It is very important that your customer profile address information matches the address information on the contract prior to attempting to link a contract or sending an email. The countdown is based on the same way that all term-based licenses work at Cisco, there is nothing AnyConnect specific as part of this. The contract is set to become active one day after ship these are electronically delivered licenses. So as a specific example, if an order ships on October 25 , service start date is October 26th.
While there is nothing in the new licenses that specifically dictates an ASA reboot, the ASA licensing code has varied over more than a decade on how it behaves when a new license is installed. As such, we cannot promise one way or another whether a reboot will be required, a lot of this will depend on the current license installed and ASA software version as certain features will never disappear fully until the device is rebooted.
As such, you should plan for reboots to be safe. You can stagger this whenever they want. Make sure you replace the licenses on all of the participant devices and disable shared licensing on those devices before replacing the license on the device currently acting as the shared license server.
In order to make use of your new license key, you must disable the anyconnect-essentials feature on your ASA by issuing a " no anyconnect-essentials " under " webvpn ".
When installing your new license key you will receive a warning that needs to be agreed to telling you that the Essentials key will not be in the new license you are installing. Some ASA versions may require a reboot when installing new license key to ensure it is properly activated.
Proactive renewal notifications are not currently in place. As such, it is your responsibility to keep track of the expiration date. You will not be able to determine your AnyConnect license tier, authorized user count or expiration date from the 'show version' command of a head-end.
For renewals you do not do anything with the license key that will be emailed to you after that there is no requirement to re-install a different license key on the ASA at renewal time. Please speak with your Cisco authorized reseller or Cisco account team for assistance purchasing or renewing a license.
To simplify renewals, you should always use the banding SKUs going forward for both new purchases and renewals. You are not required to adopt AnyConnect 4. However, AnyConnect 3. The Plus or Apex licensing does not require you to upgrade your AnyConnect software at the same time. This message is what will be displayed when attempting to register a PAK which is not yet able to be registered. If more than 24 hours have passed since your license was eDelivered and you are still receiving this error, please open up a case with Cisco Global Licensing GLO.
Fall The phase out began January and completed as of August 31, These older licenses can no longer be purchased. Cisco offers 4-week Apex evaluation licenses that incorporate all Plus license functionality. Mobile versions of AnyConnect can be accesed via the Application store for the specific OS and can be trialed in conjunction with an evaluation license. As long as the license features you were emailed are correctly displayed, this message can be safely ignored.
Please say yes, write the key to memory and reboot the ASA to complete the license installation. The ASA will not be able to properly validate the features available in the key in some scenarios prior to rebooting. If the correct features are not displayed in your Cisco licensing email, please open up a case with Global Licensing GLO to resolve this prior to installing the key.
Please mail your question to anyconnect-pricing cisco. Once you supply the required information and your entitlement is validated, they will populate your license entitlement in your Smart account. If the link above does not function for you, you may also mail licensing cisco. After entering your PAK, click the Fulfill button. If you have just received your product activation key, please allow up to 4 hours for the key to be registered.
Please do not open a Licensing Case for this error message unless you have waited at least 24 hours after receiving your Product Activation Key.
The License team cannot assist you with license registration prior to the PAK becoming fully activated for use. If you currently share licenses inside of your organization under a Smart Account, select this account prior to clicking Next. This screen will tell you the specific license you are registering, the total number of authorized users you purchased Quantity and the License start and end dates. ASA X models have multiple serial numbers and it is important that you use the correct one or the key will not function.
If for some reason you have incorrectly entered the key, you can use the Sharing Process described below to share from the incorrect Serial Number to the correct one, but you will save a lot of time doing this correctly the first time. You will still need to link your Contract number to your Cisco. If you have more than one ASA and you want to register licenses to those devices up front, you can do so by clicking the Add Device button.
You can add additional ASAs later using the Share instructions below. You must now confirm your email address. Optionally you can choose additional individuals to receive the license key notification. After doing so, you must then select that you agree with the license terms and click Submit.
