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Cisco ASA 5500 Series Configuration Guide using the CLI
Chapter1 Introduction to the Cisco ASA 5500 Series
New Features
New Features in Version 8.4(5)
Released: October 31, 2012
Table 1 -2 lists the new features for ASA interim Version 8.4(5)/ASDM Version 7.0(2).
Support for sub-range of
LDAP search results
When an LDAP search results in an attribute with a large number of values, depending on the
server configuration, it might return a sub-range of the values and expect the ASA to initiate
additional queries for the remaining value ranges. The ASA now makes multiple queries for
the remaining ranges, and combines the responses into a complete array of attribute values.
Also available in Version 8.4(3).
Troubleshooting Features
Regular expression
matching for the show asp
table classifier and show
asp table filter commands
You can now enter the show asp table classifier and show asp table filter commands with a
regular expression to filter output.
We modified the following commands: show asp table classifier match regex, show asp table
filter match reg ex.
Also available in Version 8.4(3).
Table1-1 New Features forASA Version 8.6(1) (continued)
Feature Description
Table1-2 New Features for ASA Version 8.4(5)/ASDM Version 7.0(2)
Feature Description
Firewall Features
EtherType ACL support for
IS-IS traffic (transparent
firewall mode)
In transparent firewall mode, the ASA can now pass IS-IS traffic using an EtherType ACL.
We modified the following command: access-list ethertype {permit | deny} is-is.
We modified the following screen: Configuration > Device Management > Management
Access > EtherType Rules.
This feature is not available in 8.5(1), 8.6(1), or 9.0(1).