Cisco Systems Handling Command Errors, Using Interactive Commands, Avoiding Conflicts with Other Administrators, Showing Commands Ignored by ASDM on the Device

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Cisco ASA 5500 Series Configuration Guide using ASDM
Chapter2 Getting Started
Using the Command Line Interface Tool in ASDM
Step4 To enter a new command, click Clear Response, and then choose (or type) another command to execute.
Step5 Check the Enable context-sensitive help (?) check box to provide context-sensitive help for this feature.
Uncheck this check box to disable the context-sensitive help.
Step6 After you have closed the Command Line Interface dialog box, if you changed the configuration, click
Refresh to view the changes in ASDM.
Handling Command Errors
If an error occurs because you entered an incorrect command, the incorrect command is skipped and the
remaining commands are processed. A message appears in the Response area to inform you whether or
not any error occurred, as well as other related information.
Note ASDM supports almost all CLI commands. See the command reference for a list of commands.
Using Interactive Commands
Interactive commands are not supported in the CLI tool. To use these commands in ASDM, use the
noconfirm keyword if available, as shown in the following command:
crypto key generate rsa modulus 1024 noconfirm
Avoiding Conflicts with Other Administrators
Multiple administrative users can update the running configuration of the ASA. Before using the ASDM
CLI tool to make configuration changes, check for other active administrative sessions. If more than one
user is configuring the ASA at the same time, the most recent changes take effect.
To view other administrative sessions that are currently active on the same ASA, choose Monitoring >
Properties > Device Access.
Showing Commands Ignored by ASDM on the Device
This feature lets you show the list of commands that ASDM does not support. Typically, ASDM ignores
them. ASDM does not change or remove these commands from your running configuration. See the
“Unsupported Commands” section on page 3-31 for more information.
To display the list of unsupported commands for ASDM, perform the following steps:
Step1 In the main ASDM application window, choose Tools > Show Commands Ignored by ASDM on
Device.
Step2 Click OK when you are done.