Management Access To Security Contexts; System Administrator Access - Cisco FirePOWER ASA 5500 series Configuration Manual

Chapter 3 Enabling Multiple Context Mode
Figure 3-5
Figure 3-5
(Shared Interface)
Outside
Admin
Context
GE 1/1.8

Management Access to Security Contexts

The security appliance provides system administrator access in multiple context mode as well as access
for individual context administrators. The following sections describe logging in as a system
administrator or as a a context administrator:
•
•

System Administrator Access

You can access the security appliance as a system administrator in two ways:
•
•
As the system administrator, you can access all contexts.
When you change to a context from admin or the system, your username changes to the default
"enable_15" username. If you configured command authorization in that context, you need to either
configure authorization privileges for the "enable_15" user, or you can log in as a different name for
which you provide sufficient privileges in the command authorization configuration for the context. To
log in with a username, enter the login command. For example, you log in to the admin context with the
OL-10088-01
shows a gateway context with two contexts behind the gateway.
Cascading Contexts
Internet
GE 0/0.2
Outside
Gateway
Context
Inside
GE 0/0.1
Outside
Context A
GE 1/1.43
Inside Inside
System Administrator Access, page 3-9
Context Administrator Access, page 3-10
Access the security appliance console.
From the console, you access the system execution space.
Access the admin context using Telnet, SSH, or ASDM.
See Chapter 40, "Managing System Access," to enable Telnet, SSH, and SDM access.
Cisco Security Appliance Command Line Configuration Guide
Security Context Overview
3-9