PIX506E Need Help in Setting up PDM

[r.docuyanan]

Hi,

I got an instruction from the cisco website on how to install PDM. I got the following error

pixfirewall# copy tftp://192.168.1.254/pdm-301.bin flash:

copying tftp://192.168.1.254/pdm-301.bin to flash:image

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Received 3126944 bytes

No PIX image found in downloaded file

Image not installed

pixfirewall#

Can anyone help me on this?

pixfirewall# sh flash

flash file system: version:3 magic:0x12345679

file 0: origin: 0 length:1925176

file 1: origin: 1966080 length:3005

file 2: origin: 0 length:0

file 3: origin: 2097152 length:3126944

file 4: origin: 0 length:0

file 5: origin: 8257536 length:308

pixfirewall#

pixfirewall# sh ver

Cisco PIX Firewall Version 6.3(1)

Cisco PIX Device Manager Version 3.0(1)

Compiled on Wed 19-Mar-03 11:49 by morlee

pixfirewall up 36 days 2 hours

Hardware: PIX-506E, 32 MB RAM, CPU Pentium II 300 MHz

Flash E28F640J3 @ 0x300, 8MB

BIOS Flash AM29F400B @ 0xfffd8000, 32KB

0: ethernet0: address is XXX irq 10

1: ethernet1: address is XXX, irq 11

Licensed Features:

Failover: Disabled

VPN-DES: Enabled

VPN-3DES-AES: Enabled

Maximum Interfaces: 2

Cut-through Proxy: Enabled

Guards: Enabled

URL-filtering: Enabled

Inside Hosts: Unlimited

Throughput: Unlimited

IKE peers: Unlimited

This PIX has a Restricted (R) license.

Serial Number: XXX

Running Activation Key: XXXX

Configuration last modified by enable_15 at 15:17:20.642 UTC Thu May 13 2004

pixfirewall#

[prasadrp]

You need to use the following command

copy tftp://192.168.1.254/pdm-301.bin flash:pdm

flash:pdm parameter should be mentioned otherwise it will be taken as FW image

[r.docuyanan]

Hi,

Regarding my previous upload to the pIX, did it fill the flash memory? Im afraid the flash memory might get full. And also, the show flash command is a bit difficult to understand unlike the show flash command in routers.

I was able to download the file,

saying PDM file installed.

Follow up,

how come I cannot access the pdm?

http://192.168.1.1 the address of pix

even though i put in

pix(config)# pdm location 192.168.1.X 255.255.255.255 inside <--ip of my desktop

Any more commands that I lack? JVM already installed in my pC

Thanks

RJ

[prasadrp · Accepted solution]

For running PDM from your desktop, two commands are required.

http server enable

http 192.168.1.X 255.255.255.255 inside

PDM is a bookkeeping command, not used to mention the PC who can run PDM.

One more point, it has to the https://192.168.1.1

Give the above mentioned commands and it will work fine.

[r.docuyanan]

Thanks alot, It solved my problem. Btw, do you know

some Useful cisco links where I can study about useful administration commands for the PIX? CLI commands?

Thanks,

Rj