History for Multi-Instance Mode


Feature	Minimum Firewall Management Center	Minimum Firewall Threat Defense	Details
Instances increased for the Secure Firewall 4225 from 15 to 21	20251121	10.0.0	The maximum number of instances was increased from 15 to 21 for the Secure Firewall 4225.
Multi-instance mode conversion in the Firewall Management Center	20250725	7.6.0	You can now register an application-mode device to the Firewall Management Center and then convert it to multi-instance mode without having to use the CLI. New/modified screens: Devices > Device Management, then for a device, click More () > Convert to Multi-Instance Devices > Device Management, then select multiple devices and choose Select Bulk Action > Convert to Multi-Instance
Multi-instance mode for the Secure Firewall 4200	20241030	7.6.0	Multi-instance mode is now supported for the Secure Firewall 4200.
Multi-instance mode for the Secure Firewall 3100.	20240203	7.4.1	You can deploy the Secure Firewall 3100 as a single device (appliance mode) or as multiple container instances (multi-instance mode). In multi-instance mode, you can deploy multiple container instances on a single chassis that act as completely independent devices. Note that in multi-instance mode, you upgrade the operating system and the firmware (chassis upgrade) separately from the container instances (Firewall Threat Defense upgrade). New/modified screens: Inventory > FTD Chassis Devices > Device Management > Device > Chassis Manager Devices > Platform Settings > New Policy > Chassis Platform Settings Devices > Chassis Upgrade New/modified Firewall Threat Defense CLI commands: configure multi-instance network ipv4 , configure multi-instance network ipv6 New/modified FXOS CLI commands: create device-manager , set deploymode Platform restrictions: Not supported on the Secure Firewall 3105. See: Use Multi-Instance Mode for the Secure Firewall 3100/4200 and Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense Upgrade Guide for Cloud-Delivered Firewall Management Center