May 26, 2012  ciscoasa(config)# activation-key 0xb23bcf4a 0x1c713b4f 0x7d53bcbc 0xc4f8d09c 0$ Validating activation key. Categories: Musings, Study Notes Tags: 5520, 5585-X, ASA, CCNP, Certification, Cisco, Firewall. 38 thoughts on “ GNS3 and Cisco ASA 8.4 (Part 1) ” Pingback: GNS3 and Cisco ASA 8.4 (Part 2) « Cisco Inferno. Pingback: GNS3. Solved: 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.

1. Cisco 5520 Configuration Guide
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3. Activation Code Generator
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Problem

Each model in the Cisco ASA 5500 range comes with a range of licences and features, to add these features you can purchase them from a Cisco reseller. You will then need to apply the licence to the device.

I do not think they should be different. With this new Cisco Anyconnect license model, you will only see total amount of connections that your ASA platform supports with show version. There are no other commands for you to check the number of licensed users. To check this, you have to go to Cisco license portal and/or Cisco Service Contract Center. Cisco Asa License Key Generator The process to obtain K9 activation key has changed. The key for 750 users is added to the 5520. A light regression test run consists of approximately 700 test cases. Basically for ASA Device with Serial No 123456789AB you will get the corresponding activation key from the internet. However I am keeping here a copy of the activation Key which I have used. Sometimes features might be slightly different from each other as there are thousands of crafted activation key.

Solution

1. Your first step is to purchase the Licence you require from an authorised cisco reseller.

2. When your licence arrives you need to locate the PAK that is on the certificate.

3. You need the Serial number of the ASA 5500, to get this either look on the chassis of the device or issue a “show version” command.

4. So the one above has a serial Number of JMX1234ABCD.

5. Now you have the PAK and the serial number, you need to register them with Cisco Go there, login with a Cisco CCO account name. Enter the PAK Code > Submit.

6. Check the PAK details, and add more as required > Click “All Done”.

7. Enter the Serial Number of the ASA and tick “I Agree.” > Enter/Check your details > Enter the Licensee details (If Different) > Continue.

8. Read the Summary > Submit > Wait for it to stop saying “Processing” > When complete it should “Go Green” and say Registration Complete.

9. If can take a little while for the licence to be emailed to you and USUALLY goes straight to Junk Mail (Thanks Microsoft, that’s not funny!)

10. When the Licence comes in, the detail that you need is the activation key, it will look like….

dd12eb50 9e16d5bb 45b2a92c 78901838 44999999

11. You add this licence to the ASA with an “activation-key” command:

12. That’s the licence added.

Note: In the example above I added a licence to increase the web VPN peers from 25 to 50 (Which you can see if you compare the two pieces of code).

To add a Licence from the ASDM

1. Connect via ASDM.

2. Navigate to > Configuration > Device Management > Licensing > Activation Key > Paste in the new activation key > Update Activation Key.

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