KB ID 0000051

Problem

You would like to create a virtual Cisco ASA platform in a virtualized environment for training and or testing.

Solution

Notes:

Software To Download

Qemu with ASA
Dynamips
WinPcap

Sample Batch File

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@echo off
ECHO Telnet to 127.0.0.1 on port 1234 to access ASA Console
ECHO ——————————————————-
ECHO * * * * * * *DO NOT CLOSE THIS WINDOWS* * * * * * * *
qemupcap -L . -hda FLASH1 -hdachs 980,16,32 -kernel vmlinuz -initrd asa-nolina.gz -m 256 –no-kqemu -append “auto nousb ide1=noprobe bigphysarea=16384 console=ttyS0,9600n8 hda=980,16,32” -net nic,vlan=0,model=pcnet,macaddr=00:aa:00:00:01:01 -net pcap,vlan=0,ifname=DeviceNPF_{120662E6-8B8B-4A6D-A0B1-9159DBD283BA} -net nic,vlan=1,model=pcnet,macaddr=00:aa:00:00:01:02 -net pcap,vlan=1,ifname=DeviceNPF_{BF1F38D4-5D13-4DA2-B50B-17B1F35B1FA8} -net nic,vlan=2,model=pcnet,macaddr=00:aa:00:00:02:02 -net pcap,vlan=2,ifname=DeviceNPF_{2AA77C53-B558-4E7C-A377-E92BF9FAF1BB} -serial telnet::1234,server,nowait

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MAKE SURE ALL THE MAC ADDRESSES AND Network ID’s are unique!!!!!!

Commands to enter at Telnet

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modprobe e100

ifconfig eth0 up

ifconfig eth1 up

ifconfig eth2 up

cd /mnt/disk0

./lina_monitor [/box]

Command to save config

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copy run disk0:/.private/startup-config
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