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Cisco Security Appliance Command Line Configuration Guide
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Getting Started
This chapter describes how to access the command-line interface, configure the firewall mode, and work
with the configuration. This chapter includes the following sections:
• Accessing the Command-Line Interface, page 2-1
• Setting Transparent or Routed Firewall Mode, page 2-2
• Working with the Configuration, page 2-3
Accessing the Command-Line Interface
For initial configuration, access the command-line interface directly from the console port. Later, you
can configure remote access using Telnet or SSH according to Chapter 30, “Managing System Access.”
If your system is already in multiple context mode, then accessing the console port places you in the
system execution space. See Chapter 3, “Enabling Multiple Context Mode,” for more information about
multiple context mode.
Note If you want to use ASDM to configure the security appliance instead of the command-line interface, you
can connect to the default management address of 192.168.1.1 (if your security appliance includes a
factory default configuration). For the PIX 500 series security appliance, the interface to which you
connect with ASDM is Ethernet 1. If you do not have a factory default configuration, follow the steps in
this section to access the command-line interface. You can then configure the minimum parameters to
access ASDM by entering the setup command.
To access the command-line interface, perform the following steps:
Step 1 Connect a PC to the console port using the provided console cable, and connect to the console using a
terminal emulator set for 9600 baud, 8 data bits, no parity, 1 stop bit, no flow control.
See the hardware guide that came with your security appliance for more information about the console
cable.
Step 2 Press the Enter key to see the following prompt:
hostname>
This prompt indicates that you are in user EXEC mode.
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