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Cisco ASA 5500 Series Configuration Guide using ASDM
Chapter2 Getting Started
Using the Command Line Interface Tool in ASDM
Step6 To display different colors and styles available in the ASDM GUI, choose View > Office Look and Feel.
Step7 To configure features, click the Configuration button on the toolbar and then click one of the feature
buttons to display the associated configuration pane.
Note If the Configuration screen is blank, click Refresh on the toolbar to display the screen content.
Step8 To monitor the ASA, click the Monitoring button on the toolbar and then click a feature button to
display the associated monitoring pane.
Note ASDM supports up to a maximum of a 512 KB configuration. If you exceed this amount, you may
experience performance issues.
Using the Command Line Interface Tool in ASDM
This section tells how to enter commands using ASDM, and how to work with the CLI. This section
includes the following topics:
•Using the Command Line Interface Tool, page 2-18
•Handling Command Errors, page2-19
•Using Interactive Commands, page2-19
•Avoiding Conflicts with Other Administrators, page2-19
•Showing Commands Ignored by ASDM on the Device, page 2-19

Using the Command Line Interface Tool

This feature provides a text-based tool for sending commands to the ASA and viewing the results.
The commands you can enter with the CLI tool depend on your user privileges. See the “Information
About Authorization” section on page38-2 for more information. Review your privilege level in the
status bar at the bottom of the main ASDM application window to ensure that you have the required
privileges to execute privileged-level CLI commands.
Note Commands entered via the ASDM CLI tool might function differently from those entered through a
terminal connection to the ASA.
To use the CLI tool, perform the following steps:
Step1 In the main ASDM application window, choose Tools > Command Line Interface.
The Command Line Interface dialog box appears.
Step2 Choose the type of command (single line or multiple line) that you want, and then choose the command
from the drop-down list, or type it in the field provided.
Step3 Click Send to execute the command.