Add ASA 8.4(2) with ASDM to GNS3 on Windows 7 Dec 9th, 2012 by jrehmert Download the ASA 8.

42 files (asa842-initrd.gz and asa842-vmlinuz) for GNS3 f rom a reputable source (I got mine from http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?l0 10dd0c1nayf0d) Open Edit -> Preferences -> Qemu and click the ASA tab Enter an Identifier name I used asa842? Enter 1024 in RAM Enter the following for Qemu Options: -vnc none -vga none -m 1024 -icount auto -hdachs 980,16,32 Enter the paths where you placed the files from step 1 into the designated b oxes for Initrd and Kernel Enter the following for Kernel cmd line: -append ide_generic.probe_mask=001 ide_core.chs=0.0:980,16,32 auto nousb cons ole=ttyS0,9600 bigphysarea=65536 Leave all other options at defaults Click the Save button then click OK Add an ASA to a new project/topology and start it (a terminal window should appear if you used the defaults for the GNS3 install on Windows 7, then the term inal emulator will be putty) >> Once the ASA is up, enter enable and then enter the following to activate features: > activation-key 0x4a3ec071 0x0d86fbf6 0x7cb1bc48 0x8b48b8b0 0xf317c0b5 > activation-key 0xb23bcf4a 0x1c713b4f 0x7d53bcbc 0xc4f8d09c 0x0e24c6b6 Add a loopback adapter to Windows: Open a command prompt as Administrator Enter hdwwiz.exe to open the Add Hardware Wizard Once the Add Hardware Wizard is open, click Next Choose Install the hardware that I manually select from a list (Advanced) and click Next Select Network adapters and click Next Select Microsoft and Microsoft Loopback Adapter under Manufacturer and Network A dapter respectively, then click Next Reboot After reboot, add an ASA to a topology and start it Add a Cloud Object to the topology and right-click to Configure, selecting t he name you used for the Cloud Object probably C1 if you it s the first Cloud Obje ct and you didn t rename it Select the loopback adapter that you created in Step 12 and click the Add bu tton Add an Ethernet switch to the topology and draw a direct connection from the switch to the ASA and switch to the Cloud Object In the ASA console: config t int gi 0 ip address 10.10.10.1 255.255.255.0 nameif management no shut Open Network and Sharing Center in Windows and change the IP of the loopback adapter to 10.10.10.2/24. Ping the Windows loopback adapter from the ASA firewall to test connectivity . If you don t already have a tftp server installed, then install one. I use the free one from Solarwinds, but there are a few other good options. If you don t already have the ASDM, then download it from Cisco or another rep

utable source. In the ASA console, copy the ASDM bin file to flash on the ASA: copy tftp://10.10.10.2/asdm-711.bin flash Set the ASA to load the ASDM during the next boot config t (if you re not already in config mode) asdm image flash:asdm-711.bin http server enable http 10.10.10.2 255.255.255.255 management username <user of your choice> password <password of your choice> privilege 15 Browse to https://10.10.10.1 using the browser of your choice and click the Install ASDM Launcher button to download and install the ASDM app from the ASA. Enjoy!