03-11-2013 08:10 AM - edited 03-11-2019 06:12 PM
Good afternoon,
I've got a number of Cisco ASA firewalls with exactly the same issue where by I need to activate the liecence key for each unit. How do I go about setting up the activation? is this going to cost £?, can I check by the serial number to see what the original setup was for the ASA, any help would be really helpful.
ciscoasa# show ver
Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance Software Version 7.2(5)
Device Manager Version 5.2(5)
Compiled on Tue 11-May-10 09:31 by builders
System image file is "disk0:/asa725-k8.bin"
Config file at boot was "startup-config"
ciscoasa up 51 secs
Hardware: ASA5510, 1024 MB RAM, CPU Pentium 4 Celeron 1600 MHz
Internal ATA Compact Flash, 256MB
BIOS Flash Firmware Hub @ 0xffe00000, 1024KB
Encryption hardware device : Cisco ASA-55x0 on-board accelerator (revision 0x0)
Boot microcode : CNlite-MC-Boot-Cisco-1.2
SSL/IKE microcode: CNlite-MC-IPSEC-Admin-3.03
IPSec microcode : CNlite-MC-IPSECm-MAIN-2.05
0: Ext: Ethernet0/0 : address is 5475.d050.7e3c, irq 9
1: Ext: Ethernet0/1 : address is 5475.d050.7e3d, irq 9
2: Ext: Ethernet0/2 : address is 5475.d050.7e3e, irq 9
3: Ext: Ethernet0/3 : address is 5475.d050.7e3f, irq 9
4: Ext: Management0/0 : address is 5475.d050.7e40, irq 11
5: Int: Not used : irq 11
6: Int: Not used : irq 5
The Running Activation Key is not valid, using default settings:
Licensed features for this platform:
Maximum Physical Interfaces : Unlimited
Maximum VLANs : 50
Inside Hosts : Unlimited
Failover : Disabled
VPN-DES : Enabled
VPN-3DES-AES : Disabled
Security Contexts : 0
GTP/GPRS : Disabled
VPN Peers : 250
WebVPN Peers : 2
This platform has a Base license.
Serial Number: JMX1420L3LF
Running Activation Key: 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000
Configuration register is 0x1
Configuration has not been modified since last system restart.
kind regards,
Paul
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03-11-2013 08:38 AM
Hi Paul
What has happened to the activation key from this unit, I take it you are referring to the error "
The Running Activation Key is not valid, using default settings:" the way I would get the correct activation key on these units is apply for the 3DES/AES license.
http://www.cisco.com/go/license
Regards Craig
03-11-2013 10:07 AM
Depending on the type of license you need, you might need to pay some money.
If the devices already have a license but you just happen to don't have the activation-key, you can contact the licensing team [licensing@cisco.com] in order to get the activation key again.
As Craig mentioned, there are some licenses you get for free, like the 3DES/AES encryption license, but it depends on what you need on your devices.
03-11-2013 02:56 PM
Serial number of the unit and the license/features you want to get for you ASA.
03-11-2013 08:38 AM
Hi Paul
What has happened to the activation key from this unit, I take it you are referring to the error "
The Running Activation Key is not valid, using default settings:" the way I would get the correct activation key on these units is apply for the 3DES/AES license.
http://www.cisco.com/go/license
Regards Craig
03-11-2013 10:07 AM
Depending on the type of license you need, you might need to pay some money.
If the devices already have a license but you just happen to don't have the activation-key, you can contact the licensing team [licensing@cisco.com] in order to get the activation key again.
As Craig mentioned, there are some licenses you get for free, like the 3DES/AES encryption license, but it depends on what you need on your devices.
03-11-2013 02:52 PM
Hi guys,
When contact licensing@cisco.com what information do i need to send to them for the activation key?
Regards
Paul
03-11-2013 02:56 PM
Serial number of the unit and the license/features you want to get for you ASA.
03-11-2013 03:11 PM
Hi
Ok got the serial numbers is it possible to have liecence/features the customer had on the unit before it came for repair to myself ? would cisco be able to tell
03-11-2013 04:04 PM
Yes, if you are replacing one unit with other, you can provide the SN of the previous units and mention that you want to replace them and need the same features on the new units.
11-23-2017 09:34 AM
I have a problem with Cisco ASA 5520.I have got this error "warning :saving activation key file failed.proceed with operation?" "error on flash device"
How I can resolve this problem?
BR
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