Toolbar; Asdm Assistant - Cisco ASA 5505 Configuration Manual

Toolbar

Toolbar

The Toolbar below the menus provides access to the Home view, Configuration view, and Monitoring
view. It also lets you choose between the system and security contexts in multiple context mode, and
provides navigation and other commonly used features. The following table lists the tasks that you can
perform using the Toolbar.
Toolbar Button
System/Contexts
Home
Configuration
Monitoring
Back
Forward
Search
Refresh
Save
Help

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:
In the main ASDM application window, choose View > ASDM Assistant.
Step 1
Cisco ASA 5500 Series Configuration Guide using ASDM
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Description
Shows which context you are in. To open the context list in the left-hand
pane, click the down arrow, then click the up arrow to restore the context
drop-down list. After you have expanded this list, click the left arrow to
collapse the pane, then the right arrow to restore the pane. To manage the
system, choose System from the drop-down list. To manage the context,
choose one from the drop-down list.
Displays the Home pane, which lets you view important information about
your adaptive security appliance such as the status of your interfaces, the
version you are running, licensing information, and performance. See the
"Home Pane (Single Mode and Context)" section on page 3-16
information. In multiple mode, the system does not have a Home pane.
Configures the adaptive security appliance. Click a function button in the left
Navigation pane to configure that function.
Monitors the adaptive security appliance. Click a function button in the left
Navigation pane to configure that function.
Returns to the last pane of ASDM that you visited.
Goes forward to the last pane of ASDM that you visited.
Searches for a feature in ASDM. The Search function looks through the titles
of each pane and presents you with a list of matches, and gives you a
hyperlink directly to that pane. If you need to switch quickly between two
different panes that you found, click Back or Forward. See the
Assistant" section on page 3-10
Refreshes ASDM with the current running configuration, except for graphs
in any of the Monitoring panes.
Saves the running configuration to the startup configuration for
write-accessible contexts only.
Shows context-sensitive help for the screen that is currently open.
Chapter 3 Using the ASDM User Interface
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