Add ASA 8.4.2 with ASDM to GNS3 1.2.

1 on Windows 7
Download the ASA 8.42 files (asa842-initrd.gz and asa842-vmlinuz) for GNS3 from
a reputable source (I got mine from http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?l010dd
0c1nayf0d)
Open Edit -> Preferences -> Qemu and click the ASA tab
Enter an Identifier name
I used asa842?
Enter 1024 in RAM
Enter the following for Qemu Options:
-vnc none -vga none -m 1024 -icount auto -hdachs 980,16,32
Enter the paths where you placed the files from step 1 into the designated boxes
for Initrd and Kernel
Enter the following for Kernel cmd line:
-append ide_generic.probe_mask=0x01 ide_core.chs=0.0:980,16,32 auto nousb consol
e=ttyS0,9600 bigphysarea=65536
Leave all other options at defaults
Click the Save button then click OK
Add an ASA to a new project/topology and start it (a terminal window should appe
ar if you used the defaults for the GNS3 install on Windows 7, then the terminal
emulator will be putty)
Once the ASA is up, enter enable and then enter the following to activate featur
es:
activation-key 0x4a3ec071 0x0d86fbf6 0x7cb1bc48 0x8b48b8b0 0xf317c0b5
activation-key 0xb23bcf4a 0x1c713b4f 0x7d53bcbc 0xc4f8d09c 0x0e24c6b6
Add a loopback adapter to Windows:
Open a command prompt as Administrator
Enter hdwwiz.exe to open the Add Hardware Wizard
Once the Add Hardware Wizard is open, click Next
Choose Install the hardware that I manually select from a list (Advanced) and clic
k Next
Select Network adapters and click Next
Select Microsoft and Microsoft Loopback Adapter under Manufacturer and Network Adapt
er respectively, then click Next
Reboot
After reboot, add an ASA to a topology and start it
Add a Cloud Object to the topology and right-click to Configure, selecting the n
ame you used for the Cloud Object probably C1 if you it s the first Cloud Object a
nd you didn t rename it
Select the loopback adapter that you created in Step 12 and click the Add button
Add an Ethernet switch to the topology and draw a direct connection from the swi
tch to the ASA and switch to the Cloud Object
In the ASA console:
config t
int gi 0
ip address 10.10.10.1 255.255.255.0
nameif management
no shut
Open Network and Sharing Center in Windows and change the IP of the loopback ada
pter to 10.10.10.2/24.
Ping the Windows loopback adapter from the ASA firewall to test connectivity.
If you don t already have a tftp server installed, then install one. I use the fre
e one from Solarwinds, but there are a few other good options.
If you don t already have the ASDM, then download it from Cisco or another reputab
le source.
In the ASA console, copy the ASDM bin file to flash on the ASA:
copy tftp://10.10.10.2/asdm-711.bin flash
Set the ASA to load the ASDM during the next boot
config t (if you re not already in config mode)
asdm image flash:asdm-711.bin
http server enable

http 10.10.10.2 255.255.255.255 management

username password privilege 15
Reboot the ASA to ensure the ASDM image is loaded during boot.
Browse to https://10.10.10.1 using the browser of your choice and click the Inst
all ASDM Launcher button to download and install the ASDM app from the ASA.
Enjoy!