Cisco ASA 5505 User Manual

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Cisco ASA 5500 Series Configuration Guide using the CLI

Chapter 5 Configuring Multiple Context Mode

Configuring Multiple Contexts

Although this context name does not exist yet in your configuration, you can subsequently enter the
context name command to match the specified name to continue the admin context configuration.

Detailed Steps

Command

Purpose

Step 1

context

name

Example:

hostname(config)# context administrator

Adds or modifies a context. The name is a string up to 32
characters long. This name is case sensitive, so you can have two
contexts named “customerA” and “CustomerA,” for example.
You can use letters, digits, or hyphens, but you cannot start or end
the name with a hyphen.

“System” or “Null” (in upper or lower case letters) are reserved
names, and cannot be used.

Step 2

(Optional)

description

text

Example:

hostname(config)# description

Administrator Context

Adds a description for this context.

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