Newer ASA Memory warning

Started by dlots, February 24, 2016, 10:16:03 AM

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deanwebb

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March 02, 2016, 07:11:13 PM
Talked with Cisco today. Yes, those resources are reserved for SourceFire. The throughput rates and other things not associated with RAM and CPU are still valid for all their gear, but those RAM and CPU resources are reserved. It's that way on all NGFW models, regardless of vendor, it seems. It's just that in a Cisco box, you have the option of whether or not you get the SourceFire module.

That being said, there really ought to be documentation of the fact that the ASA is going to hit a memory limit with or without SourceFire that is at 50% of the total RAM on the system.
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Dieselboy

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March 02, 2016, 10:04:50 PM
Quote from: deanwebb on March 02, 2016, 07:11:13 PM
That being said, there really ought to be documentation of the fact that the ASA is going to hit a memory limit with or without SourceFire that is at 50% of the total RAM on the system.

Yes, it's misleading. If someone is speccing out firewalls they could look at the stated RAM and may not realise they would actually be getting half of that.

dlots

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March 03, 2016, 08:47:58 AM
Quote from: Dieselboy on March 02, 2016, 10:04:50 PM
Yes, it's misleading. If someone is speccing out firewalls they could look at the stated RAM and may not realise they would actually be getting half of that.

Yep that's us, our 5512x can't take anymore RAM and it's out of free RAM, we are going to have to buy new Firewalls.
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