Onboard an FDM-Managed HA Pair Running Version 6.4 or Version 6.5

To onboard an FDM-managed HA pair running software version 6.4 or 6.5, you must onboard the devices one at a time. It does not matter if you onboard the active or standby, the primary or secondary device.

Note

If you onboard either device of an HA pair with a registration key, you must onboard the other peer device in the same method.

Use the following steps for onboard an HA pair running Version 6.4 or 6.5:

Procedure

Step 1

Onboard a peer device. See Onboard an FDM-Managed Device Running Software Version 6.4 or 6.5 Using a Registration Key to onboard the first device within the pair.

Step 2

In the navigation pane, click Inventory.

Step 3

Click the Devices tab to locate your device.

Step 4

Click the FTD tab. Once the device is synced, select the device so it is highlighted. In the action pane located directly below Device Details, click Onboard Device.

Step 5

Enter the HA Peer Device Name for the peer device that has already been onboarded. Click Next.

Step 6

If you provided a smart license for the first device, CDO repopulates that license so you can use it for onboarding this current device. Click Next.

Note

If you unregistered your device's Smart License to onboard your FDM-managed device, this is where you re-apply the smart license.

Step 7

CDO automatically generates that registration key for the device you are preparing to onboarding. Click the Copy icon to copy the registration key.

Step 8

Log into the Secure Firewall device manager UI of the device you are onboarding.

Step 9

In System Settings, click Cloud Services.

Step 10

In the CDO tile, click Get Started.

Step 11

In the Registration Key field, paste the registration key that you generated in CDO.

Step 12

In the Region field, select the Cisco cloud region that your tenant is assigned to:

  • If you log in to defenseorchestrator.com, choose US.

  • If you log in to defenseorchestrator.eu, choose EU.

  • If you log in to apj.cdo.cisco.com, Choose APJ.

Note

This step is not applicable to the FDM-managed device running on version 6.4.

Step 13

Click Register and then Accept the Cisco Disclosure.

Step 14

Return to CDO and, in the Create Registration Key area, click Next.

Step 15

Click Go to Inventory. CDO automatically onboards the device and combines them as a single entry. Similar to the first peer device you onboard, the device status changes from "Unprovisioned" to "Locating" to "Syncing" to "Synced."