Cisco ASA 5505 Configuration Manual page 1677

Chapter 75 Managing Software and Configurations
The Save Running Configuration to TFTP Server dialog box appears.
Enter the TFTP server IP address and file path on the TFTP server in which the configuration file will
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be saved, and then click Save Configuration.
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Configuring Auto Update
This section includes the following topics:
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The Auto Update pane lets you configure the adaptive security appliance to be managed remotely from
servers that support the Auto Update specification. Auto Update lets you apply configuration changes to
the adaptive security appliance and receive software updates from remote locations.
Auto Update is useful in solving many issues facing administrators for adaptive security appliance
management, such as:
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The Auto Update specification provides the infrastructure necessary for remote management
applications to download adaptive security appliance configurations, software images, and to perform
basic monitoring from a centralized location or multiple locations.
The Auto Update specification allows the Auto Update server to either push configuration information
and send requests for information to the adaptive security appliance, or to pull configuration information
by having the adaptive security appliance periodically poll the Auto Update server. The Auto Update
server can also send a command to the adaptive security appliance to send an immediate polling request
at any time. Communication between the Auto Update server and the adaptive security appliance
requires a communications path and local CLI configuration on each adaptive security appliance.
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To configure default TFTP settings, choose Configuration > Device Management >
Management Access > File Access > TFTP Client. After you have configured this setting, the
TFTP server IP address and file path on the TFTP server appear automatically in this dialog box.
Setting the Polling Schedule, page 75-8
Adding or Editing an Auto Update Server, page 75-9
Overcoming dynamic addressing and NAT challenges.
Commiting configuration changes in one action.
Providing a reliable method for updating software.
Leveraging well-understood methods for high availability (failover).
Providing flexibility with an open interface.
Simplifying security solutions for Service Provider environments.
If the adaptive security appliance configuration is updated from an Auto Update server, ASDM is
not notified. You must choose Refresh or File > Refresh ASDM with the Running Configuration
on the Device to obtain the latest configuration, and any changes to the configuration made in
ASDM will be lost.
If HTTPS is chosen as the protocol to communicate with the Auto Update server, the adaptive
security appliance uses SSL, which requires the adaptive security appliance to have a DES or 3DES
license.
Cisco ASA 5500 Series Configuration Guide using ASDM
Configuring Auto Update
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