Asa license upgrade

If I owned cisco I would milk every cent out of the high penetration that the brand has from the implementors and customers by the way that is exactly what they are doing. Hope this helps. Iam thinking in purchase a , but I need dynamic pppoe with vlan tagging. Do you know what license have this service? Thanks in advance! Also for the , the real problem i have without Security Plus is that the DMZ only supports talking to either the Internet or the inside but not both.

You might add that to this post for future reference. The byzantine complexity of software licensing is a good reason why everyone should use only open source software … everywhere. I had a base to which I added Anyconnect Essentials and the activation keys showed as below:. I Dought if this issue is related to licensing… please kindly explain…..

Installing the license should bring immediate relief. I hope this helps. Are security contexts stackable? For example, the Cisco ASA X has 2 default contexts out of the box, without additional licensing. If I use HA I have to give up 2 of my security contexts? FYI — you can stack active standby contexts. Security Plus Security Plus licensing exists only on and On the it has the following effects: Upgrades the maximum VPN sessions from 10 to Upgrades the maximum connections from 10, to 25, Increases the number of VLANs from 3 to 20 and enables trunking.

On the it has slightly different set of features it enables: Upgrades the maximum connections from 50, to , Increases the number of VLANs from 50 to Enables security contexts and allows for 2. Up to 5 can be supported on the Enables VPN clustering and load balancing.

Be careful! Security Contexts Security Contexts are virtual firewalls. You need to order via your local Cisco representative a to user license upgrade. After that, the Cisco reseller will provide you with a license key which is a long hexadecimal string e. To configure the new license key use the following command:.

The same procedure works also for the other Cisco ASA models. Solution 1. Connect to the Firepower Chassis Manager on the standby unit. Make the unit that you just upgraded the active unit so that traffic flows to the upgraded unit.

Connect to the Firepower Chassis Manager on the former active unit. You need to determine which unit is active and which is standby. To determine the failover status, look at the ASA prompt; you can configure the ASA prompt to show the failover status and priority primary or secondary , which is useful to determine which unit you are connected to.

Alternatively, enter the ASA show failover command to view this unit's status and priority primary or secondary. Specify the URL for the file being imported using one of the following:. View the version number of the new package. Launch ASDM on the primary unit or the unit with failover group 1 active by connecting to the management address in failover group 1.

Connect to the Firepower Chassis Manager on the secondary unit. Make both failover groups active on the secondary unit. Connect to the Firepower Chassis Manager on the primary unit. If the failover groups are configured with the ASA preempt command, they automatically become active on their designated unit after the preempt delay has passed.

If the failover groups are not configured with the preempt command, you can return them to active status on their designated units by connecting to the ASA CLI and using the failover active group command. Show the current boot images configured up to 4 :. The ASA uses the images in the order listed; if the first image is unavailable, the next image is used, and so on. You cannot insert a new image URL at the top of the list; to specify the new image to be first, you must remove any existing entries, and enter the image URLs in the order desired, according to the next steps.

Remove any existing boot image configurations so that you can enter the new boot image as your first choice:. Set the ASA image to boot the one you just uploaded :. Repeat this command for any backup images that you want to use in case this image is unavailable. For example, you can re-enter the images that you previously removed. You can only configure one ASDM image to use, so you do not need to first remove the existing configuration. The Upgrade Software from Local Computer tool lets you upload an image file from your computer to the flash file system to upgrade the ASA.

You can reenable it after the upgrade:. Wait for the upgrade to complete. Reload the standby unit to boot the new image:. Wait for the upgrade to complete, and then connect ASDM back to the active unit. Perform these steps in the system execution space. Make both failover groups active on the primary unit:. Reload the secondary unit to boot the new image:. Wait for the upgrade to complete, and then connect ASDM back to the primary unit. Wait for the upgrade to complete, and then connect ASDM back to the secondary unit.

To upgrade all units in an ASA cluster, perform the following steps. Perform these steps on the control unit. You can configure the ASA prompt to show the cluster unit and state control or data , which is useful to determine which unit you are connected to.

Alternatively, enter the show cluster info command to view each unit's role. You must use the console port; you cannot enable or disable clustering from a remote CLI connection.

Perform these steps in the system execution space for multiple context mode. Copy the ASDM image to all units in the cluster:.

If you are not already in global configuration mode, access it now. Show the current boot images configured up to 4. Note the cluster-pool poolname used. During the upgrade process, never use the cluster master unit command to force a data unit to become control; you can cause network connectivity and cluster stability-related problems. You must upgrade and reload all data units first, and then continue with this procedure to ensure a smooth transition from the current control unit to a new control unit.

On the control unit, to view member names, enter cluster exec unit? To avoid connection loss and allow traffic to stabilize, wait for each unit to come back up and rejoin the cluster approximately 5 minutes before repeating these steps for the next unit. To view when a unit rejoins the cluster, enter show cluster info. Connect to the console port of a data unit, and enter global configuration mode. Do not save this configuration; you want clustering to be enabled when you reload.

You need to disable clustering to avoid multiple failures and rejoins during the upgrade process; this unit should only rejoin after all of the upgrading and reloading is complete. Uncheck the Participate in ASA cluster check box.

Do not uncheck the Configure ASA cluster settings check box; this action clears all cluster configuration, and also shuts down all interfaces including the management interface to which ASDM is connected. To restore connectivity in this case, you need to access the CLI at the console port. You are prompted to exit ASDM. Click the Reload without saving the running configuration radio button. You do not want to save the configuration; when this unit reloads, you want clustering to be enabled on it.

Wait for 5 minutes for a new control unit to be selected and traffic to stabilize. We recommend manually disabling cluster on the control unit if possible so that a new control unit can be elected as quickly and cleanly as possible. The main cluster IP address now belongs to the new control unit; this former control unit is still accessible on its individual management IP address. When the former control unit rejoins the cluster, it will be a data unit.

The Upgrade Software from Local Computer dialog box appears. Click the All devices in the cluster radio button. Optional In the Flash File System Path field, enter the path to the flash file system or click Browse Flash to find the directory or file in the flash file system.

You must reload all data units first, and then continue with this procedure to ensure a smooth transition from the current control unit to a new control unit. Choose a data unit name from the Device drop-down list. Select the data unit that you want to upgrade, and click Delete. Upgrade the control unit. Wait for up to 5 minutes for a new control unit to be selected and traffic to stabilize. Re-connect ASDM to the former control unit by connecting to its individual management IP address that you noted earlier.

Skip to content Skip to search Skip to footer. Book Contents Book Contents. Find Matches in This Book. PDF - Complete Book 2. Updated: December 1, Before you begin This procedure uses FTP. SPA Step 5 If you have a boot system command configured, remove it so that you can enter the new boot image. SPA The system is currently installed with security software package 9. Image download complete Successful unpack the image.

The Cisco ASA series tells us that the activation key stored in flash was updated and will take effect upon the next reload , but the running activation key was not changed. When you see this, the ASA is telling you that you need to perform a reload for the new features to take effect. Once the ASA has reloaded, we can log back in and verify that our new license — and new features — are active:.