Cisco ASA 5505 User Manual

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Cisco ASA 5500 Series Configuration Guide using the CLI

Chapter 2 Getting Started

Configuring ASDM Access for Appliances

Note

To change to multiple context mode, see the

“Enabling or Disabling Multiple Context Mode” section on

page 5-15

. After changing to multiple context mode, you can access ASDM from the admin context

using the network settings above.

Accessing ASDM Using a Non-Default Configuration (ASA 5505)

If you do not have a factory default configuration, or want to change to transparent firewall mode,
perform the following steps. See also the sample configurations in the

“ASA 5505 Default

Configuration” section on page 2-11

.

Prerequisites

Access the CLI according to the

“Accessing the Appliance Command-Line Interface” section on

page 2-1

.

Detailed Steps

Command

Purpose

Step 1

(Optional)

firewall transparent

Example:

hostname(config)# firewall transparent

Enables transparent firewall mode. This command clears your
configuration. See the

“Configuring the Firewall Mode” section

on page 4-1

for more information.

Step 2

Do one of the following to configure a management interface, depending on your mode:

Routed mode:

interface vlan

number

ip address

ip_address [mask]

nameif

name

security-level

level

Example:

hostname(config)# interface vlan 1

hostname(config-if)# ip address

192.168.1.1 255.255.255.0

hostname(config-if)# nameif inside

hostname(config-if)# security-level 100

Configures an interface in routed mode. The security-level is a
number between 1 and 100, where 100 is the most secure.

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