Problem:
Using a Sony Vaio laptop connected only to the management port of a new Cisco ASA 5510, and a static IP address for the laptop within the Cisco defined range (192.168.1.3), the ASDM Launcher on the desktop could not connect to the ASA device so that I could configure it.
Additional Details:
Exploring other options to use ASDM, it seemed I could successfully open the ASDM GUI via pointing the browser to 192.168.1.1, and running the Java applet. Howver, the host was showing up in the GUI as “ciscoasa.default.domain.invalid", and if I reconfigured the device (to provide my own host and domain name, the ASDM launcher would not recognize it.
So that others may put this problem into context when working with their ASA 5510, here is my version info:
ASA v7.0(8)
ASDM 5.0(8)
ASDM Launcher v1.5(20)
Browser: IE 6.0
OS: Windows XP 5.1
License: 3DES-AES
I noted that the laptop had been using Java 1.5_0_05, so I upgraded it to the latest version, jre-6u18. This still did not work when attempting to use the ASDM launcher, as the Java console revealed error messages (I think in this case an array index out of bounds).
Solution:
The solution to my problem was provided by a user in the Cisco Support Forum, where he stated that he found jre-6u7-windows-i586-p.exe (available at www.java.sun.com/products/archive/j2se/6u7/index.html - appears in the Java console as jre 1.6.0_07) to be the most stable version for the ASA 5510, and suggested I uninstall my Java and use that instead.
I am now able to successfully use the ASDM launcher via the desktop icon, and the host now shows as ciscoasa.local as I would expect.
Note: I also disabled Norton Internet Security on the laptop, as that seemed a possible problem cause, even though I was not connected to the internet.
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