My Netwok Dictionary

The configuration and management of a Cisco PIX have logic similar to that of the IOS on the router and the same commands tend, with new releases to look alike.

Especially with the release 6.x, were introduced to the IOS commands common but has been maintained compatibility with older equivalent.

As in any multiuser OS, there are regular and privileged users (enabled). It becomes the root of a Pix with:
Pix> enable
Pix# The prompt changes from> to #
From here you enter configuration mode:
configure terminal
You save the configuration in memory resident (NVRAM, FLASH…) with:
write memory
It displays the current configuration:
write terminal or show running-config
You can view the log messages (to be activated configuration may remain in a local buffer (occupying memory), or logged on syslog remote server) with:
show logging

You can use ? the orhelp to get the lists of commands and command options available. You can exit the configuration mode with exit or quit.
Commands can be abbreviated (e.g., conf term).

If you need to set large configuration changes, you should make a complete list of a previously written text (with syntax checked).
The dates configuration settings are immediately active, but until you save the configuration with a write mem are lost upon reboot.

After configuring the commands that change the status of the engine Pix alias, access-list, conduit, global, nat, outbound, static, you must give the command (in the Enable mode, not in configuration):
clear xlate
Note that this resets all translazioni (NAT and PAT) are currently managed by Pix and can terminate connections to the PIX is handling.
Like all commands can have clear results radicals, which should be used carefully.

Diagnostic Commands

show cpusage Minimum information on the CPU time used
show memory The total memory and free
show processes The processes running on the system
show routing The routing table
show running-configDisplays the current configuration, on recent versions of PixOS not write term use. PROFIT!
show startup-config View conf stored in memory resident. First it was show configure
show local-host Information on connections and XLATE (Tables natting). PROFIT!
show traffic View info on current network traffic
show version Displays the version of Pix and other system data. PROFIT!
show xlate See tables natting current
show tech-support Executes various commands diagnostic (as such) to create a text to send to technical support in case of failures (or to be examined to know the status of a system). PROFIT!