Cisco ASA 5540

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Cisco ASA 5500 Series Configuration Guide using ASDM
OL-20339-01
System Configuration 6-2
Admin Context Configuration 6-2
How the Security Appliance Classifies Packets 6-3
Valid Classifier Criteria 6-3
Classification Examples 6-4
Cascading Security Contexts 6-6
Management Access to Security Contexts 6-7
System Administrator Access 6-7
Context Administrator Access 6-8
Information About Resource Management 6-8
Resource Limits 6-8
Default Class 6-9
Class Members 6-10
Information About MAC Addresses 6-11
Default MAC Address 6-11
Interaction with Manual MAC Addresses 6-11
Failover MAC Addresses 6-11
MAC Address Format 6-11
Licensing Requirements for Multiple Context Mode 6-12
Guidelines and Limitations 6-12
Default Settings 6-13
Configuring Multiple Contexts 6-13
Task Flow for Configuring Multiple Context Mode 6-13
Enabling or Disabling Multiple Context Mode 6-14
Enabling Multiple Context Mode 6-14
Restoring Single Context Mode 6-14
Configuring a Class for Resource Management 6-15
Configuring a Security Context 6-17
Automatically Assigning MAC Addresses to Context Interfaces 6-19
Monitoring Security Contexts 6-20
Monitoring Context Resource Usage 6-20
Viewing Assigned MAC Addresses 6-21
Viewing MAC Addresses in the System Configuration 6-21
Viewing MAC Addresses Within a Context 6-22
Feature History for Multiple Context Mode 6-23
CHAPTER 7 Using the Startup Wizard 7-1
Information About the Startup Wizard 7-1
Licensing Requirements for the Startup Wizard 7-1