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Monday, June 1, 2015

Cisco ASAv 9.4.1 and ASDM 7.4.1 in Workstation / ESXi (1)

Cisco released ASA Software Version 9.4(x) on March 2015. Thre are some new features from release note in the Cisco website. I am going to give it a try to add it into my testing environment using Vmware workstation or ESXi. Some old ASA versions have been tested in my previous posts:
Here are all related posts in this blog:



Download ASA v 9.4.1

Here are some download links we could find from Internet.
1. Cisco Software Download Site

2. from http://pan.baidu.com/s/1gdiZ7kJ (Link has been removed)


Problems when importing into Vmware Workstation / ESXi

1. Using OVA file

But When tried to open in the workstation, there is error which says "Line 264: Unsupported element 'Property'."

Tried again in ESXi 5.5, File -> Deploy OVF Template ...
But it seems same error message when tried to open downloaded asav941.ova file.
"
The OVF package requires support for OVF Properties
Line 264: Unsupported element 'Property'.
"


2. Using vmdk File

I thought I may use vmdk's file to add them into workstation or ESXi. I did find a vmware package from http://pan.baidu.com/s/1kT25ngz with following files:

Unfortunately, it does not boot properly into configuration mode. Eventually it will dip into a reboot loop. Captured screenshots with my testing in Vmware workstation and ESXi show all steps below:

2.1. Opened in the Vmware Workstation


 2.2. Since my Vmware Workstation host does not support VT-x, it will not be able to power on.

2.3. Workstation Connect to ESXi

2.4. Upload workstation vm into ESXi. That was successful




2.5. ESXi vm's configuraiton

 2.6. It got into a rebooting loop.





Cause and Solutions:

Please check my next post - "Cisco ASAv 9.4.1 and ASDM 7.4.1 in Workstation / ESXi (2)".



10 comments:

  1. Hey man, I want to download it from Baidu cloud, but I found that a password that I need to input before I download it.Would you please share the one-time password for me?

    My QQ ID:69712037

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    1. Thanks for your visiting and asking. here are codes I found online. Hopefully it is still working.

      Cisco ASAv 9.4.1 and ASDM 7.4.1 -
      http://pan.baidu.com/s/1gdiZ7kJ
      二edu

      please use arabic number to replace 二.

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    2. Your are the man! Thanks a lot for your help.

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    3. is this link active? Is 二 = 2 ?

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    4. no the link is not valid anymore. But your guess is right.

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  2. Hey Mate, thanks for such a nice post, I have the same issue where my ASAv is going to a rebooting loop, can you please advise , how to fix that ? Also not sure about licensing if there is any way to get a temp license ?

    Thanks,

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    1. Please check my next post "Cisco ASAv 9.4.1 and ASDM 7.4.1 in Workstation / ESXi (2)"
      http://51sec.blogspot.com/2015/05/cisco-asav-941-and-asdm-741-in.html

      You will not need a license for your personal testing. Until you install a license, throughput is limited to 100 Kbps for your vASA.

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    2. Hope somebody can find a way to get a temp license for learning. Limited throughput is not convenient for us to test the application.

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  3. This link doesn't work anymore, could you upload again please?

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    1. It has been removed. Cisco download website will be your best choice.

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