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Cisco ASDM User Guide
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Chapter 1 Welcome to ASDM
About the ASDM Interface
• Refresh ASDM with the Running Configuration on the Device—Loads a copy of the running
configuration to ASDM. Click Refresh to make sure ASDM has a current copy of the running
configuration.
• Reset Device to the Factory Default Configuration—Restores the configuration to the factory
default. See the
Reset Device to the Factory Default Configuration dialog box for more information.
• Show Running Configuration in New Window—Displays the current running configuration in a new
window.
• Save Running Configuration to Flash—Writes a copy of the running configuration to Flash memory.
• Save Running Configuration to TFTP Server—Stores a copy of the current running configuration
file on a TFTP server. See the
Save Running Configuration to TFTP Server dialog box for more
information.
• Save Running Configuration to Standby Unit—Sends a copy of the running configuration file on the
primary unit to the running configuration of a failover standby unit.
• Save Internal Log Buffer to Flash—Saves the internal log buffer to Flash memory.
• Print—Prints the current page. We recommend landscape page orientation when you print rules.
When you use Internet Explorer, permission to print is already granted when you originally accepted
the signed applet.
• Clear ASDM Cache—Removes local ASDM images. ASDM downloads images locally when you
connect to ASDM.
• Clear Internal Log Buffer—Empties the system log message buffer.
• Exit—Closes ASDM.
View Menu
The View menu lets you display various parts of the ASDM interface. Certain items are dependent on
the current view. You cannot select items that cannot be displayed in the current view. For example, the
Latest ASDM Syslog Messages pane is only available when the home view is displayed.
• Home—Displays the home view.
• Configuration—Displays the configuration view.
• Monitoring—Displays the monitoring view.
• Device List—Displays a list of devices in a dockable pane. For more information, see Device List,
page 1-13.
• Navigation—Shows and hides the display of the Navigation pane in the configuration and
monitoring views.
• Latest ASDM Syslog Messages—Shows and hides the display of the Latest ASDM Syslog
Messages pane in the home view.
• Addresses—Shows and hides the display of the Addresses pane. The Addresses pane is only
available for the Access Rules, NAT Rules, Service Policy Rules, AAA Rules, and Filter Rules panes
in the configuration view.
• Services—Shows and hides the display of the Services pane. The Services pane is only available for
the Access Rules, NAT Rules, Service Policy Rules, AAA Rules, and Filter Rules panes in the
configuration view.