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    Q UICK S TART G UIDE Cisco ASA 5500-X Series ASA 5512-X, ASA 5515-X, ASA 5525- X, ASA 5545-X, and ASA 5555-X 1 V erifying the Pac k age Contents 2 P owering On the A S A 3 Connecting Interface Cables and V erifying Connect i vity 4 Launc hing ASDM 5 Running the Star tup Wizard 6 (Optional) Allowing Access to Public S ervers Behind the AS A 7 (Optio[...]

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    2 Revised: December 8, 2011, 78-2 0618-01 1 Verifying the Package Contents V erify the contents of the packing box to ensure th at you have re ceived all items necessary to install your ASA. ASA 5512-X, ASA 5515- X, or ASA 5525-X 1 ASA 5512-X, ASA 5515-X, or ASA 55 25-X Chassis 2 Y ellow Ethernet Cable 3 Power Cord 4 4 10-32 Phillips Screws 5 4 12-[...]

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    3 ASA 5545-X and ASA 5555-X 1 ASA 5545-X or ASA 5555-X C hassis (one power supply shown) 2 Y ellow Ethernet Cable 3 Power Cord 4 Blue Console Cable PC T erminal Adapter 5 Power Cord Retainer 6 Documentation and Software CD Not shown: Slide Rail Kit 1 3 2 4 6 5 330544 Software CD Quick Start Guide Welcome Card[...]

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    4 2 Powering On the ASA Step 1 Attach the power cable to the ASA and connect it to an electrical outlet. Step 2 Power on the ASA. Step 3 Check the Power LED on the front of the ASA; if it is solid green, the device is powered on. Step 4 Check the Status LED on the front of the ASA; afte r it is solid gree n, the system h as passed power -on diagnos[...]

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    5 3 Connecting Interface Cables and Verifying Connectivity Step 1 Connect a management PC to the M anagement 0/0 interface for use with the Adaptive Security Device Manager (ASDM).Y ou can connect th e PC directly with an Ethernet cable, or connect the PC and the ASA to th e same ma nagement network. Make sure the PC is configured to obtain an IP a[...]

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    6 4 Launching ASDM The ASA ships with a defaul t configuration that en ables ASDM connectiv ity to the Management 0/0 interface. Using ASDM, you can use wi zards to configure basic and advanced features. AS DM is a graphical user interface that allows you to manage the ASA from any location by using a web browser . See the ASDM release notes on Cis[...]

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    7 5 Running the Startup Wizard Run the Startup W izard to modify the default configuration so that you can customize the security policy to suit your deployment. Using the startup wizard, you can set the following: Step 1 If the wizard is not already running, in the main ASDM window , choose W izards > Startup Wi z a r d . Step 2 Follow the inst[...]

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    8 6 (Optional) Allowing Access to Public Servers Behind the ASA The Public Server pane automatically configures the security policy to make an inside server accessible from the Internet. As a business owner , you might ha ve internal network serv ices, su ch as a web and F T P server , that need to be available to an outside user . Y ou can place t[...]

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    9 7 (Optional) Running VPN Wizards Y ou can configure VPN using the following wizards: • Site-to-Site VPN Wizard—Creates an IPse c site-to-site tunnel between two ASAs. • AnyConnect VPN Wizard—Configures SSL VPN re mote access for the Cisco AnyConnect VPN client. AnyConnect provides secure SSL connections to the ASA for remote users with fu[...]

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    10 Step 1 In the main ASDM wind ow , choose Wi z a r d s > VPN W izards , then choose one of the following: • Site-to-Site VPN W izard • AnyConnect VPN W izard • Clientless VPN W izard • IPsec (IKEv1) Remote Access VPN W izard Step 2 Follow the wizard instructio ns. (For information about any wiza rd field, click Help .)[...]

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    11 8 (Optional) Running Other Wizards in ASDM Y ou can optionally run the following additional wizards in ASDM: • High A vailability and Scalability Wizard Configure active/active or active/standby failover , or VPN cluster load balancing. • Unified Communications Wizard Configure a proxy on the ASA for remote access or business-to-business com[...]

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