| 15.1 |  | PIX Security Appliance Management Tools |
| 15.1.2 |  | PIX Device Manager |

| PIX Device Manager (PDM) is a browser-based configuration tool that allows an administrator to graphically set up, configure, and monitor a PIX Security Appliance, without requiring an extensive knowledge of the PIX Security Appliance command-line interface (CLI).

PDM can be used to create a new configuration. It can also be used in conjunction with a configuration that has been created and maintained from the PIX Security Appliance console or Cisco Secure Policy Manager (CSPM). PDM monitors and configures a single PIX Security Appliance at a time. Unlike CSPM or VMS, PDM does not have the ability to push out information to multiple PIX Security Appliance simultaneously. However, it is possible to point a browser to more than one PIX Security Appliance and administer them from a single workstation.