RE: ASA problem

I would agree with Joe here. Here is the 8.4 caveat list:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/security/asa/asa84/release/notes/asarn84.html#wp536788

-ryan

-----Original Message-----
From: nobody_at_groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody_at_groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of Joe Sanchez
Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2012 9:44 AM
To: Tony Singh
Cc: Jay McMickle; Haroon; Ciscocertification
Subject: Re: ASA problem

I've had to upgrade many ASA's even with 2gb ram, with the latest code because of issues with ASA lockups/reboots it doesn't matter which platform other then the 5585x they have been solid. These ASA were running the 8.3 and I believe 1 might have been 8.42? Several issues that Cisco tries to fix with releases that did solve the original issues but caused other issues to raise there heads.

Regards,
 Joe Sanchez

( please excuse the brevity of this email as it was sent via a mobile device. Please excuse misspelled words or sentence structure.)

On Sep 27, 2012, at 8:36 AM, Tony Singh <mothafungla_at_gmail.com> wrote:

> Will check next time it happens as Haroon suggested to see if default
> route is still present, was last time but might be worth some further
> debugging and will report back, doesn't seem a common issue at this
> code maybe :/
>
> --
> BR
>
> Tony
>
> Sent from my iPhone on 3
>
> On 27 Sep 2012, at 14:32, Tony Singh <mothafungla_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Sorry Joe meant latter as in RAM is 512k in reply to Jay (free memory
>> when unit locked up showed ample free anyhow)
>>
>> Code running is 8.4.1 (post pix cli era I believe)
>>
>> --
>> BR
>>
>> Tony
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone on 3
>>
>> On 27 Sep 2012, at 13:23, Joe Sanchez <marco207p_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I recall lots of bugs in the 8.3 code . Mostly the ASA would lock up and reboot on occasions . Have you tried to upgrade?
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Joe Sanchez
>>>
>>> ( please excuse the brevity of this email as it was sent via a
>>> mobile device. Please excuse misspelled words or sentence
>>> structure.)
>>>
>>> On Sep 27, 2012, at 1:34 AM, Tony Singh <mothafungla_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi Jay
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for reply yes it is the latter.
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> BR
>>>>
>>>> Sent from my iPhone on 3
>>>>
>>>> On 27 Sep 2012, at 02:02, Jay McMickle <jay.mcmickle_at_yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Tony- how much RAM is in your 5505? If 256 (standard on old ones), this could be your issue with 8.3+ IOS.
>>>>>
>>>>> If 512, disregard.
>>>>>
>>>>> Regards,
>>>>> Jay McMickle- CCIE #35355 (RS), 3x CCNP (RS,Security,Design) Sent
>>>>> from my iPhone
>>>>>
>>>>> On Sep 26, 2012, at 2:40 PM, Tony Singh <mothafungla_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi Haroon
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Next time it goes down will attempt your suggestion although it
>>>>>> did have the gateway of the last resort in the routing table :/
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> BR
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Sent from my iPhone on 3
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 26 Sep 2012, at 20:27, Haroon <itguy.pro_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> what if you hard code default gateway?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> route outside 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 isp
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 1:27 PM, Tony Singh <mothafungla_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>> Good Evening List,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I have an issue with my ASA 5505 recently seems to be locking up
>>>>>>> and end-result is no default gateway access to my isp router and
>>>>>>> bump no internet!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Its running Version 8.4(1) & is a base license...
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Now some t-shooting has got me no where, no top cpu-usage
