VLAN Mapping for Cisco ASA Firewall in Transparent Mode

phuong.nguyen 2021/10/18 - 4:50 PM

Contents [hide]

1 Description
2 Layout network diagram
3 Configuration on Switches and Cisco ASA Firewall

Description

Today I am going to talk about VLAN Mapping for Cisco ASA Firewall in Transparent mode. It gives you a fair idea and describes a solution to be able to insert an ASA in transparent mode between two switches to screen multiple VLANs without changing the VLAN numbering scheme on either switch.
In Transparent Mode even though there is only one Layer 3 network for example 192.168.20.0/24 there MUST be two different Layer 2 Vlans (Vlan2 for inside zone and Vlan20 for outside zone). All hosts must reside in network range 192.168.20.0/24
This configuration example explains how to map or translate the VLAN numbers on RouteXP_SW2 for scenarios where the VLANs IDs cannot be renumbered easily after inserting the ASA in transparent mode to an existing topology.

Layout network diagram

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Configuration on Switches and Cisco ASA Firewall

RouteXP_SW1

!
interface GigabitEthernet1/1
switchport trunk allowed vlan 2-4
switchport mode trunk
!

Cisco ASA Firewall

!
interface GigabitEthernet0/2
 description SW1
 no nameif
 no security-level
!
interface GigabitEthernet0/2.2
 description vlan 2
 vlan 2
 nameif inside-2
 bridge-group 2
 security-level 100
!
interface GigabitEthernet0/2.3
 description vlan 3
 vlan 3
 nameif inside-3
 bridge-group 3
 security-level 100
!
interface GigabitEthernet0/2.4
 description vlan 4
 vlan 4
 nameif inside-4
 bridge-group 4
 security-level 100
!
interface GigabitEthernet0/3
 description SW2
 no nameif
 no security-level
!
interface GigabitEthernet0/3.2
 description vlan 20
 vlan 20
 nameif outside-2
 bridge-group 2
 security-level 0
!
interface GigabitEthernet0/3.3
 description vlan 30
 vlan 30
 nameif outside-3
 bridge-group 3
 security-level 0
!
interface GigabitEthernet0/3.4
 description vlan 40
 vlan 40
 nameif outside-4
 bridge-group 4
 security-level 0
!
interface BVI2
ip address 192.168.20.1 255.255.255.0
!
interface BVI3
ip address 192.168.30.1 255.255.255.0
!
interface BVI4
ip address 192.168.40.1 255.255.255.0
!

RouteXP_SW2

On the allowed vlan list we need to permit the translated vlans 2, 3 and 4 because the VLAN ID in the IEEE 802.1Q tag are mapped (or translated) just before a packet is transmitted and just after a packet is received.

!
vlan 2-4,20,30,40
!
interface GigabitEthernet1/1
switchport trunk allowed vlan 2-4
switchport mode trunk
switchport vlan mapping 20 2
switchport vlan mapping 30 3
switchport vlan mapping 40 4
!

Verify

show vlan mapping

nterface Gi1/1:
VLANs on wire    Translated VLAN       Operation
----------------------   ---------------              --------------
20                                    2                         1-to-1
30                                    3                         1-to-1
40                                    4                         1-to-1

Good luck

Source : https://www.routexp.com/2019/11/vlan-mapping-for-cisco-asa-firewall-in.html

Transparent Mode ASA