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Cisco ASA 5500 Series Configuration Guide using the CLI
Chapter9 Completing Interface Configuration (Transparent Mode)
Default Settings
Failover Guidelines
Do not finish configuring failover interfaces with the procedures in this chapter. See the “Configuring
Active/Standby Failover” section on page 62-7 or the “Configuring Active/Active Failover” section on
page 63-8 to configure the failover and state links. In multiple context mode, failover interfaces are
configured in the system configuration.
IPv6 Guidelines
Supports IPv6.
No support for IPv6 anycast addresses in transparent mode.
Default Settings
This section lists default settings for interfaces if you do not have a factory default configuration. For
information about the factory default configurations, see the “Factory Default Configurations” section
on page 2-10.
Default Security Level
The default security level is 0. If you name an interface “inside” and you do not set the security level
explicitly, then the ASA sets the security level to 100.
Note If you change the security level of an interface, and you do not want to wait for existing connections to
time out before the new security information is used, you can clear the connections using the
clear local-host command.
Completing Interface Configuration in Transparent Mode
This section includes the following topics:
Task Flow for Completing Interface Configuration, page9-6
Configuring Bridge Groups, page9-7
Configuring General Interface Parameters, page9-8
Configuring a Management Interface (ASA 5510 and Higher), page9-11
Configuring the MAC Address and MTU, page9-12
Configuring IPv6 Addressing, page9-15
Allowing Same Security Level Communication, page9-18

Task Flow for Completing Interface Configuration

Step1 Set up your interfaces depending on your model:
ASA 5510 and higher—Chapter6, “Starting Interface C onfiguration (ASA5510 and Highe r).”
ASA 5505—Chapter7, “Starting Interface Configuration (ASA 5505).”