• Introduction
  • Configure basic settings
  • Dynamic Attributes Connector
  • Manage Secure Firewall ASA
  • Manage Secure Firewall Threat Defense with Cloud-Delivered Firewall Management Center
  • Manage Catalyst SD-WAN Manager Firewall Capabilities
  • Manage On-Premises Firewall Management Center
  • Manage Cisco Umbrella
  • Manage Cisco Meraki
  • Manage AWS VPC
  • Manage Cisco IOS
  • Manage Network Devices with Generic SSH Access
  • Establish Secure Connections
  • Device Operations
    • Manage device configuration
    • Manage onboarded device settings
      • Change a device's IP address in Security Cloud Control Firewall Management
      • Change a device's name in Security Cloud Control Firewall Management
      • Export a list of devices and services
      • Export device configuration
      • External links for devices
        • Create an external link from your device
        • Create an External Link to ASDM
        • Create an external link for multiple devices
        • Edit or delete external links
        • Edit or delete external links for multiple devices
      • Bulk reconnect devices to Security Cloud Control Firewall Management
      • Moving devices between organizations
      • Device certificate expiry detection
      • Update Meraki MX connection credentials
      • Write a device note
      • Delete a device from Security Cloud Control Firewall Management
      • Back up Firewall Threat Defense devices
      • Manage Firewall Threat Defense devices through Security Cloud Control Firewall Management
      • Filter security devices by hardware end-of-life status
      • Security Cloud Control Firewall Management labels and filtering
      • Use Security Cloud Control Firewall Management search functionality
      • Filter security devices by hardware end-of-life status
      • Security Cloud Control Firewall Management labels and filtering
      • Use Security Cloud Control Firewall Management search functionality
    • Use the Security Cloud Control Command Line Interface Tool (CLI)
    • Manage CLI Templates
    • Migrate Firewalls with the Migration Tool in Security Cloud Control
  • Monitor and Analyze
  • Troubleshoot
  • Appendix

Create an external link for multiple devices

Create external links for multiple devices to provide quick access to external resources or device management interfaces directly from the device inventory.

External links allow you to create shortcuts to external resources associated with your devices, such as device management interfaces or external documentation. You can apply the same external link to multiple devices simultaneously.

Procedure

Step 1

Choose Security Devices.

Step 2

Click the Devices tab to locate the device or the Templates tab to locate the model device.

Step 3

Click the appropriate device type tab.

You can use the filter and search functionalities to find the required devices.

Step 4

Select multiple devices or models.

Step 5

In the details pane, on the right, go to the External Links section.

Step 6

Enter a name for the link.

Step 7

Enter the URL you want to reach using one of these methods:

  • Enter 
    https://{location}
    in the URL field. The {location} variable will be populated with the IP address of your device. This creates an automatic link to the ASDM for your device.

  • Enter the URL for the link in the URL field. You need to specify the full URL, for example, for Cisco enter http://www.cisco.com.

Step 8

Click + to associate the link with the device.

The external link is created and associated with all selected devices. The link appears in the External Links section for each device and can be accessed by clicking on the link name.

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