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Cisco ASDM User Guide
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Chapter 6 Configuring Basic Device Settings
System Image/Configuration
Important Notes
• If the security appliance configuration is updated from an Auto Update server, ASDM is not notified.
You must choose Refresh or File > Refresh ASDM with the Running Configuration on the
Device to get the latest configuration, and any changes to the configuration made in ASDM will be
lost.
• If HTTPS is chosen as the protocol to communicate with the Auto Update server, the security
appliance will use SSL. This requires the security appliance to have a DES or 3DES license.
Fields
The Auto Update pane consists of an Auto Update Servers table and two areas: the Timeout area, and
the Polling area.
The Auto Update Servers table lets you view the parameters of previously-configured Auto Update
servers. The security appliance polls the server listed at the top of the table first. You can change the
order of the servers in the table with the Move Up and Move Down buttons. The Auto Update Servers
table contains the following columns:
• Server—The name or IP address of the Auto Update server.
• User Name—The user name used to access the Auto Update server.
• Interface—The interface used when sending requests to the Auto Update server.
• Verify Certificate—Indicates whether the security appliance checks the certificate returned by the
Auto Update server against the Certification Authority (CA) root certificates. This requires that the
Auto Update server and the security appliance use the same CA.
Double-clicking any of the rows in the Auto Update Server table opens the Edit Auto Update Server
dialog box, in which you can modify the Auto Update server parameters. These changes are immediately
reflected in the table, but you must click Apply to save them to the configuration.
The Timeout area lets you set the amount of time the security appliance waits for the Auto Update server
to time out. The Timeout area contains the following fields:
• Enable Timeout Period—Check to enable the security appliance to time out if no response is
received from the Auto Update server.
• Timeout Period (Minutes)—Enter the number of minutes the security appliance will wait to time out
if no response is received from the Auto Update server.
The Polling area lets you configure how often the security appliance will poll for information from the
Auto Update server. The Polling area contains the following fields:
• Polling Period (minutes)—The number of minutes the security appliance will wait to poll the Auto
Update server for new information.
• Poll on Specified Days—Allows you to specify a polling schedule.
• Set Polling Schedule—Displays the Set Polling Schedule dialog box where you can configure the
days and time-of-day to poll the Auto Update server.
• Retry Period (minutes)—The number of minutes the security appliance will wait to poll the Auto
Update server for new information if the attempt to poll the server fails.
• Retry Count—The number of times the security appliance will attempt to retry to poll the Auto
Update server for new information.
Modes
The following table shows the modes in which this feature is available: