Question on ASA 5505 Security Plus license and Total VPN Peers

[r_drogerson]

Hi all,

I’m new to the ASA licensing, but on our 5505 we have a RA-vpn with 8 peers, I have been asked to add another 7 users to it along with a L2l IPsec vpn that all fine but, I’m unsure how the licencing works. Currently it’s on the Base license: below is the

Licensed features for this platform:

Total VPN Peers               : 10             perpetual

Does that line, count for the RA and L2l peers or just for the remote users? i.e.

1 x L2l VPN and 9 RA users concurrently connected or just 10 RA users or L2ls?

Also if I setup all 15 users would the first 10 users only be able to connect?

We are often all connected to the VPN, so once I add the new users and the L2 we will go over the license count. From what I have read my only option is the Security Plus license (Part # ASA5505-SEC-BUN-K9 ).

Can anyone please confirm and clarify this if it’s incorrect?

Thanks a lot

[Jon Marshall · Accepted solution]

Dale

You are correct. The figure 10 applies to the combined total of RA VPNs and site to site VPNs so if you need more than a total of 10 you will need to upgrade to the Security Plus license.

Jon

[r_drogerson]

Hi Jon,

Thank you, I will be upgrading then.

Cheers

Dale