Chapter 6. Cisco PIX Device Manager

On completion of this chapter, you will be able to perform the following tasks:

  • Describe the PIX Device Manager (PDM) and its capabilities.

  • Describe PDM's browser and PIX Firewall requirements.

  • Install PDM and prepare the PIX Firewall to use PDM.

  • Navigate the PDM configuration windows.

  • Perform basic configuration of the PIX Firewall using PDM.

  • Test and verify PDM functionality.

The Cisco PIX Device Manager, or PDM, is a browser-based configuration and monitoring tool that allows you to easily configure and manage a single PIX Firewall without extensive knowledge of the command-line interface (CLI). The first version of PDM, introduced with PIX Firewall Version 6.0, had limited capabilities and was suitable for basic ...

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