Changes between Initial Version and Version 1 of CiscoASA5505CFRAM

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Apr 8, 2011 1:13:35 AM (15 years ago)

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CiscoASA5505CFRAM

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+== Compact Flash Card, RAM for Cisco ASA5505 ==
+
+File system information for an original, Cisco-branded !CompactFlash card (128 MB):
+
+{{{
+asa5505> show flash filesys
+
+******** Flash Card Geometry/Format Info ********
+
+COMPACT FLASH CARD GEOMETRY
+   Number of Heads:            8
+   Number of Cylinders       980
+   Sectors per Cylinder       32
+   Sector Size               512
+   Total Sectors          250880
+
+COMPACT FLASH CARD FORMAT
+   Number of FAT Sectors     122
+   Sectors Per Cluster         8
+   Number of Clusters      31033
+   Number of Data Sectors 248544
+   Base Root Sector          245
+   Base FAT Sector             1
+   Base Data Sector          277
+
+asa5505> 
+}}}
+
+As a replacement will use **!CompactFlash Elite Pro 2 GB** card made by Kingston ({{{CF/2GB-S}}}).
+
+1. Save files/directories from the original CF card to a Linux computer.
+
+{{{
+# cp -a /media/g .
+# ls -loga g
+total 23180
+drwxr-xr-x 5    4096 Dec 31  1969 .
+drwxr-xr-x 3    4096 Apr  6 21:29 ..
+-rwxr-xr-x 1 8589312 Oct 16  2009 asa724-33-k8.bin
+-rwxr-xr-x 1 8570880 May 19  2010 asa725-k8.bin
+-rwxr-xr-x 1 6507516 May 19  2010 asdm-525.bin
+drwxr-xr-x 2    4096 Feb 13  2007 boot
+drwxr-xr-x 2    4096 May 30  2007 crypto_archive
+drwxr-xr-x 2    4096 Feb 13  2007 .private
+#
+# umount /media/g
+#
+}}}
+
+2. Partition the card, make sure that partition size is 2048 MB (or less), even though an actual card has slightly higher capacity.
+
+{{{
+# fdisk -l /dev/sde
+
+Disk /dev/sde: 2063 MB, 2063597568 bytes
+16 heads, 12 sectors/track, 20992 cylinders
+Units = cylinders of 192 * 512 = 98304 bytes
+
+   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
+/dev/sde1               1       20834     2000058    6  FAT16
+
+#
+}}}
+
+3. Create an MS-DOS (FAT16) file system.
+
+{{{
+# mkdosfs -F 16 -n g -S 512 -v /dev/sde1
+mkdosfs 2.11 (12 Mar 2005)
+/dev/sde1 has 16 heads and 12 sectors per track,
+logical sector size is 512,
+using 0xf8 media descriptor, with 4000116 sectors;
+file system has 2 16-bit FATs and 64 sectors per cluster.
+FAT size is 245 sectors, and provides 62493 clusters.
+Root directory contains 512 slots.
+Volume ID is 4d9df35b, volume label g          .
+#
+}}}
+
+4. Copy files onto the replacement card.
+
+{{{
+# mount -t vfat /dev/sde1 /mnt
+# mkdir /mnt/.private
+# cp -a --no-preserve ownership .private/mode.dat /mnt/.private
+# cp -a --no-preserve ownership .private/license.dat /mnt/.private
+# cp -a --no-preserve ownership .private/DATAFILE /mnt/.private
+# cp -a --no-preserve ownership .private/startup-config /mnt/.private
+# cp -a --no-preserve ownership boot /mnt
+# cp -a --no-preserve ownership crypto_archive /mnt
+# cp -a --no-preserve ownership asa724-33-k8.bin asa725-k8.bin asdm-525.bin /mnt
+# sync
+# umount /mnt
+#
+}}}
+
+5. Put new card in to the appliance, boot it up, inspect the file system.
+
+{{{
+asa5505# show version | grep Compact Flash
+Internal ATA Compact Flash, 2048MB
+asa5505#
