Cisco ASA5545 FirePOWER IPS License

[Ashish Kumar]

Hello Folks,

Need your help to understand the licensing of Cisco ASA5545 FirePOWER IPS.

I have 2 ASA 5545-X with FirePOWER Services, out of the box I have received the ASA 5545-X with FirePOWER Services (ASA5545-CTRL-LIC) on paper.

I have installed Firesight Management Center and installed 2 Control licenses on that.

I have 2 more quantity of Cisco ASA5545 FirePOWER IPS License listed in our BOQ but don't know how to get that.

When I use firesight management center, it shows me as following.

Maximum ASA5545 Licenses

Protection  (Used)	2  (2)
Control  (Used)	2  (2)
URL Filtering  (Used)	0  (0)
Malware  (Used)	0  (0)
VPN  (Used)	0  (0)

ASA5545

License Type	Status	Number of Licenses	Expires
Protection Control	Valid License	1	Never
Protection Control	Valid License	1	Never

Require your prompt help to get out of this issue.

Regards,

Ashish.

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[Oliver Kaiser]

According to your list you already got the IPS license installed (Protection license). Let me know if that is indeed the case or if there is any other issue.

regards

Oliver

[Ashish Kumar]

Thank you for quick response.

I m getting "FireSIGHT license required." message for many of the features of Firesight, like Network Discovery, Network Map, OS fingerprinting etc.

It would be great if  you can brief me on that .

Regards,

Ashish.

[Oliver Kaiser]

You need a license for FMC. In case you are using the virtual addition you may update to 6.0.

EDIT: removed false statement about fmc licensing

[Ashish Kumar]

Currently I am using 5.3.1 on vmware.

What is the procedure to get FMC license.

[Oliver Kaiser]

You contact your cisco reseller and ask for a 2 device license for FMC (~ 500$).

I would assume you already got the license when you ordered the firepower solution, try to check the BOM for the order.

[Ashish Kumar]

One last query,

Will I get above mentioned features if I upgrade to version 6 ?

[Oliver Kaiser]

In case you are using the virtual appliance...yes

[Ashish Kumar]

Thank you :)

[Oliver Kaiser]

My previous statement about FMCv was incorrect, sorry. You still need a license key for the virtual FMC, even in 6.0. 

I had issues with license activation for FMC 6.x (pop-up that states license is no longer required), but you still have to order the license according to cisco.