Cisco Systems 78-11180-01 manual PIX Firewall with a Four-Port Interface Card

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Chapter 2 Installing a PIX Firewall

Installing a PIX 520 or Earlier Model

PIX Firewall with a Four-Port Interface Card

As of PIX Firewall version 4.4(1) and later, you can install one optional four-port Ethernet interface card in the PIX 520 and earlier hardware models.

Note Use of the four-port card changes the position of the outside and inside interfaces depending on the slot in which the card is installed. Four-port Ethernet card connectors are numbered from the top connector down sequentially.

The Cisco four-port Ethernet interface card provides four 10/100 Ethernet connections and has autosense capability. Connectors on the four-port card are numbered top to bottom sequentially; however, the actual device number depends on the slot in which the four-port card is installed. Table 2-2shows how the top connector is numbered.

Table 2-2 Numbering Devices with a Four-Port Connector

 

 

 

Four-Port Top

Slot 0 Contains

Slot 1 Contains

Slot 2 Contains

Connector is:

 

 

 

 

4-port

Any

Any

ethernet0

 

 

 

 

Ethernet

4-port

Any

ethernet1

 

 

 

 

Ethernet

Ethernet

4-port (required location on PIX

ethernet2

 

 

515)

 

 

 

 

 

Token Ring

4-port

Any

ethernet0

 

 

 

 

Token Ring

Token Ring

4-port

ethernet0

 

 

 

 

Token Ring

Ethernet

4-port

ethernet1

 

 

 

 

Ethernet

Token Ring

4-port

ethernet1

 

 

 

 

With the four-port card, having a card in slot 3 makes the number of interfaces greater than six; while the card in slot 3 cannot be accessed, its presence does not cause problems with the PIX Firewall.

Figure 2-20shows the location of the interfaces if you install a four-port card in slot 0.

Figure 2-20 Four-Port Ethernet Interface Installed in Slot 0

Interface 0

Interface 1

Interface 2

Interface 3

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Interface 5

Interface 4

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Contents Follow these steps to install a PIX Firewall Installation OverviewPerimeter Before You Begin the InstallationIntroduction Installing a PIXComputer serial port DB-9 or DB-25 PIX 506 Installation StepsConnecting the Power Supply Module to the PIX Configuring the PIXPIX 515 Front Panel LEDs PIX 515 Features Rack Mounting Mounting the PIXVertical Mounting PIX 515 Installation StepsPIX 515 Serial Console Cable PIX 515 Feature Licenses 12 PIX Rear panel of the PIX 525 is shown in Figure14 PIX 525 Front Panel LEDs 16 PIX 525 Rear Panel PIX 525 Installation StepsConfiguring the PIX PIX 525 Feature Licenses Installing a PIX 520 or Earlier ModelPIX 520 or Earlier Model Installation Instructions Front 18lists the controls on earlier PIX Firewall models PIX Firewall with a Four-Port Interface Card 20 Four-Port Ethernet Interface Installed in SlotInstalling Interface Cables to a PIX 520 or Earlier Model 23 PIX Firewall Serial Cable Assembly First Messages Startup MessagesAn example of the first messages displayed are as follows PIX Firewall then displays the following message After the PromptsPIX Firewall then continues the startup messages as follows IRQ9 PIX Firewall then displays the following messages Pixboothelper f pix-5.2.1-release Example startup messages continue Configuration Version MessageBoothelper Installation Software Installation NotesDd bs=18b if=./bh521.bin of=/dev/rd0 Following is an example session Downloading a Software Image over TftpUsing the copy tftp flash Command Using Tftp CommandsExamples Using the monitor Command Installing a PIX Firewall Software Installation Notes Following is an example of the download screen display Use of the monitor command continuesProtocol used by Tftp Tftp Download Error CodesRequest timed out Tftp packetUpgrading the Activation Key

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