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Cisco ASA 5500 Series Configuration Guide using ASDM
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Getting Started
This chapter describes how to get started with your adaptive security appliance. This chapter includes
the following sections:
• Configuring the Security Appliance for ASDM Access, page 2-1
• Starting ASDM, page 2-1
• Factory Default Configurations, page 2-5
• Getting Started With the Configuration, page 2-8
• Using the Command Line Interface, page 2-8
Configuring the Security Appliance for ASDM Access
If you want to use ASDM to configure the adaptive security appliance and you have a factory default
configuration, you can connect to the default management address by pointing your browser or the
ASDM launcher to the IP address in the following URL:
https://192.168.1.1/admin
With the factory default configuration, clients on the 192.168.1.0/24 inside network can access ASDM.
To allow other clients to access ASDM, see the “Configuring Device Access for ASDM, Telnet, or SSH”
section on page 32-1.
See the following Ethernet connection guidelines when using the factory default configurations:
• ASA 5505—The switch port to which you connect to ASDM can be any port, except for Ethernet
0/0.
• ASA 5510 and higher —The interface to which you connect to ASDM is Management 0/0.
For more information, see the “Factory Default Configurations” section on page 2-5. If you do not have
a factory default configuration, see the Cisco ASA 5500 Series Configuration Guide using the CLI for
instructions to access the CLI and the setup command to perform minimum initial configuration.
Starting ASDM
This section describes how to start ASDM according to one of the following methods:
• Downloading the ASDM Launcher, page 2-2
• Starting ASDM from the ASDM Launcher, page 2-2
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