfaces are mapped to vlans carried on trunks over 10gb etherchannels. Is there a common practice, or past experience, to set some physical parameters to logical interfaces? "show interface" command states BW as unknown.

 Additionally, do any of you have a document addressing best practices for FWSM? I have this for other platforms and general recommendations based on newer ASA versions but nothing related to FWSM.

Thanks a lot!

Regards

Guido

[Vibhor Amrodia]

Hi,

If you are looking for some more command to check for the throughput through the module:-

show firewall module <number> traffic

Also , I think as this is End of life , you might have to check for some old documentation from Cisco on the best practices.

http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/collateral/switches/catalyst-6500-series-switches/prod_white_paper0900aecd805457cc.html

https://supportforums.cisco.com/discussion/11540181/ask-expertconfiguring-troubleshooting-best-practices-asa-fwsm-failover

Thanks and Regards,

Vibhor Amrodia