History for Multi-Instance Mode

Feature

Minimum Management Center

Minimum Threat Defense

Details

Multi-instance mode for the Secure Firewall 3100.

20240203

7.4.1

You can deploy the Secure Firewall 3100 as a single device (appliance mode) or as multiple container instances (multi-instance mode). In multi-instance mode, you can deploy multiple container instances on a single chassis that act as completely independent devices. Note that in multi-instance mode, you upgrade the operating system and the firmware (chassis upgrade) separately from the container instances (threat defense upgrade).

New/modified screens:

  • Inventory > FTD Chassis

  • Devices > Device Management > Device > Chassis Manager

  • Devices > Platform Settings > New Policy > Chassis Platform Settings

  • Devices > Chassis Upgrade

New/modified threat defense CLI commands: configure multi-instance network ipv4 , configure multi-instance network ipv6

New/modified FXOS CLI commands: create device-manager , set deploymode

Platform restrictions: Not supported on the Secure Firewall 3105.

See: Use Multi-Instance Mode for the Secure Firewall and Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense Upgrade Guide for Cloud-Delivered Firewall Management Center