Downloading Pdm Using Ftp; Installing Pdm - Cisco PIX 520 - PIX Firewall 520 Installation Manual

Installing PDM

Downloading PDM Using FTP

Perform the following steps to install PDM using FTP:
Set your FTP client to passive mode by selecting the Properties button on the Connect to FTP Site screen,
Step 1
selecting the Connection tab, checking Use Passive Mode, and clicking Apply.
Start your FTP client and connect to ftp.cisco.com. Enter your Cisco.com username and password when
Step 2
prompted.
Enter
Step 3
Step 4 Enter
Copy the pdm-nnn.bin file (where nnn represents the PDM version) to a folder where it can be accessed
Step 5
from your TFTP server. (You can use the ls command to view the directory contents.)
To download PIX Firewall and PDM documentation, enter
Step 6
the documents you want, and copy the files to your workstation. (Files with the .pdf file extension are
viewed with Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is free and available at
http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html.)
Enter
Step 7
Installing PDM
Perform the following steps to install PDM:
Step 1 Follow these steps to set up a console connection from a Microsoft Windows workstation to your PIX
Firewall unit, unless you already have a console connection:
a.
b.
c.
Locate the Windows HyperTerminal accessory by looking for it on the Windows Start menu. It is
Step 2
usually located under Programs>Accessories>Communications>HyperTerminal.
Click HyperTerminal to open the New Connection window; the Connection Description dialog box
Step 3
appears.
Enter a name for the connection and click OK.
Step 4
Step 5 In the Connect To dialog box, leave the area code and phone number blank.
In the Connect using drop-down menu, select Com 1 (unless you are using another serial port to
Step 6
connect, in which case select that port) and click OK.
Cisco PIX Device Manager Installation Guide
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.
cd cisco
and then enter
cd ciscosecure
to exit.
quit
Power off your PIX Firewall unit.
Connect the serial port of a Microsoft Windows workstation to the console port of the PIX Firewall
with the serial cable supplied in the PIX Firewall accessory kit.
Power on the PIX Firewall unit. If a failover PIX Firewall unit is present, configure the primary unit
first.
to access the PIX Firewall software directory.
cd pix
cd documentation
Chapter 3 Installing PDM
, locate the .pdf files for
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