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Chapter 3 ASA 5510, ASA 5520, ASA 5540, and ASA 5550
Installing the Chassis
a. Management port
The adaptive security appliance has a dedicated management interface referred to as the Management0/0
port. The Management0/0 port is a Fast Ethernet interface with a dedicated port used only for traffic
management.
Note You can configure any interface to be a management-only interface using the management-only
command. You can also disable management-only mode on the management interface. For more
information about this command, see the management-only command in the Cisco Security
Appliance Command Reference.
– Connect one RJ-45 connector to the Management0/0 port, as shown in Figure 3-9.
– Connect the other end of the Ethernet cable to the management port on your computer or
network device.
Figure 3-9 Connecting to the Management Port
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