How to access PIX Firewall

How to access and manage PIX Firewall

How to access PIX using console port

To access PIX using console port, you need to connect your PC to the console port of the PIX using a rolled cable. You also should have the following settings in the Hyper Terminal:

Bits per sec    :  9600

Data bits       :     8

Parity          :  none

Stop bits       :     1

Flow control    :  none

After turn on the PIX, you may see the System Messages like this:

PhoenixPICOBIOS 4.0 Release 6.0

Copyright 1985-1998 Phoenix Technologies Ltd.

All Rights Reserved

Build Time: 04/27/99 17:08:34

Polaris BIOS Version 0.09

CPU = Pentium with MMX  200 MHz

640K System RAM Passed

31M Extended RAM Passed

0512K Cache SRAM Passed

System BIOS shadowed

PIX BIOS (4.0) #38: Tue Apr 27 12:45:23 PDT 1999

    timhahn@irp-view5:/vws/dry/timhahn/trunk/loader

Platform PIX-515

Flash=i28F640J5 @ 0x300

Use BREAK or ESC to interrupt flash boot.

Reading 1528320 bytes of image from flash.

#####################################################

32MB RAM

Flash=i28F640J5 @ 0x300

BIOS Flash=AT29C257 @ 0xfffd8000

mcwa i82559 Ethernet at irq 11  MAC: 0050.54fe.ea30

mcwa i82559 Ethernet at irq 10  MAC: 0050.54fe.ea31

mcwa i82558 Ethernet at irq  7  MAC: 0090.2742.fbbe

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                         c i s c o S y s t e m s

                        Private Internet eXchange

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                        Cisco PIX Firewall

Cisco PIX Firewall Version 6.2(1)

Licensed Features:

Failover:           Enabled

VPN-DES:            Enabled

VPN-3DES:           Enabled

Maximum Interfaces: 6

Cut-through Proxy:  Enabled

Guards:             Enabled

URL-filtering:      Enabled

Inside Hosts:       Unlimited

Throughput:         Unlimited

IKE peers:          Unlimited

  ****************************** Warning *******************************

  Compliance with U.S. Export Laws and Regulations - Encryption.

  This product performs encryption and is regulated for export

  by the US Government.

  This product is not authorized for use by persons located

  outside the United States and Canada that do not have prior

  approval from Cisco Systems, Inc. or the US Government.

  This product may not be exported outside the US and Canada

  either by physical or electronic means without PRIOR approval

  of Cisco Systems, Inc. or the US Government.

  Persons outside the US and Canada may not re-export, resell

  or transfer this product by either physical or electronic means

  without prior approval of Cisco Systems, Inc. or the US

  Government.

  ******************************* Warning *******************************

Copyright (c) 1996-2002 by Cisco Systems, Inc.

                Restricted Rights Legend

Use, duplication, or disclosure by the Government is

subject to restrictions as set forth in subparagraph

(c) of the Commercial Computer Software - Restricted

Rights clause at FAR sec. 52.227-19 and subparagraph

(c) (1) (ii) of the Rights in Technical Data and Computer

Software clause at DFARS sec. 252.227-7013.

                Cisco Systems, Inc.

                170 West Tasman Drive

San Jose, California 95134-1706

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