the issue I am having is when I try to configure telnet or ssh with the usual command to define the address range I want to manage it, it doesn't give me the management interface as an option, it only gives me the other interfaces (inside,outside,etc). That is what is tripping me up.

Could you post your config?

Attached is the output of the show run in addition it shows that the management interface is not available for selection when I try to define the telnet parameters.

Try this...

interface Management0/0

nameif management

security-level 100

management-only

telnet 0 0 management

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Update, ignore my post below. I figured it out. I had left off the nameif so it wasn't giving me that as a choice when trying to define my telnet subnets. Dumb mistake on my part. Thanks for the help.

I still don't see a "management" interface as an option when typing in the telnet 0 0 (after entering your other commands also). maybe by specifying management-only it automatically allows telnet to it? I also tried ssh and http and that doesn't give the management interface as an option either.

My post above should do the trick. I assume you named the interface "management"?