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Cisco ASA 5500 Series Configuration Guide using the CLI
About This Guide
This preface introduces Cisco ASA 5500 Series Configuration Guide using the CLI and includes the
following sections:
Document Objectives, pagelxv
Audience, pagelxv
Related Documentation, pagelxv
Conventions, pagelxvi
Obtaining Documentation and Submitting a Service Request, pagelxvii

Document Objectives

The purpose of this guide is to help you configure the ASA using the command-line interface. This guide
does not cover every feature, but describes only the most common configuration scenarios.
You can also configure and monitor the ASA by using ASDM, a web-based GUI application. ASDM
includes configuration wizards to guide you through some common configuration scenarios, and online
help for less common scenarios.
This guide applies to the Cisco ASA5500 series . Throughout this guide, the term “ASA” applies
generically to supported models, unless specified otherwise.

Audience

This guide is for network managers who perform any of the following tasks:
Manage network security
Install and configure firewalls/ASAs
Configure VPNs
Configure intrusion detection software

Related Documentation

For more information, see Navigating the Cisco ASA 5500 Series Documentation at
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/security/asa/roadmap/asaroadmap.html.