Cisco FMC is the centralized management solution for Cisco FTD appliances. It provides configuration, monitoring, analysis, and reporting capabilities for FTD devices. Cisco FMC can also manage Cisco ASAs that have been converted to FTD devices. Cisco FMC can be deployed as a physical or virtual appliance, or as a cloud service (CDO). However, since the organization does not have a local VM, CDO is not an option.
Cisco FDM is the on-box management solution for FTD devices, which does not support centralized management or ASA migration. CSM is the legacy management solution for Cisco ASAs, which does not support FTD devices. References := Some possible references are:
* Cisco Firepower Management Center Configuration Guide, Version 6.7
* Install and Upgrade FTD on Firepower Appliances
* Firepower Threat Defense simplifies application security