Installation & Configuration of Cisco ASDM on GNS3

Installation & Configuration of Cisco ASDM on GNS3

Step - 1

Prerequisites:

Download initrd & kernel files for ASA from this link
https://rapidshare.com/files/1456709229/ASA_IOS.rar
Download TFTP Server from this link
http://www.solarwinds.com/products/freetools/free_tftp_server.aspx
Download Cisco ASA ASDM Image file from this Link
https://rapidshare.com/files/2013423636/asdm-602.bin
Download GNS3 from GNS3 Website
http://www.gns3.net/

Step - 2

Installation:
Install GNS3 on your system
Install TFTP server on your system

Step - 3

Configuration:
Open GNS3 from shortcut on your desktop
Go to Edit => Preferences..

Go to Qemu and Click on Test.
To verify either Qemu is working successfully.

Now Go to ASA Tab showing in Preferences
Now Enter the Name for ASA in Identifier Name
Set the Memory to 512
Add the initrd and kernel files in ASA Specific Settings from the path where the files were downloaded

Click on Save button and press OK

Now come in Node Types and drag ASA Firewall 

Click on Start Button to turn the Firewall ON

You will see the following screen 

Note : Do not close this black screen. Minimize this black window and let it to run in background.

Now right click on ASA Firewall and open the Console.

Now Type this script on this screen 

cd /mnt/disk0

/mnt/disk0/lina_monitor

and press enter. your firewall will be start and enjoy.

Note :

 You must reboot the firewall manually by before copying the Cisco ASDM on this other wise you may get the error of "No Memory Space".

So after rebooting your firewall 

Start the TFTP server installed on your machine.

Go to File ==> Configure to select the path of the directory where the ASDM Image is placed. In our case this ASDM image is placed on my Desktop

So, Click on Browse button the select the path. like this.