History Display the session command history ! Viewing available options for the show command (while on EXEC mode)Ĭhecksum Display configuration information cryptochecksumĭisk0: Display information about disk0: file systemįlash: Display information about flash: file system Commands Available on ASA exec (Nonprivileged) Mode ! Displaying all the commands available on the EXEC mode with a '?' Type help or '?' for a list of available commands.Ĭiscoasa> Example 3-2. Pre-configure Firewall now through interactive prompts ? No IPSec microcode : CNlite-MC-IPSECm-MAIN-2.04Ĭisco Adaptive Security Appliance Software Version 8.2(1)Ĭryptochecksum (changed): d41d8cd9 8f00b204 e9800998 ecf8427e SSL/IKE microcode: CNLite-MC-SSLm-PLUS-2.03 This platform has an ASA 5505Security Plus license.Įncryption hardware device : Cisco ASA-5505 on-board accelerator (revision 0x0) Ĭisco Systems ROMMON Version (1.0(12)6) #0: Mon Aug 21 19:34:īoot configuration file contains 1 entry. Summary Boot Sequence for ASA Evaluating BIOS Options.

This CLI help is useful, quickly becoming part of everyday life for anyone who works with Cisco equipment.

Typing ? after a command, such as show ?, displays the supported parameters for this command. The use of the question mark ( ?), as illustrated in Example 3-2, shows the available commands in a given CLI mode. The symbol > characterizes that the EXEC or nonprivileged mode is in place, meaning that a limited set of tasks can be accomplished.

The initial prompt after boot completion is ciscoasa>, in which ciscoasa is the default hostname for the equipment. You do not need to analyze this option because it provides little flexibility.

Following a successful load of the OS image, a prompt offering an interactive preconfiguration of the device using menus is presented. Example 3-1 shows a summary of the boot process for an ASA 5505 appliance whose factory settings have not been changed yet. Before dealing with any specific configuration procedure for the Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA), you need to understand a set of basic concepts.

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