How to Set the Boot Parameter in Cicso ASA
Use the following command to set the Boot parameter in cisco ASA
test(config)# boot system disk0:/ASA702.bin
test(config# exit
After configuring the Cisco ASA to boot a specific image upon bootup, the running configuration needs to be saved to NVRAM,

Categories: Cisco Tags: asa, boot system, cicso
How to Copy Running-Config to NVRAM in Cisco ASA
To copy running config to NVRAM in Cisco ASA, use the following command
testrouter# copy running-config startip-config

How to Reload the Security Appliance – Cisco ASA
For reloading a Cisco ASA ,Just type Reload in the console just like shown below
TEST# reload
Proceed with reload? [confirm] <cr>
***
*** — START GRACEFUL SHUTDOWN —
Shutting down isakmp
Shutting down File system
! Output omitted for brevity
Loading disk0:/ASA702.bin… Booting…
################################################################################
! Output omitted for brevity
Cryptochecksum(unchanged): 13b1d99f 59fffda6 58618094 bd58950d
Type help or ‘?’ for a list of available commands.
TEST>

Categories: Cisco, Technology News Tags: asa, cisco, graceful shutdown, security appliance, Technology News
How to do Image Upgrade via the Cisco ASA CLI
The security appliance supports a number of file server types, including TFTP and FTP, to download a system image into flash (disk0). The image upgrade process uses the copy command followed by the name of the file transfer type. The copy command copies the specified files from the source location or URL [...]

Categories: Cisco Tags: asa, cisco, command syntax, file transfer protocol, tftp
How to configure Automatic Clock Adjustment Using the NTP in Cisco ASA
How to configure Network Time Protocol in Cisco ASA
Cisco ASA provides support for the Network Time Protocol (NTP) to synchronize the system clock with an NTP server. The device administrator does not need to update the system clock manually because the security appliance overrides the manual clock setting when it synchronizes the [...]

Categories: Cisco Tags: asa, automatic clock, cisco, network time protocol, ntp server, security appliance
How to Create a limited user account on a Cisco Pix Firewall
This is a snippet for the Cisco Pix firewall that create a ‘limited user’ account on the firewall itself. That user will have access to all ’show’ diagnostic commands, as well as the ability to clear the error/usage counters on interfaces and to ping other devices.
This configuration does the following things:
Defines two user levels, ’show’ [...]

Categories: Cisco Tags: accounts, asa, cisco, Cisco Pix Firewall, firewall, limi, pix, privilege, user
How to Permit active FTP sessions through a Cisco ASA
This is a snippet for the Cisco ASA firewall that permits active FTP sessions to pass through. This is the equivalent to the ‘fixup ftp’ commands of the previous PIX OS versions. For whatever reason this functionality was no longer enabled by default in my Cisco ASA 5510 [Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance Software Version 7.0(5)].
If [...]

Categories: Cisco Tags: active FTP, asa, cisco, connections, FTP, sessions
How to Monitor Cisco PIX or ASA Firewall caching statistics – Websense
If you have enabled caching on your Cisco security appliance, check URL cache statistics by entering the following command.
sh url-cache stats
The command shows the following information.
Size - the size of the cache in kilobytes, which you set with the url-cache size option.
Entries - the maximum number of cache entries, based on the cache size.
In Use - the current number of [...]

Categories: Cisco, Websense Tags: asa, caching, cisco, Filtering Service, monitor, performance, pix, statistics, stats, url-cache, Websense Enterprise, Websense Web Security Suite
How to use show xlate command – Cisco Pix
This command will show whether the PIX is doing NAT correctly. Double check your configuration if there are no translations immediately after trying to access the Internet. NAT failure could also be due to bad cabling which will prevent Internet bound traffic from reaching the PIX at all.
pix# sh xlate
3 in use, 463 most used
PAT [...]

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How to Configure default route in Cisco Asa
Configure default route towards the ISP (assume default gateway is 200.200.200.2)
ASA5505(config)# route outside 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 200.200.200.2 1

Categories: Cisco, Firewall Tags: asa, cisco, default gateway, default route, isp
How to Configure PAT on the outside interface in Cisco Asa
Configure PAT on the outside interface
ASA5505(config)# global (outside) 1 interface
ASA5505(config)# nat (inside) 1 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0

































