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Cisco ASDM User Guide
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Chapter 1 Welcome to ASDM
About the ASDM Interface
About the ASDM Interface
The ASDM interface is designed to provide easy access to the many features that the adaptive security
appliance supports. The ASDM interface includes the following components:
• Menu Bar—Provides quick access to files, tools, wizards, and help. Many menu items also have
keyboard shortcuts.
• Toolbar—Lets you navigate ASDM. From the toolbar you can access the home pane, configuration,
and monitoring panes. You can also get help and navigate between panes.
• Status Bar—Shows the time, connection status, user, and privilege level.
• Device List—Displays a list of devices that you can access through ASDM. For more information,
see
Device List, page 1-13.
• Addresses/Services/Time Ranges—Displays a dockable pane that shows various objects you can use
in the rules tables when you create access, filter, and service rules.
• Navigation—Displays a dockable pane that lets you navigate the Configuration and Monitoring
screens.
Note Tool tips have been added for various parts of the GUI, including wizards, and the configuration and
monitoring panes.
This section includes the following topics:
• Menus, page 1-7
• Toolbar, page 1-11
• Status Bar, page 1-12
• Common Buttons, page 1-13
• Keyboard Shortcuts, page 1-14
• Enabling Extended Screen Reader Support, page 1-16
Menus
You can access the ASDM menus using the mouse or keyboard. See Keyboard Shortcuts, page 1-14 for
more information about accessing the menu bar from the keyboard. ASDM has the following menus:
• File Menu, page 1-7
• View Menu, page 1-8
• Tools Menu, page 1-9
• Wizards Menu, page 1-10
• Window Menu, page 1-10
• Help Menu
File Menu
The File menu manages adaptive security appliance configurations, and includes the following items: