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Password recovery procedures

Password recovery procedures for various Cisco equipment are located here:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/sw/iosswrel/ps1831/products_tech_note09186a00801746e6.shtml

Cisco PIX sw version 6.3 firmware update guide

 Pix#copy ttpt flash 

When asked enter the IP address of your TFTP server. Then enter the filename of the software image. The system willl automatically upgrade the firmware erasing the old firmware and replacing it with the new revision.

 Pix#copy ttpt flash:pdm 

When asked enter the IP address of your TFTP server. Then enter the filename of the PDM image. The system willl automatically upgrade the PDM file.

Howto troubleshoot connectivity through PIX

Setup logging server

Now you can monitor the traffic through the PIX in the syslog server.

If you do not have or do not want to setup the logging server you can use PIX capture feature:

ciscoasa(config)#access-list inside_test permit icmp any host 192.168.1.1
ciscoasa(config)#capture inside_interface access-list inside_test interface inside

ciscoasa#show capture inside_interface

More about this is on the Cisco page: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps6120/products_tech_note09186a00807c35e7.shtml