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Cisco ASA 5500 Series Configuration Guide using ASDM
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Chapter 1 Introduction to the Cisco ASA 5500 Series Adaptive Security Appliance
ASA 5500 Model Support
Table 1-1 lists the supported and recommended client operating systems and Java for ASDM.
ASA 5500 Model Support
For a complete list of supported ASA models and ASA software versions for this release, see Cisco ASA
5500 Series and PIX 500 Series Security Appliance Hardware and Software Compatibility:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/security/asa/compatibility/asamatrx.html
Module Support
The adaptive security appliance supports the following module types:
• Security Services Cards (SSCs)
• Security Services Modules (SSMs)
Table 1-1 Operating System and Browser Requirements
Operating System
Browser
Sun Java SE
Plug-in
1
1. Obtain Sun Java from java.sun.com.
Internet Explorer Firefox Safari
Microsoft Windows (English and Japanese):
• 7
• Vista
• 2003 Server
• XP
6.0 or above 1.5 or above No support
• 5.0 (1.5.0)
• 6.0
Apple Macintosh OS X:
• 10.6
• 10.5
• 10.4
No support 1.5 or above 2.0 or above
• 5.0 (1.5.0)
• 6.0
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (GNOME or
KDE):
• Desktop
• Desktop with Workstation
N/A 1.5 or above N/A
• 5.0 (1.5.0)
• 6.0