Chapter 3 Connecting To The Firewall Services Module And Managing The Configuration; Sessioning And Logging Into The Firewall Services Module - Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series Configuration Manual

Connecting to the Firewall Services Module and
Managing the Configuration
This chapter tells how to access the Firewall Services Module (FWSM) command-line interface (CLI)
and manage the configuration, and contains the following sections:
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Sessioning and Logging into the Firewall Services Module

This section describes how to connect or "session," to the FWSM from the switch command line, log in,
access privileged mode, and then configuration mode so you can configure the FWSM. The FWSM does
not have an external console port, you must session into the FWSM for initial configuration. Later, when
you configure interfaces and IP addresses on the FWSM itself, you can access the FWSM CLI remotely
through an FWSM interface. See
Without any additional configuration for user authentication, the login method consists of logging in as
the default user:
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Management access to the FWSM causes a degradation in performance. We recommend that you avoid
Caution
accessing the FWSM when high network performance is critical.
For multiple context mode, see the
Note
page 5-9
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Sessioning and Logging into the Firewall Services Module, page 3-1
Managing the Configuration at the CLI, page 3-3
The login password lets you access unprivileged mode.
To access configuration commands, you must enter privileged mode, which requires a second
password (privileged mode is also known as enable mode).
From privileged mode, you can access configuration mode, which does not require a password.
for more information about logging into security contexts.
Catalyst 6500 Series Switch and Cisco 7600 Series Router Firewall Services Module Configuration Guide
Chapter 11, "Allowing Remote Management,"
"Logging into the FWSM in Multiple Context Mode" section on
C H A P T E R
for more information.
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