Hi
I'd appreciate it if someone could answer this for me:
Do I need to reboot my ASA 5505 to upgrade from one license to another?
ASA5505-BUN-K9 ASA5505-50-BUN-K9 ASA5505-UL-BUN-K9 ASA5505-SEC-BUN-K9
I believe this is done by using this command: activation-key [activation-key-four-tuple| activation-key-five-tuple]
Are these licenses tied to the ASA's serial number or can I pre- purchase a license and use it on a device when I need it?
Thank you
I've always rebooted the ASA/PIXs for something major like that, I would plan for it, and not expect it to suddenly start working. Even rebooting after some other not-so-major changes has usually been a good plan for me, rebooting them always seems to clear out wonkyness.
When you buy the license you get a piece of paper with your PAK on it. You would go register your PAK at the Cisco license website with your ASA's serial #, and get back your activation-key tied to that box at that time.
I would also normally reboot, do you specifically know if the new features show up immediately after running the 'activation-key' command and then doing either a 'show ver' / 'show local-host' / 'show vpn-sessiondb summary' command depending on the feature? This might sound like nit-picking but it could mean the difference between downtime for my customer or not.
Thank you, the PAK and serial number combination get the activation- key clears up one thing for me.
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