You will receive a pop-up with License Request Status information. Check your email for the license. If you do not receive the email promptly, please check your Spam folder. Below is a sample email with your initial license key. The key itself is in the Product Authorization Key section.
Once you receive your activation code via email, you will return back to this same page and choose the Use Activation Codes option. You will need to repeat this process for each additional ASA you wish to share with. If you have multiple product activation keys for different user counts, terms or tiers, we recommend registering all license first to the initial serial number as it will make the subsequent sharing process easier since you will be able to share all available licenses at once.
Note: This process must be done using the Cisco. If this employee is no longer with your company, you will need to open up a ticket with Cisco Global Licensing for further assistance. Choose the Contact Us option on the License Registration Portal for further instructions on opening a licensing support case.
You will need to select an ASA serial number that currently has the license you wish to share and the additional serial number. Below is a sample email you will receive with your Activation Code. If you do not receive this email promptly, check your Spam Folder. Select all licenses you wish to share with this additional serial number.
If not, you will need to start the sharing process again with the correct serial numbers. Confirm your email address and enter any additional email address for the license to be sent to. This model allows you to mix license tiers across a single environment, and it shifts licensing from Concurrent Connections to Unique Users.
AnyConnect Plus and Apex licenses are 12 to 60 month subscriptions, AnyConnect Plus licenses are also available as perpetual licenses. An active subscription or an active SWSS contract is required for all software access and technical support. The exact number of Plus or Apex licenses should be based on the total number of Unique Users that require the specific services associated with each license type.
Ordering information. A contract number will be generated for all subscription licenses as well as any perpetual license ordered with a support contract. If you have an existing contract number, you may request that the new licenses be added to that contract.
If a new contract number is generated, you will need to obtain this contract number from your Cisco authorized reseller or account team. Please follow the instructions in Section 6. If the contract is not linked you will not be able to download AnyConnect software or receive technical support. The quantity of users should be equal to the total number of Unique Users that will use AnyConnect services for each license tier. Please note that the minimum user license size is The term length will default to 36 months.
Subscriptions can be purchased for durations between 12 and 60 months. Please note that additional discounts are offered for subscriptions between 3 and 5 years. When using the ordering method above, you will be able to co-term licenses by selecting specific start or end dates. When purchasing licenses from a Cisco authorized reseller, your order may need to be based on the banding SKU for your particular duration and user count size.
Please see Section 4. This will result in the generation of multiple product activation keys, which should be registered to your Adaptive Security Appliances ASAs. Additional user licenses can be purchased at a later time.
They cannot be shared across multiple appliances, and they should be purchased based on the maximum number of Concurrent Connections you wish to support on a particular headend device. Please make sure that the purchased license does not exceed the physical headend capacity for the particular platform.
Term License:. Refer to Table 2 for specific banding SKUs. Banding SKUs may be required when ordering from a Cisco partner. Available for to month terms. The default is 36 months. Select the license quantity matching your Unique User count— minimum 25, no maximum. Perpetual License:. Perpetual license SWSS contract required for software access and support.
Table 2. Table 3. Refer to Table 4 for specific banding SKUs. Select the license quantity matching your Unique User count—minimum 25, no maximum. Table 4. VPN Only licenses are most applicable to environments wanting to use AnyConnect exclusively for remote access VPN services but with high or unpredictable total user counts.
These licenses do not coexist with Plus or Apex licensing or any retired AnyConnect licenses. Example shows sample output of the show activation-key command issued on a Cisco ASA X appliance. Notice that the count of Firewall Connections does not show up as a licensed feature; check the output of the show resource usage command for some of these platform capacities. However, this sample output contains several pieces of additional information: the serial number of the appliance and the remaining active time for each feature.
It also lists multiple activation keys that enable the given set of features on this particular device for the specified amount of time. These activation keys enable a straightforward mechanism for adding or removing licensed features on Cisco ASA devices. I would like to receive exclusive offers and hear about products from Cisco Press and its family of brands.
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