Cisco Systems ASA 5500 manual Command, Purpose, replacing the activation-4-tuple-key

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Chapter A Obtaining a DES License or a 3DES-AES License

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# configure

Enters global configuration mode.

 

terminal

 

Step 3

 

 

hostname(config)#

Updates the encryption activation key by

 

activation-key

replacing the activation-4-tuple-key

 

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. The “0x” is optional; all values

 

 

are assumed to be hexadecimal.

Step 4

 

 

hostname(config)# exit

Exits global configuration mode.

Step 5

 

 

hostname# copy

Saves the configuration.

 

running-config

 

 

startup-config

 

Step 6

 

 

hostname# reload

Reboots the adaptive security appliance and

 

 

reloads the configuration.

 

 

 

 

Cisco ASA 5500 Series Adaptive Security Appliance Getting Started Guide

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