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Chapter 11 Changing Feature Licenses and System Software
Upgrading Your License by Entering a New Activation Key
Upgrading Your License by Entering a New Activation Key
This section describes how to upgrade your PIX Firewall license and includes the following topics:
• Obtaining an Activation Key, page 11-2
• Entering a New Activation Key, page 11-2
• Troubleshooting the License Upgrade, page 11-4
Obtaining an Activation Key
To obtain an activation key, you will need a Product Authorization Key, which you can purchase from
your Cisco account representative. After obtaining the Product Authorization Key, register it on the Web
to obtain an activation key by performing the following steps:
Step 1 Connect a web browser to one of the following websites (the URLs are case-sensitive):
Use the following website if you are a registered user of Cisco Connection Online:
https://tools.cisco.com/SWIFT/Licensing/PrivateRegistrationServlet
Use the following website if you are not a registered user of Cisco Connection Online:
https://tools.cisco.com/SWIFT/Licensing/RegistrationServlet
Step 2 Obtain the serial number for your PIX Firewall by entering the following command:
show version
Step 3 Enter the following information, when prompted:
• Your Product Authorization Key
• The serial number for your PIX Firewall.
• Your email address.
The activation key will be automatically generated and sent to the email address that you provide.
Entering a New Activation Key
PIX Firewall Version 6.2 or higher provides a method of upgrading or changing the license for your
PIX
Firewall remotely without entering monitor mode and without replacing the software image. With
this feature, you can enter a new activation key for a different PIX
Firewall license from the
command-line interface (CLI).
Before entering the activation key, ensure that the image in Flash memory and the running image are the
same. You can do this by rebooting the PIX
Firewall before entering the new activation key.
Note You must reboot the PIX Firewall after entering the new activation key for the change to take effect in
the running image.
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