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Configuring Management Access
This chapter describes how to access the ASA for system management through Telnet, SSH, and HTTPS
(using ASDM), how to authenticate and authorize users, how to create login banners, and how to
customize CLI parameters.
This chapter includes the following sections:
• Configuring ASA Access for ASDM, Telnet, or SSH, page 40-1
• Configuring CLI Parameters, page 40-4
• Configuring File Access, page 40-8
• Configuring ICMP Access, page 40-11
• Configuring Management Access Over a VPN Tunnel, page 40-14
• Configuring AAA for System Administrators, page 40-15
• Monitoring Device Access, page 40-30
• Feature History for Management Access, page 40-32
Note To access the ASA interface for management access, you do not also need an access rule allowing the
host IP address. You only need to configure management access according to the sections in this chapter.
Configuring ASA Access for ASDM, Telnet, or SSH
This section describes how to allow clients to access the ASA using ASDM, Telnet, or SSH and includes
the following topics:
• Licensing Requirements for ASA Access for ASDM, Telnet, or SSH, page 40-2
• Guidelines and Limitations, page 40-2
• Configuring Management Access, page 40-3
• Using a Telnet Client, page 40-4
• Using an SSH Client, page 40-4
