Cisco Systems and the ASA Services Module Manual De Usuario

For initial configuration, you must use the CLI on the ASA CX module to run the setup command and 
configure other optional settings.

To access the CLI, you can use the following methods:

ASA 5585-X:

ASA CX console port—The ASA CX console port is a separate external console port.

ASA CX Management 1/0 interface using SSH—You can connect to the default IP address 
(192.168.8.8), or you can use ASDM to change the management IP address and then connect 
using SSH. The ASA CX management interface is a separate external Gigabit Ethernet 
interface.

You cannot access the ASA CX hardware module CLI over the ASA backplane using the 
session command.

ASA 5512-X through ASA 5555-X:

ASA session over the backplane—If you have CLI access to the ASA, then you can session to 
the module and access the module CLI.

ASA CX Management 0/0 interface using SSH—You can connect to the default IP address 
(192.168.1.2), or you can use ASDM to change the management IP address and then connect 
using SSH. These models run the ASA CX module as a software module. The ASA CX 
management interface shares the Management 0/0 interface with the ASA. Separate MAC 
addresses and IP addresses are supported for the ASA and ASA CX module. You must perform 
configuration of the ASA CX IP address within the ASA CX operating system (using the CLI 

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