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Managing Image Assignments

Use the Assignments tab to assign devices to images and to assign an image to devices. When a new file is available, you can download the file, add it to AUS, and assign the image to a device. (See the "Adding a Software Image" section for information on adding images.) This is beneficial, for example, when a new file release fixes a security problem that an older version of the file did not address.

These topics help you manage device and image assignments:

Viewing the Device Assignment Summary

From the Assignments tab, click the Assign Images to a Device option to display the Device Assignment Summary table. The table shows information about the image assigned to each device.

Click on a column name to sort the table by column information. You can also filter the table (Table 5-1).

Assigning Images to a Device

From the Device Assignment Summary page, you can assign PIX Firewall software images and PDM images to a device.

Note   You cannot use AUS to change the assignment between configuration files and devices—use PIX MC to do so.See the "Setting Up Devices and Groups" section of Using Management Center for PIX Firewalls 1.0 for more information.

Step 2   Click the radio button to select the device to which you want to assign images.

Step 3   Click Assign Images. The Assign Images to Device page appears. Perform tasks as described in Table 5-2.

Step 4   Click OK to assign the image to the device. To exit the page without making any changes, click Cancel.

Viewing the Image Assignment Summary

From the Assignments tab, click on the Assign an Image to Devices option to display the Image Assignments Summary table. The table shows images and the number of devices that are referencing an image.

Click on a column name to sort the table by column information. You can also filter and search the table (Table 5-3).

Assigning an Image to Devices

From the Image Assignment Summary page, you can assign a PIX Firewall software image or a PDM image to devices.

Note   You cannot use AUS to change the assignment between configuration files and devices—use PIX MC to do so. See the "Setting Up Devices and Groups" section of Using Management Center for PIX Firewalls 1.0 for more information.

Step 2   Click the radio button next to the Image Name column to select the software image to which you want to assign devices.

Step 3   Click Assign Devices. The Assign Image to Devices page appears (Table 5-4).

Step 4   To to assign the devices to the software image, click OK. To exit the page without making any changes, click Cancel.