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Cisco ASA 5500 Series Configuration Guide using ASDM
Chapter3 Using the ASDM User Interface
ASDM Assistant
ASDM Assistant
The ASDM Assistant lets you search and view useful ASDM procedural help about certain tasks. This
feature is available in routed and transparent modes, and in the single and system contexts.
To access information, choose View > ASDM Assistant > How Do I? or enter a search request from the
Look For field in the menu bar. From the Find drop-down list, choose How Do I? to begin the search.
To use the ASDM Assistant, perform the following steps:
Step1 In the main ASDM application window, choose View > ASDM Assistant.
The ASDM Assistant pane appears.
Step2 In the Search field, enter the information that you want to find, and click Go.
The requested information appears in the Search Results pane.
Step3 Click any links that appear in the Search Results and Features areas to obtain more details.
Status Bar
The status bar appears at the bottom of the ASDM window. The following table lists the areas shown
from left to right.
Refresh Refreshes ASDM with the current running configuration, except for graphs
in any of the Monitoring panes.
Save Saves the running configuration to the startup configuration for
write-accessible contexts only.
Help Shows context-sensitive help for the screen that is currently open.
Toolbar Button Description
Area Description
Status The status of the configuration (for example, “Device configuration loaded
successfully.”)
Failover The status of the failover unit, either active or standby.
User Name The username of the ASDM user. If you logged in without a username, the
username is “admin.”
User Privilege The privilege of the ASDM user.
Commands Ignored by
ASDM
Click the icon to show a list of commands from your configuration that ASDM
did not process. These commands will not be removed from the configuration.
Connection to Device The ASDM connection status to the ASA. See the “Connection to Device”
section on page3-11 for more information.
Syslog Connection The syslog connection is up, and the ASA is being monitored.