Vpn license and feature compatibility, Information about feature licenses – Cisco ASA 5505 User Manual

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Cisco ASA 5500 Series Configuration Guide using the CLI

Chapter 3 Managing Feature Licenses

Information About Feature Licenses

VPN License and Feature Compatibility

Table 3-16

shows how the VPN licenses and features can combine.

For a detailed list of the features supported by the AnyConnect Essentials license and AnyConnect
Premium license, see AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client Features, Licenses, and OSs:

Version 3.0:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/security/vpn_client/anyconnect/anyconnect30/feature/guide/any
connect30features.html

Version 2.5:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/security/vpn_client/anyconnect/anyconnect25/feature/guide/any
connect25features.html

Information About Feature Licenses

A license specifies the options that are enabled on a given ASA. It is represented by an activation key
that is a 160-bit (5 32-bit words or 20 bytes) value. This value encodes the serial number (an 11 character
string) and the enabled features.

This section includes the following topics:

Preinstalled License, page 3-21

Permanent License, page 3-21

Time-Based Licenses, page 3-21

Shared AnyConnect Premium Licenses, page 3-23

Failover Licenses (8.3(1) and Later), page 3-28

No Payload Encryption Models, page 3-30

Table 3-16

VPN License and Feature Compatibility

Supported with:

Enable one of the following licenses:

1

1.

You can only have one license type active, either the AnyConnect Essentials license or the AnyConnect Premium license. By
default, the ASA includes an AnyConnect Premium license for 2 sessions. If you install the AnyConnect Essentials license,
then it is used by default. See the no anyconnect-essentials command to enable the Premium license instead.

AnyConnect Essentials

AnyConnect Premium

AnyConnect for Cisco VPN Phone

No

Yes

AnyConnect for Mobile

2

2.

Mobile Posture support is different for the AnyConnect Essentials vs. the AnyConnect Premium license. See

Table 3-15 on

page 3-16

for details.

Yes

Yes

Advanced Endpoint Assessment

No

Yes

AnyConnect Premium Shared

No

Yes

Client-based SSL VPN

Yes

Yes

Browser-based (clientless) SSL VPN

No

Yes

IPsec VPN

Yes

Yes

VPN Load Balancing

Yes

Yes

Cisco Secure Desktop

No

Yes

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