>>>>>>> processes, enough free memory , asdm logs when it goes down
>>>>>>> nothing unusual but the usual pat translations with tcp flags i.e syn timeout etc etc..
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> translations showed...
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> *ciscoasa# show xlate count *
>>>>>>> 323 in use, 583 most used
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> tried clearing this - no good still could not ping my default gateway.....
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> an arp showed that I could see the default gateway address
>>>>>>> (although admittedly did not try clearing this to see if it did
>>>>>>> the arp translation again)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> input packets from isp were stuck here, but might be down to above...
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> ciscoasa(config-if)# sh int Vlan2 Interface Vlan2 "outside", is
>>>>>>> up, line protocol is up Hardware is EtherSVI, BW 100 Mbps, DLY
>>>>>>> 100 usec
>>>>>>> MAC address 001e.4a87.44ab, MTU 1500
>>>>>>> IP address x.x.x.x, subnet mask 255.255.254.0 Traffic
>>>>>>> Statistics for "outside":
>>>>>>> *9747366 packets input*, 1919996429 bytes
>>>>>>> 14907915 packets output, 13057288639 bytes
>>>>>>> 760415 packets dropped
>>>>>>> 1 minute input rate 0 pkts/sec, 0 bytes/sec
>>>>>>> 1 minute output rate 8 pkts/sec, 464 bytes/sec
>>>>>>> 1 minute drop rate, 0 pkts/sec
>>>>>>> 5 minute input rate 0 pkts/sec, 2 bytes/sec
>>>>>>> 5 minute output rate 22 pkts/sec, 1297 bytes/sec
>>>>>>> 5 minute drop rate, 0 pkts/sec
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> ciscoasa(config-if)# sh int Vlan2 Interface Vlan2 "outside", is
>>>>>>> up, line protocol is up Hardware is EtherSVI, BW 100 Mbps, DLY
>>>>>>> 100 usec
>>>>>>> MAC address 001e.4a87.44ab, MTU 1500
>>>>>>> IP address x.x.x.x, subnet mask 255.255.254.0 Traffic
>>>>>>> Statistics for "outside":
>>>>>>> *9747366 packets input*, 1919996429 bytes
>>>>>>> 14907919 packets output, 13057288877 bytes
>>>>>>> 760415 packets dropped
>>>>>>> 1 minute input rate 0 pkts/sec, 0 bytes/sec
>>>>>>> 1 minute output rate 8 pkts/sec, 464 bytes/sec
>>>>>>> 1 minute drop rate, 0 pkts/sec
>>>>>>> 5 minute input rate 0 pkts/sec, 2 bytes/sec
>>>>>>> 5 minute output rate 22 pkts/sec, 1297 bytes/sec
>>>>>>> 5 minute drop rate, 0 pkts/sec
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> ciscoasa(config-if)# sh int Vlan2 Interface Vlan2 "outside", is
>>>>>>> up, line protocol is up Hardware is EtherSVI, BW 100 Mbps, DLY
>>>>>>> 100 usec
>>>>>>> MAC address 001e.4a87.44ab, MTU 1500
>>>>>>> IP address x.x.x.x, subnet mask 255.255.254.0 Traffic
>>>>>>> Statistics for "outside":
>>>>>>> *9747366 packets input*, 1919996429 bytes
>>>>>>> 14907920 packets output, 13057288946 bytes
>>>>>>> 760415 packets dropped
>>>>>>> 1 minute input rate 0 pkts/sec, 0 bytes/sec
>>>>>>> 1 minute output rate 8 pkts/sec, 464 bytes/sec
>>>>>>> 1 minute drop rate, 0 pkts/sec
>>>>>>> 5 minute input rate 0 pkts/sec, 2 bytes/sec
>>>>>>> 5 minute output rate 22 pkts/sec, 1297 bytes/sec
>>>>>>> 5 minute drop rate, 0 pkts/sec
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> config on the outside interface is
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> interface Vlan2 (eth0/0)
>>>>>>> nameif outside
>>>>>>> security-level 0
>>>>>>> ip address dhcp setroute
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> my outside interface picks up or still has the dhcpd binding
>>>>>>> from the isp and the outside svi vlan 2 pings from the asa ok...
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> been getting tired of reloading recently, so decided to shut the
>>>>>>> vlan 2 svi down and take the dhcp config off & re-applied this
>>>>>>> and it seemed to let me ping the default gateway again...
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> google dns 8.8.8.8 pings ok now, but xlates were showing 0 when
>>>>>>> attempting to connect from various devices and in the end had to reload the asa again.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> apologies for this long mail, any suggestions on what im doing
>>>>>>> wrong
>>>>>>>
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