hi there
im trying to configure lan based failover on ASA 5510 (which ive sucessfully created in test lab using asa5510) but there is this strange issue where i cant ping the e0/3 interface prior to confiuring the failover.
So far, ive created a vlan 41 on a cisco 2960switch and placed inter g0/12 (which is conencted to primary ASA e0/3 which i will used as the failover interface into that vlan. the ip add of e0/3 is 192.168.254.1/24
Then, ive placed inter g0/11 (which is connect to secondary asa inter e0/3) into vlan 41 with interface ip of 192.168.254.2/24.
Now prior to entrering the relevant failover commands, i should be able to ping at least the e0/3 interfaces on both ASA's? well i cant.
Ive checked the speed and duplex settings on asa's and switch and all set to 100MB full.
any ideas?
sh vlan brief output:
41 VOICE_FAILOVER active Gi0/11,Gi0/12
sh interface status
Gi0/11 connected to SupAS connected 41 full 100 10/100/1000BaseTX
Gi0/12 connected to SuppA connected 41 full 100 10/100/1000BaseTX
sh interface e0/3 (ASA 1)
Interface Ethernet0/3 "", is up, line protocol is up
Hardware is i82546GB rev03, BW 100 Mbps
Full-Duplex(Full-duplex), 100 Mbps(100 Mbps)
Available but not configured via nameif
MAC address 001e.f762.c8b3, MTU not set
IP address 192.168.254.1, subnet mask 255.255.255.0
0 packets input, 0 bytes, 0 no buffer
Received 0 broadcasts, 0 runts, 0 giants
0 input errors, 0 CRC, 0 frame, 0 overrun, 0 ignored, 0 abort
0 L2 decode drops
0 packets output, 0 bytes, 0 underruns
0 output errors, 0 collisions, 0 interface resets
0 babbles, 0 late collisions, 0 deferred
0 lost carrier, 0 no carrier
input queue (curr/max blocks): hardware (4/0) software (0/0)
output queue (curr/max blocks): hardware (0/0) software (0/0)
sh interface e0/3 (ASA sec)
Interface Ethernet0/3 "", is up, line protocol is up
Hardware is i82546GB rev03, BW 100 Mbps
Full-Duplex(Full-duplex), 100 Mbps(100 Mbps)
Available but not configured via nameif
MAC address 001e.f762.9c8b, MTU not set
IP address 192.168.254.1, subnet mask 255.255.255.0
0 packets input, 0 bytes, 0 no buffer
Received 0 broadcasts, 0 runts, 0 giants
0 input errors, 0 CRC, 0 frame, 0 overrun, 0 ignored, 0 abort
0 L2 decode drops
0 packets output, 0 bytes, 0 underruns
0 output errors, 0 collisions, 0 interface resets
0 late collisions, 0 deferred
0 input reset drops, 0 output reset drops
input queue (curr/max packets): hardware (0/16)
output queue (curr/max packets): hardware (0/0)
Also, ive noticed that although the interfaces are up and up, the 192.168.254.0/24 network is not showing as connected under the sh route command.
what other info would be needed? As i said the failover conmmands havent been entered yet, i want to undastand why i cant ping the interfaces e0/3.
thanks
