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Cisco ASA 5500 Series Configuration Guide using the CLI
Chapter10 Configuring Basic Settings
Configuring the Master Passphrase
EIGRP
VPN load balancing
VPN (remote access and site-to-site)
Failover
AAA servers
Logging
Shared licenses
Licensing Requirements for the Master Passphrase
Guidelines and Limitations
This section includes the guidelines and limitations for this feature.
Context Mode Guidelines
Supported in single and multiple context mode.
Adding or Changing the Master Passphrase
This section describes how to add or change the master passphrase.
Prerequisites
If failover is enabled but no failover shared key is set, an error message appears if you change the
master passphrase, informing you that you must enter a failover shared key to protect the master
passphrase changes from being sent as plain text.
This procedure will only be accepted in a secure session, for example by console, SSH, or ASDM
via HTTPS.
To add or change the master passphrase, perform the following steps:
Model License Requirement
All models Base License.