Introduction
The Secure Firewall migration tool enables you to migrate your firewall configurations to a supported Secure Firewall Threat Defense managed by a management center. The migration tool supports migration from Secure Firewall ASA, ASA with FirePOWER Services (FPS), FDM-managed devices as well as third-party firewalls from Check Point, Palo Alto Networks, and Fortinet.
This document provides critical and release-specific information for the Secure Firewall migration tool. Even if you are familiar with Secure Firewall releases and have previous experience with the migration process, make sure that you read and thoroughly understand this document.
New Features
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4.0 |
Secure Firewall migration tool 4.0 supports:
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For information on the history of the Secure Firewall migration tool, see:
Supported Configurations
The following configuration elements are supported for migration:
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Network objects and groups
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Service objects, except for those service objects configured for a source and destination
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Though the Secure Firewall migration tool does not migrate extended service objects (configured for a source and destination), referenced ACL and NAT rules are migrated with full functionality.
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Service object groups, except for nested service object groups
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Since nesting is not supported on the management center, the Secure Firewall migration tool expands the content of the referenced rules. The rules however are migrated with full functionality.
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IPv4 and IPv6 FQDN objects and groups
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IPv6 conversion support (Interface, Static Routes, Objects, ACL, and NAT)
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Access rules that are applied to interfaces in the inbound direction and global ACL
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Auto NAT, Manual NAT, and object NAT (conditional)
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Static routes, ECMP routes, and PBR
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Physical interfaces
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Secondary VLANs on ASA or ASA with FirePOWER Services interfaces will not migrate to threat defense.
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Subinterfaces (subinterface ID will always be set to the same number as the VLAN ID on migration)
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Port channels
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Virtual tunnel interface (VTI)
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Bridge groups (transparent mode only)
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IP SLA Monitor
The Secure Firewall migration tool creates IP SLA objects, maps the objects with the specific static routes, and migrates these objects to management center.
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IP SLA Monitor is not supported for non-threat defense flow.
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Object Group Search
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Object Group Search is unavailable for management center or threat defense version earlier than 6.6.
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Object Group Search will not be supported for non-threat defense flow and will be disabled.
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Time-based objects
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You must manually migrate timezone configuration from source ASA, ASA with FirePOWER Services, and FDM-managed device to target threat defense.
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Time-based object is not supported for non-threat defense flow and will be disabled.
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Time-based objects are supported on management center version 6.6 and above.
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Site-to-Site VPN Tunnels
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Site-to-Site VPN—When the Secure Firewall migration tool detects crypto map configuration in the source ASA and FDM-managed device, the Secure Firewall migration tool migrates the crypto map to management center VPN as point-to-point topology.
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Crypto map (static/dynamic) based VPN from ASA and FDM-managed device.
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Route-based (VTI) ASA and FDM VPN
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Certificate-based VPN migration from ASA and FDM-managed device.
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ASA and FDM-managed device trustpoint or certificates migration to management center must be performed manually and is part of the pre-migration activity.
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Dynamic Route objects, BGP, and EIGRP
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Policy-List
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Prefix-List
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Community-List
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Autonomous System (AS)-Path
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Route-Map
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Remote Access VPN
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SSL and IKEv2 protocol.
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Authentication methods—AAA only, Client Certificate only, SAML, AAA, and Client Certificate.
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AAA—Radius, Local, LDAP, and AD.
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Connection Profiles, Group-Policy, Dynamic Access Policy, LDAP Attribute Map, and Certificate Map.
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Standard and Extended ACL.
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RA VPN Custom Attributes and VPN load balancing
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As part of pre-migration activity, perform the following:
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Migrate the ASA and FDM-managed device trustpoints manually to the management center as PKI objects.
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Retrieve AnyConnect packages, Hostscan Files (Dap.xml, Data.xml, Hostscan Package), External Browser package, and AnyConnect profiles from the source ASA and FDM-managed device.
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Upload all AnyConnect packages to the management center.
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Upload AnyConnect profiles directly to the management center or from the Secure Firewall migration tool.
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Enable the ssh scopy enable command on the ASA to allow retrieval of profiles from the Live Connect ASA.
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ACL optimization
ACL optimization supports the following ACL types:
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Redundant ACL—When two ACLs have the same set of configurations and rules, then removing the non-base ACL will not impact the network.
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Shadow ACL—The first ACL completely shadows the configurations of the second ACL.
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ACL optimization is currently not available for Palo Alto Networks and ASA with FirePower Services (FPS).
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For information on the supported configurations of the Secure Firewall migration tool, see:
Migration Workflow
For information on the migration workflow of the Secure Firewall migration tool, see:
Migration Reports
The Secure Firewall migration tool provides the following reports in HTML format with details of the migration:
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Pre-Migration Report
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Post-Migration Report
Secure Firewall Migration Tool Capabilities
The Secure Firewall migration tool provides the following capabilities:
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Validation throughout the migration, including parse and push operations
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Object re-use capability
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Object conflict resolution
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Interface mapping
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Subinterface limit check for the target threat defense device
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Platforms supported
—FDM Virtual to Threat Defense Virtual
—Same hardware migration (X to X device migration)
—X to Y device migration (Y having higher number of interfaces)
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ACL optimization for source ASA, FDM-managed device, Fortinet, and Checkpoint for ACP rule action.
Infrastructure and Platform Requirements
The Secure Firewall migration tool has the following infrastructure and platform requirements:
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Windows 10 64-bit operating system or on a macOS version 10.13 or higher
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Google Chrome as the system default browser
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A single instance of the Secure Firewall migration tool per system
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Management Center and Threat Defense must be version 6.2.3.3 or later
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Remove the previous build before downloading the newer version. |
Open and Resolved Issues
Resolved Issues
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Push failure occurs if source configuration with port channel and target threat defense is Secure Firewall 3100. |
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Unable to modify EtherChannel interface for Secure Firewall 3100 series hardware. |
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RA VPN push encounters authorization error if space in DAP record name is replaced with underscore. |
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Management Center should change RAVPN payload for SAML and push supported API values. |
Open and Resolved Caveats
The open caveats for this release can be accessed through the Cisco Bug Search Tool. This web-based tool provides you with access to the Cisco bug tracking system, which maintains information about bugs and vulnerabilities in this product and other Cisco hardware and software products.
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You must have a Cisco.com account to log in and access the Cisco Bug Search Tool. If you don’t have one, you can register for an account on Cisco.com. For more information on Bug Search Tool, see Bug Search Tool Help. |
Use the Open and Resolved Caveats dynamic query for an up-to-date list of open and resolved caveats in Secure Firewall migration tool.
Related Documentation
The following documents are provided for the Secure Firewall migration tool:
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Migrating ASA Firewall to Firewall Threat Defense with the Secure Firewall Migration Tool
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Migrating an FDM-Managed Device to Secure Firewall Threat Defense with the Migration Tool
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Migrating Check Point Firewall to Firewall Threat Defense with the Secure Firewall Migration Tool
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Migrating Fortinet Firewall to Firewall Threat Defense with the Secure Firewall Migration Tool
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Migrating an ASA to an FDM-Managed Device Using Cisco Defense Orchestrator
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Navigating the Cisco Secure Firewall Migration Tool Documentation