ASA5516 Management on Firepower Management Center

[michael.smith]

We are currently prepping to install some new 5516-X firewalls.  My lucky job is to set them up in a lab environment and figure out how they work.

The issues i've been running into is contradicting documentation about what connects to what, and how everything talks.

My current issue is figuring out what do I use to manage the ASA (interfaces, ACLs, and other ASA features that are non-firepower module related).  Do i continue using ASDM, or do i use the firepower management center?

If the answer is the firepower management center, how do i connect the ASA to it?

[kkhapeka · Accepted solution]

To manage Non-firepower related feature on ASA, You have to use ASDM.

You can download the appropriate ASDM from the CISCO support and upload the ASDM software package into FLASH of ASA.

Please refer following link to find compatible ASDM module for software running on ASA.

http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/security/asa/compatibility/asamatrx.html

Personally, I would suggest you to use ASDM 7.6 version as it is latest version and it is backward compatible with all other versions.

commands to enable ASDM access to ASA:-

http <source_IP_address> <mask> <source_interface>

http server enable

asdm image disk0:/<asdm_file_name>

write memmory

Open browser and access ASA through the management IP address.

you will get two options, either you can use the ASDM plugin or you can use download ASDM application on your local machine.

Also refer following guide to configure all features through ASDM

http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/security/asa/asa96/asdm76/general/asdm-76-general-config.html