System Maintenance and Cisco PIX Device Manager

Overview/Description
To describe common PIX Firewall system maintenance tasks and the configuration of the Cisco PIX Device Manager

Target Audience
Enterprise network engineers; network system analysts; Cisco partners who sell, implement, and maintain Cisco PIX Firewalls on small, medium, and enterprise size networks; systems engineers who support the sales of Cisco PIX Firewalls

Prerequisites
Experience in configuring Cisco IOS software; certification as a CCNA or the equivalent knowledge; a basic knowledge of the Windows operating system; familiarity with the networking and security terms and concepts

Expected Duration
250 Minutes

Objectives:

System Maintenance and Cisco PIX Device Manager

  • identify how to configure a secure remote connection to your PIX Firewall's console.
  • identify how to configure and use local user authentication and command authorization.
  • identify how to use the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) to monitor the PIX Firewall and how to permit SNMP through the PIX Firewall for the management and monitoring of other network devices.
  • recognize the tools available for managing PIX Firewalls, upgrading an activation key, and performing password recovery.
  • configure command authorization, secure terminal connections to the PIX Firewall, perform password recovery, and upgrade the software image.
  • recognize the features of the Cisco PIX Device Manager and identify how to configure the PIX Firewall to enable the use of PDM.
  • identify the tabbed pages on the PDM interface used to configure the PIX Firewall.
  • recall the process of installing Cisco PIX Device Manager and testing PDM's warning for unsupported commands.
  • identify how to use PDM to create site-to-site VPNs.
  • configure PIX Firewall-supported VPN clients.
  • use PDM to configure a password, configure a static route, configure a global pool and NAT, and test connectivity.
  • use PDM to create a static translation, configure ACLs for pinging and web access, and observe the transactions.
  • use PDM to log to a Syslog server, configure for intrusion detection, and save the configuration.
  • configure a site-to-site VPN and test and verify the VPN.


    • Course Number: 208650_eng