[c-nsp] FWSM activation kaey

[Ahmad Al-Dosari]

Cisco has changed the way they sell their FWSM... Nowadays if you buy an
FWSM with no special futures it will show the same output below (it will say
invalid activation key). I have several of them and all are working fine.

HTH.


On 1/10/07, Tassos Chatzithomaoglou <achatz at forthnet.gr> wrote:
>
> In the following FWSM module i haven't used any activation key and i'm
> getting "The Running Activation Key is not valid".
> So, do i need an activation key and why?
>
> ============================================================
> fwsm# sh activation-key
> Serial Number:  xxxxxx
> Running Activation Key: 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000
> The Running Activation Key is not valid, using default settings:
>
> Licensed features for this platform:
> Maximum Interfaces          : 300
> Inside Hosts                : Unlimited
> Failover                    : Active/Active
> VPN-DES                     : Enabled
> VPN-3DES-AES                : Enabled
> Cut-through Proxy           : Enabled
> Guards                      : Enabled
> URL Filtering               : Enabled
> Security Contexts           : 2
> GTP/GPRS                    : Disabled
> VPN Peers                   : Unlimited
>
> The flash activation key is the SAME as the running key.
> ============================================================
>
>
> I know that if i want more Security Contexts than the default 2+1, then i
> need to buy the appropriate license (20,50,100,250), but
> does it have any relationship with the activation key?
>
>
> --
> Tassos
>
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