ASA 5510 licensing

[itzcoatl.m]

Hello experts!

I'm looking forward for information about licensing Active/Standby and according to this link http://www.cisco.com/en/US/partner/products/ps6120/prod_models_comparison.html I need to consider the Security Plus license, BUT, according to this link: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/security/asa/asa82/configuration/guide/ha_active_standby.html#wp1046838

states that Base License is needed to achieve A/S HA configuration on ASA 8.2.

ASA's current version: 8.0.

Do I need to upgrade to 8.2(x) in order to enable A/S HA configuration or is mandatory to buy that Security Plus license?

Thank you in advance for your valuable help!!

[tprendergast · Accepted solution]

If you upgrade to 8.2(x), you can run A/S HA without the security plus license.

If you stay with 8.0(x), then you must have Security Plus.

With a 5505, you must always have Security Plus for A/S HA.

Please rate if that helps.

Thanks,

Tim

[itzcoatl.m]

Thank you for your help Tim! just to remember that if less tahn 20% of memory is available, you'll need to upgrade form 256 to 512MB RAM in order to be able to install the new version!

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/customer/docs/security/asa/asa82/release/notes/asarn82.html#wp37821