Overview
Microsoft Azure is a public cloud environment that uses a private Microsoft Hyper V Hypervisor. The ASAv runs as a guest in the Microsoft Azure environment of the Hyper V Hypervisor. The ASAv on Microsoft Azure supports the Standard D3 and Standard D3_v2 instances, which supports four vCPUs, 14 GB, and four interfaces.
Performance Tier |
VM size (Core/RAM) |
Rate Limit |
RA VPN Session Limit |
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ASAv5 |
Standard_D3_v2 4 core/14 GB |
100 Mbps |
50 |
ASAv10 |
Standard_D3_v2 4 core/14 GB |
1 Gbps |
250 |
ASAv30 |
Standard_D3_v2 4 core/14 GB |
2 Gbps |
750 |
ASAv50 |
Standard_D4_v2 8 core/28 GB |
5.5 Gbps |
10,000 |
ASAv100 |
Standard_D5_v2 16 core/56 GB |
11 Gbps |
20,000 |
You can deploy the ASAv on Microsoft Azure:
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As a stand-alone firewall using the Azure Resource Manager on the standard Azure public cloud and the Azure Government environments
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As an integrated partner solution using the Azure Security Center
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As a high availability (HA) pair using the Azure Resource Manager on the standard Azure public cloud and the Azure Government environments
Note
In the event of unexpected failovers in a ASAv HA setup, check the logs for any brief communication interruptions with peer ASAv instances or Azure services. If such failover is observed, then it is advisable to configure a static IP address for the management interface instead of assigning IP address through DHCP.
See Deploy the ASAv from Azure Resource Manager. Note that you can deploy the ASAv HA configuration on the standard Azure public cloud and the Azure Government environments.