+asa5505# dir disk0:/
+
+Directory of disk0:/
+
+2      drw-  0           03:28:22 Apr 07 2011  .private
+7      drw-  0           21:20:48 Feb 12 2007  boot
+9      drw-  0           04:16:12 May 30 2007  crypto_archive
+10     -rw-  8589312     17:32:04 Oct 15 2009  asa724-33-k8.bin
+11     -rw-  8570880     12:23:26 May 19 2010  asa725-k8.bin
+12     -rw-  6507516     12:24:42 May 19 2010  asdm-525.bin
+
+2047770624 bytes total (2023784448 bytes free)
+asa5505#
+asa5505# show flash        
+-#- --length-- -----date/time------ path
+  2 0          Apr 07 2011 03:28:22 .private
+  3 12         Feb 12 2007 21:16:08 .private/mode.dat
+  4 40         Feb 12 2007 21:19:56 .private/license.dat
+  5 3390       Apr 04 2011 10:42:58 .private/DATAFILE
+  6 22185      Apr 04 2011 10:42:56 .private/startup-config
+  7 0          Feb 12 2007 21:20:48 boot
+  8 210        Apr 04 2011 10:42:58 boot/grub.conf
+  9 0          May 30 2007 04:16:12 crypto_archive
+ 10 8589312    Oct 15 2009 17:32:04 asa724-33-k8.bin
+ 11 8570880    May 19 2010 12:23:26 asa725-k8.bin
+ 12 6507516    May 19 2010 12:24:42 asdm-525.bin
+
+2023784448 bytes available (23986176 bytes used)
+
+asa5505# 
+asa5505# show flash filesys
+
+******** Flash Card Geometry/Format Info ********
+
+COMPACT FLASH CARD GEOMETRY
+   Number of Heads:           16
+   Number of Cylinders      7872
+   Sectors per Cylinder       32
+   Sector Size               512
+   Total Sectors          4030464
+
+COMPACT FLASH CARD FORMAT
+   Number of FAT Sectors     245
+   Sectors Per Cluster        64
+   Number of Clusters      62493
+   Number of Data Sectors 4000116
+   Base Root Sector          491
+   Base FAT Sector             1
+   Base Data Sector          523
+
+asa5505#
+}}}
+
+6. Check main memory on the security appliance.
+
+{{{
+asa5505# show version | grep RAM
+Hardware:   ASA5505, 1024 MB RAM, CPU Geode 500 MHz
+asa5505# 
+asa5505# show memory
+Free memory:      1000734536 bytes (93%)
+Used memory:        73007288 bytes ( 7%)
+-------------     ----------------
+Total memory:     1073741824 bytes (100%)
+asa5505# 
+}}}
+
+{{{
+#!html
+<div align="center"><a href="/img/cisco/asa5505-int-1000x750.jpg"><img src="/img/cisco/asa5505-int-640x480.jpg" width="640" height="480"></a></div>
+}}}
+
+If need more memory, can use rather standard **DDR-400MHz CL3 Non-ECC !UnBuffered 184-Pin SDRAM DIMM** from a 4-5 years old PC.
+
+  The following module will work for sure:
+
+    1GB PC3200U-30330 - hynix HYMD512646CP8J-D43 AA \\ Dell: {{{SNPJ0203C/1G}}} \\ Compatible: Dell Dimension 3000, Compaq Presario SR1055CL
+
+  This module might work as well, most likely:
+
+    1GB PC3200U-30331-E0 - Samsung M368L2923CUN-CCC 0635 \\ Dell: {{{DJ0203.D}}} \\ Compatible: Dell Dimension 3000
+
+
+=== See Also ===
+
+http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/security/asa/hw/maintenance/5505guide/procs.html \\ Cisco ASA 5505 Adaptive Security Appliance Hardware Installation Guide - Maintenance and Upgrade Procedures
+
+http://www.memoryx.net/asa5505.html \\ Cisco ASA 5505 (main memory)
+
+http://www.memoryx.net/asa5505flash.html \\ Cisco ASA 5505 (flash memory) 
+
+http://cisconews.co.uk/2007/12/27/asa-5505-flash-memory-hack/ \\ Upgrade Cisco ASA5505 Flash memory
+
+