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Obtaining a 3DES/AES License

Obtaining a 3DES/AES License

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The Cisco ASA 5580 comes with a DES license that provides encryption. You can obtain a 3DES/AES license that provides encryption technology to enable specific features, such as secure remote management (SSH, ASDM, and so on), site-to-site VPN, and remote access VPN. You need an encryption license key to enable this license.

If you are a registered user of Cisco.com and would like to obtain a 3DES/AES encryption license, go to the following website:

http://www.cisco.com/go/license

If you are not a registered user of Cisco.com, go to the following website:

https://tools.cisco.com/SWIFT/Licensing/RegistrationServlet

Provide your name, e-mail address, and the serial number for the adaptive security appliance as it appears in the show version command output.

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Note You will receive the new activation key for your adaptive security appliance within two hours of requesting the license upgrade.

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For more information on activation key examples or upgrading software, see the Cisco ASA 5500 Series Configuration Guide using the CLI.

To use the activation key, perform the following steps:

	Command	Purpose
Step 1	hostname# show version	Shows the software release, hardware configuration, license key, and related uptime data.
Step 2	hostname# activation-key activation-5-tuple-key	Updates the encryption activation key by replacing the activation-5-tuple-key variable with the activation key obtained with your new license. The activation-5-tuple-key variable is a five-element hexadecimal string with one space between each element. An example is 0xe02888da 0x4ba7bed6 0xf1c123ae 0xffd8624e 0x1234abcd. The "0x" is optional; all values are assumed to be hexadecimal. Note You only need to reload the configuration when you downgrade licensed features.