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Cisco ASA 5500 Series Configuration Guide using the CLI
Chapter2 Getting Started
Factory Default Configurations
The factory default configuration is available only for routed firewall mode and single context mode. See
Chapter 5, “Configuring Multiple Context Mode,” for more information about multiple context mode.
See Chapter4, “Configuring the Transparent or Routed Firewall,” for more information about routed and
transparent firewall mode. For the ASA 5505, a sample transparent mode configuration is provided in
this section.
Note In addition to the image files and the (hidden) default configuration, the following folders and files are
standard in flash memory: log/, crypto_archive/, and coredumpinfo/coredump.cfg. The date on these
files may not match the date of the image files in flash memory. These files aid in potential
troubleshooting; they do not indicate that a failure has occurred.
This section includes the following topics:
Restoring the Factory Default Configuration, page2-11
ASA 5505 Default Configuration, page2-11
ASA 5510 and Higher Default Configuration, page2-15
Restoring the Factory Default Configuration
This section describes how to restore the factory default configuration.

Limitations

This feature is available only in routed firewall mode; transparent mode does not support IP addresses
for interfaces. In addition, this feature is available only in single context mode; an ASA with a cleared
configuration does not have any defined contexts to configure automatically using this feature.
Detailed Steps
What to Do Next
See the “Working with the Configuration” section on page2-15 to start configuring the ASA.
ASA 5505 Default Configuration
The default configuration is available for routed mode only. This section describes the default
configuration and also provides a sample transparent mode configuration that you can copy and paste as
a starting point. This section includes the following topics:
ASA 5505 Routed Mode Default Configuration, page2-11
ASA 5505 Transparent Mode Sample Configuration, page2-13

ASA 5505 Routed Mode Default Configuration

The default factory configuration for the ASA 5505 configures the following:
Interfaces—Inside (VLAN 1) and outside (VLAN 2).
Switchports enabled and assigned—Ethernet 0/1 through 0/7 switch ports assigned to inside.
Ethernet 0/0 assigned to outside.