Re: ASA problem

From: Tony Singh <mothafungla_at_gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2012 22:59:34 +0100

Updated to 8.4.4.1 & no lockups since!

Thanks Ryan /Joe/all

I'm hoping I'll have an uptime of 5 years now, wishful thinking :/

--
BR
Tony
Sent from my iPhone on 3
On 27 Sep 2012, at 15:53, Tony Singh <mothafungla_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> It's the image it shipped with but hear you.
> 
> Thanks for the advice.
> 
> --
> BR
> 
> Tony
> 
> Sent from my iPhone on 3
> 
> On 27 Sep 2012, at 15:45, Ryan West <rwest_at_zyedge.com> wrote:
> 
>> I've had the best luck with 8.2(5)26 or 29.  Since you're already in NAT hell, I would run 8.4.4.1.  Running first release new train code is just asking for trouble IMO. 
>> 
>> Sent from handheld
>> 
>> On Sep 27, 2012, at 10:06 AM, "Tony Singh" <mothafungla_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> Here's my hunch it seems to happen when I'm on my laptop with a lot of tcp sessions i.e tabs on chrome...
>>> 
>>> Same kind of thing used to happen on other vender all in one wifi routers...until upgrading to code that fixed the issues so I hear you...
>>> 
>>> Ryan my eyes are hurting with that list wa wa we wa (borat)
>>> 
>>> What do you guys recommend as a stable code /if
>>> 
>>> Thanks both for the help
>>> 
>>> --
>>> BR
>>> 
>>> Tony
>>> 
>>> Sent from my iPhone on 3
>>> 
>>> On 27 Sep 2012, at 14:48, Ryan West <rwest_at_zyedge.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> 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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