Chapter 13. PIX Device Manager This chapter covers the following subjects: - PDM Overview
- PDM Operating Requirements
- Preparing for PDM
- Using PDM to Configure the PIX Firewall
- Using PDM to Create a Site-to-Site VPN
- Using PDM to Create a Remote-Access VPN
Cisco PIX Device Manager (PDM) is a browser-based configuration tool that is designed to help you configure and monitor your Cisco PIX Firewall graphically, without requiring you to have extensive knowledge of the Cisco PIX Firewall command-line interface (CLI).This chapter begins with an overview of PDM and the workstation requirements needed to run PDM, followed by PDM installation instructions. All of these tasks are necessary to get PDM operational on your PIX Firewall. Besides initially setting up PDM, this chapter also outlines how you can use PDM to perform various PIX Firewall configuration tasks such as the following:- Defining system properties
- Defining hosts and networks
- Configuring translation rules
- Configuring access rules
- Creating a Site-to-Site VPN
- Creating a Remote-Access VPN
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