COMMAND REFERENCE: CISCO PIX

From time to time I kick myself for not knowing certain commands that I take for granted.  Here they are

Description: Sometimes PIX PDM is inaccessible because the SSL key is corrupted or you setting up the PDF for the first time.  I found these sequence of commands useful

ca zero rsa
Hostname devicename
domain-name dot.com
ca gen rsa key 2048
ca save all
show ca mypubkey rsa


Various other useful commands

show object-group service - Lists the servicesshow object-group - Lists all groups including services
show failover - shows the failover information
show version - shows the version including serial number of the PIX
show access-list – shows all access list even shows details within a groups
show access-list | inc TEXT – shows specific filtered results 
show access-list | beg TEXT - Shows the start of content beginning with what is contain in TEXT
sho config – shows the entire config
show config | inc TEXT – shows a filtered config
show config | beg TEXT - Shows the start of content beginning with what is contain in TEXT
show nat – lists NAT access-list


Troubleshooting commands

show arp – shows the arp table (Layer 4)
ping IP_ADDRESS – pings the ip addresses
show cpu usage – show cpu utilization for 5 seconds, 1 minute and 5 minutes
show conn – shows the connections table at the given time
show memory – shows memory block
show xlate – shows translation address (NAT) in memory
show processes – shows different firewall processes
show static – Shows static address
show route – shows routing information
show logging – Shows all the alerts stored on the PIX (disappears when rebooted)