Powering On The Cisco Asa 5505; Setting Up A Pc For System Administration - Cisco 5505 - ASA Firewall Edition Bundle Installation Manual

Powering on the Cisco ASA 5505

Powering on the Cisco ASA 5505
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Setting Up a PC for System Administration

Step 1
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To power on the Cisco ASA 5505, perform the following steps:
Connect the power supply with the power cable.
Connect the small, rectangular connector of the power supply cable to the power
connector on the rear panel.
Connect the AC power connector of the power supply input cable to an electrical
outlet.
The Cisco ASA 5505 does not have a power switch. Completing Step
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powers on the device.
Check the power LED; if it is solid green, then the device is powered on.
For more information, see the
You can perform setup, configuration and management tasks from a PC using the
command-line interface or with the Adaptive Security Device Manager (ASDM)
application, which provides an intuitive graphical user interface (GUI).
In addition to configuration and management capability, ASDM also provides
configuration wizards for initial configuration, VPN configuration, and
high-availability configuration.
For more information about using ASDM for setup and configuration, see
Chapter 1, "Configuring the Adaptive Security Appliance."
To set up a PC from which you can configure and manage the Cisco ASA 5505,
perform the following steps:
Make sure that the speed of the PC interface to be connected to one of the Cisco
ASA 5505 inside ports is set to autonegotiate. This setting provides the best
performance.
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