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Understanding Failover
If the primary FWSM fails, then the secondary FWSM becomes active and successfully passes the
firewall VLANs
Figure 14-3
Failed
FWSM
Catalyst 6500 Series Switch and Cisco 7600 Series Router Firewall Services Module Configuration Guide using ASDM
14-6
(Figure 14-3).
FWSM Failure
Internet
VLAN 100
Switch
VLAN 200
Trunk:
VLANs 10 & 11
Eng
VLAN 203
Mktg
VLAN 202
Inside
VLAN 201
Switch
Failover Links:
VLAN 10
Active
FWSM
VLAN 11
Chapter 14 Configuring Failover
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