Reload ASA with Module IPS

[Juan Ibañez]

I have  ASA in Cluster (Failover) and i have a question, when shutdown module IPS (hw-module 1 shutdown) and reload the ASA Chassis, the module will start?

how configure this module  to shutdown forever?

Cisco have any document for this situation.

[Marvin Rhoads · Accepted solution]

The hardware module will always initialize on power cycle. You'd have to physically remove the IPS SSP and replace it with a slot tray (to ensure proper airflow) if you want to have it gone altogether.

However, if there's no service-policy in the ASA configuration redirecting traffic to it, it won't be in the flow of traffic.