HPe Synergy 12000 MPIO QSFP to 10GB SFP Setup
KB ID 0001495 Problem I was recently involved in deploying an HPe Synergy 12000 Frame. And the network connections from it were ‘a little unusual’ so I thought I’d document that here, to save anyone else the problems I had. I was connecting to an HP/Aruba 5412 switch so my cables were all HP/Aruba (to be on the safe side). What you can see (above) is the MPIO Cable (K2Q46A P/N 800867-001) fixed onto the left (and...
Factory Reset a Cisco Firewall
KB ID 0000007 Problem You want to wipe the firewall’s config and revert to the factory settings (passwords blank – management or inside set to 192.168.1.1 and DHCP enabled, with all other settings wiped). Solution 1. Connect to the ASA via the console Cable. CLICK HERE 2. log in and go to configure terminal mode. 3. Execute the following command “config factory-default” 4. Press the space bar a few times to execute the...
Cannot Access / Open ASDM
KB ID 0000458 Problem Out of the box Cisco PIX/ASA devices should have a working ASDM. This config can get broken over time, and also there are a few things that can trip you up on your client machine. Solution Make sure the client machine you are using is not the problem 1. The ASDM runs using Java make sure the machine has Java installed. Note: If you are using Java version 7 Update 51 see the following article. Unable to Access...
Cisco ASA – Password Recovery / Reset
KB ID 0000572 Problem Note: This procedure allows you to reset the password WITHOUT LOSING THE CONFIG You need to access a Cisco ASA device and do not have the passwords, there can be lots of reasons for this, lack of good documentation, bought a second hand firewall, the last firewall admin never told anyone etc. This method does require physical access to the ASA, a console cable, and a machine running some terminal emulation...
Unable to Access ASDM – “Unable to launch device manager from…”
KB ID 0000915 Problem A colleague of mine was trying to connect to a firewall via ASDM last week, and was greeted by an error like this. Now this is a pretty standard error, and usually means you haven’t been allowed access, or there isn’t a firewall at that address, but in this case I knew that a) he did have access, b) that was the correct IP address, and c) it worked fine on my machine, so it was setup correctly. As I...