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Cisco ASA 5500 Series Configuration Guide using ASDM
Chapter3 Using the ASDM User Interface
Menus
Tools Menu
The Tools menu provides you with the following series of tools to use in ASDM.
Addresses Shows and hides the display of the Addresses pane. The
Addresses pane is only available for the Access Rules, NAT
Rules, Service Policy Rules, AAA Rules, and Filter Rules panes
in the Configuration view.
Services Shows and hides the display of the Services pane. The Services
pane is only available for the Access Rules, NAT Rules, Service
Policy Rules, AAA Rules, and Filter Rules panes in the
Configuration view.
Time Ranges Shows and hides the display of the Time Ranges pane. The Time
Ranges pane is only available for the Access Rules, Service
Policy Rules, AAA Rules, and Filter Rules panes in the
Configuration view.
Global Pools Shows and hides the display of the Global Pools pane. The Global
Pools pane is only available for the NAT Rules pane in the
Configuration view.
Find in ASDM Locates an item for which you are searching, such as a feature or
the ASDM Assistant.
Back Returns to the previous pane. See the “Common Buttons” section
on page 3-11 for more information.
Forward Goes to the next pane previously visited. See the “Common
Buttons” section on page3-11 for more information.
Reset Layout Returns the layout to the default configuration.
Office Look and Feel Changes the screen fonts and colors to the Microsoft Office
settings.
View Menu Item Description
Tools Menu Item Description
Command Line Interface Sends commands to the ASA and view the results. See the “Using
the Command Line Interface Tool in ASDM” section on
page 2-18 for more information.
Show Commands Ignored by
ASDM on Device
Displays unsupported commands that have been ignored by
ASDM. See the “Showing Commands Ignored by ASDM on the
Device” section on page2-19 for more information.
Packet Tracer Traces a packet from a specified source address and interface to
a destination. You can specify the protocol and port of any type
of data and view the lifespan of a packet, with detailed
information about actions taken on it. See the “Tracing Packets
with Packet Tracer” section on page81-7 for more information.