Cisco ASA Series User Manual

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Cisco ASA Series CLI Configuration Guide
Chapter 1 Configuring Basic Settings
Configuring the Master Passphrase
• EIGRP
• VPN load balancing
• VPN (remote access and site-to-site)
• Failover
• AAA servers
• Logging
• Shared licenses
Licensing Requirements for the Master Passphrase
Guidelines and Limitations
This section includes the guidelines and limitations for this feature.
Context Mode Guidelines
Supported in single and multiple context mode.
Failover Guidelines
If failover is enabled but no failover shared key is set, an error message appears if you change the master
passphrase, informing you that you must enter a failover shared key to protect the master passphrase
changes from being sent as plain text.
Adding or Changing the Master Passphrase
This procedure will only be accepted in a secure session, for example by console, SSH, or ASDM via
HTTPS.
To add or change the master passphrase, perform the following steps:
Model License Requirement
All models Base License.

Cisco ASA Series Specifications

General

Model	ASA 5505
Interfaces	Varies by model (Fast Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet, 10 Gigabit Ethernet, etc.)
High Availability	Active/Standby or Active/Active (varies by model)
Power Supply	Varies by model
Form Factor	Varies by model
Operating System	Cisco ASA Software
IPsec VPN	Supported
SSL VPN	Supported
IPS Throughput	Varies by model