FTD has both on box and off box management capabilities available
* The on-box management is called FDM (Firepower Defense Manager) which can manage ASA hardware platform, firepower 2100 and the ftd virtual instances.
* The off-box management can be done via FMC (Firepower Management Center) which can manage ASA hardware platform, firepower 2100, firepower 4100, firepower 9300 and FTD virtual instances.
