Tools Menu

Tools Menu

The Tools menu enables you to control various aspects of ASDM related to file management, system reloads, manual command entry, and service group setup.

Figure 4-8 shows the Tools menu, and the list that follows describes the options available from the Tools menu:

• Command Line Interface— This option enables you to enter either a single native ASA/PIX version 7 command or multiple ASA/PIX version 7 commands into ASDM and have it sent to the security appliance. You can either enter the command you want or select a command from the Command drop-down. The result of the command displays in a window on the same page.

• Ping— This option is a shortcut for the ping command. You just enter the IP address in the query box and then see the results in the window below.

  Note

  You can also enter the ping command in the Command Line Interface option.

  
  

• Service Groups— This option is used to define service groups, which is a way to group protocols for ease of use with other commands. For instance, you might want a group of users who are using file-sharing applications to be lumped together for certain types of access controls. Service groups are discussed in further detail in Appendix B, "ASA/PIX Version 7 Advanced Features."

• File Management— This option enables you to perform operations such as copying, deleting, moving, and viewing files in Flash. Directories can also be created in Flash, where the same operations can be performed.

• Upload Image from Local PC— This option enables you to upload, using HTTPS, an ASDM or ASA/PIX operating system file from your local PC to Flash on the ASA/PIX Security Appliance. Features include local PC file navigation and navigation on the Flash file system of the security appliance.

  Note

  If you are just doing an upload, and not doing an upgrade, be careful not to name the destination file the same as the active file on the security appliance.

  
  

• File Transfer— This option enables you to use HTTP/HTTPS to copy files to the ASA/PIX Security Appliance and also to use FTP and TFTP to move files back and forth between the security appliance and TFTP or FTP servers.

• System Reload— This option enables you to schedule a system reload or to cancel a reload currently scheduled. It also provides you with the option to save your current configuration before proceeding with the reload.