SSL License upgrade

[communication.boy]

My client is having a 5505 which supports 2 SSL peers as per now and we want an upgrade . I had a look into GPL and I was confused with two of the following part numbers . Which one should I go for as both of these look same for me and there is a huge difference in price .

ASA5500-SSL-10

ASA 5500 SSL VPN 10  Premium User License

ASA-AC-E-5505

AnyConnect Essentials VPN License - ASA 5505 (25 Users)

[Collin Clark]

One is the premium license and the other is the essentials license.

AnyConnect Essentials

• Network Access Manager • Telemetry • Highly secure remote-access connectivity • Single license per device model • Full Tunneling access to enterprise applications

AnyConnect Premium

• Includes clientless SSL VPN, Cisco Secure Desktop capabilities (including Host Scan), and support for Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility. Provides Essentials capabilities, including Full Tunneling access to enterprise applications • License is based on number of simultaneous users, and is available as a single device or shared license • Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility also requires a Cisco IronPort Web Security Appliance license

[communication.boy]

So in my case first one i.e. Essentials would be enought because I just need basic tunnel features

[communication.boy]

This is a show version of that ASA

Licensed features for this platform:

Maximum Physical Interfaces  : 8

VLANs                        : 3, DMZ Restricted

Inside Hosts                 : 50

Failover                     : Disabled

VPN-DES                      : Enabled

VPN-3DES-AES                 : Enabled

SSL VPN Peers                : 2

Total VPN Peers              : 10

Dual ISPs                    : Disabled

VLAN Trunk Ports             : 0

Shared License               : Disabled

AnyConnect for Mobile        : Disabled

AnyConnect for Linksys phone : Disabled

AnyConnect Essentials        : Disabled

Advanced Endpoint Assessment : Disabled

UC Phone Proxy Sessions      : 2

Total UC Proxy Sessions      : 2

Botnet Traffic Filter        : Disabled

This platform has a Base license.

Now if I purcahse some AnyConnect Essentials will it upgrade the SSL VPN Peers which are 2 as of now ?

[Collin Clark · Accepted solution]

Yes