Security Plus License - Annual Renewal???

[DonHop]

I have a Cisc0 ASA 5505, for which I purchased a Security Plus license for last year. My service provider is now telling me that the Security Plus license has an annual renewal fee of over $500. It's my understanding that the Security Plus license is a one-time purchase and does not have and annual renewal fee. Can you please verify or confirm this?

Thanks  

[Karsten Iwen]

There are special situations where nearly all licenses can be temporary. But I have never seen that for the SecurityPlus license. What order-code did you buy and what is the result of "show activation-key"?

[jeffblay]

I have a similar problem like yours. We at Custom Writing got a warning letter that we need to pay for the next year. So I also need the answer to this question.

[andre.ortega]

I am no sure about the version that you are using, but sec plus license used to be perpetual until version 8.3.

You can check that on Table 3-10, it says "Permanent License Reloading Requirements"
https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/security/asa/asa83/configuration/guide/config/license.html#wp1283656

However I didn´t find that information on the document of version 9.x.

[Marvin Rhoads]

The ASA Security Plus license is perpetual on all platforms for which it applies and all versions of those platforms.

Smartnet support is a term agreement with 1 to 5 year terms available. If you don't require support it's not necessary to renew it.