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Cisco ASA 5500 Series Configuration Guide using ASDM
Chapter3 Using the ASDM User Interface
Unsupported Commands
Effects of Unsupported Commands
If ASDM loads an existing running configuration and finds other unsupported commands, ASDM
operation is unaffected. To view the unsupported commands, choose Tools > Show Commands Ignored
by ASDM on Device.
Discontinuous Subnet Masks Not Supported
ASDM does not support discontinuous subnet masks such as 255.255.0.255. For example, you cannot
use the following:
ip address inside 192.168.2.1 255.255.0.255
Interactive User Commands Not Supported by the ASDM CLI Tool
The ASDM CLI tool does not support interactive user commands. If you enter a CLI command that
requires interactive confirmation, ASDM prompts you to enter “[yes/no]” but does not recognize your
input. ASDM then times out waiting for your response.
For example:
1. Choose Tools > Command Line Interface.
2. Enter the crypto key generate rsa command.
ASDM generates the default 1024-bit RSA key.
3. Enter the crypto key generate rsa command again.
Instead of regenerating the RSA keys by overwriting the previous one, ASDM displays the following
error:
Do you really want to replace them? [yes/no]:WARNING: You already have RSA
ke0000000000000$A key
Input line must be less than 16 characters in length.
%Please answer 'yes' or 'no'.
Do you really want to replace them [yes/no]:
%ERROR: Timed out waiting for a response.
ERROR: Failed to create new RSA keys names <Default-RSA-key>
Workaround:
•You can configure most commands that require user interaction by means of the ASDM panes.
•For CLI commands that have a noconfirm option, use this option when entering the CLI command.
For example:
sysopt uauth allow-http-cache Ignored.
terminal Ignored.
threat-detection rate Ignored.
Table3-5 List of Unsupported Commands (continued)
Unsupported Commands ASDM Behavior