Optional Maintenance And Upgrade Procedures - Cisco ASA 5510 Quick Start Manual

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Optional Maintenance and Upgrade Procedures

Obtaining DES and 3DES/AES Encryption Licenses
The adaptive security appliance offers the option to purchase a DES or 3DES-AES license to enable
specific features that provide encryption technology, such as secure remote management (SSH, ASDM,
and so on), site-to-site VPN, and remote access VPN. Enabling the license requires an encryption
license key.
If you ordered your adaptive security appliance with a DES or 3DES-AES license, the encryption
license key comes with the adaptive security appliance.
If you did not order your adaptive security appliance with a DES or 3DES-AES license and would like
to purchase one now, the encryption licenses are available at no charge on
If you are a registered user of Cisco.com and would like to obtain
license, go to the following website:
http://www.cisco.com/cgi-bin/Software/FormManager/formgenerator.pl
If you are not a registered user of Cisco.com, go to the following website:
http://www.cisco.com/pcgi-bin/Software/FormManager/formgenerator.pl
Provide your name, e-mail address, and the serial number for the adaptive security appliance as it
appears in the show version command output.
You will receive the new activation key for your adaptive security appliance within two hours
Note
(or less) of requesting the license upgrade.
For more information on activation key examples or upgrading software, see the
Appliance Command Line Configuration
To use the activation key, follow these steps:
Command
hostname# show version
Step 1
configure
Step 2 hostname#
terminal
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Guide.
Purpose
Shows the software release, hardware configuration, license
key, and related uptime data.
Enters global configuration mode.
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a DES or 3DES/AES encryption
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