ASA 5505,5510 Base Vs Security Plus License
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| CISCO ASA 5505 | CISCO ASA 5510 |
The two smallest ASA Firewall models, the 5505 and the 5510, are the only ones that have two types of licenses. They can be ordered either with a Base License or a Security Plus License. Many customers of mine are always asking me what the difference is between the two licenses (except from the price of course), so I thought it would be useful to summarize below the differences between the two license types:
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Cisco ASA 5505 |
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Base License |
Security Plus License |
| 10,000 Maximum Firewall Connections | 25,000 Maximum Firewall Connections |
| 10 Maximum VPN Sessions (site-to-site and remote access) | 25 Maximum VPN Sessions (site-to-site and remote access) |
| 3 Maximum VLANs (Trunking Disabled)(2 regular zones and 1 restricted zone that can only communicate with 1 other zone) | 20 Maximum VLANs (Trunking enabled)(No restrictions of traffic flow between zones) |
| No High Availability (failover) supported | Supports Stateless Active/Standby failover |
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Cisco ASA 5510 |
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Base License |
Security Plus License |
| 50,000 Maximum Firewall Connections | 130,000 Maximum Firewall Connections |
| 5×10/100Integrated Network Interfaces | 2×10/100/1000 and3×10/100
Integrated Network Interfaces |
| 50 Maximum VLANs | 100 Maximum VLANs |
| No High Availability (failover) supported | Supports Active/Active andActive/Standby failover |
| No Security Contexts (Virtual Firewalls) | Supports 2 Virtual Firewalls (included) and 5 maximum. |
| No Support for VPN Clustering and VPN Load Balancing | Supports VPN Clustering and VPN Load Balancing |
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Hi,
a 5510 with base license was already purchased, can i purchase a license and upgrade it to Sec Plus?
Joseph,
Yes absolutely. When you purchase the new license, Cisco will send you a new license code which you can configure it in the ASA 5510 (with command line configuration) and it will enable you all Sec Plus features.
Hi,
Does the 5510 Security Plus have the same capabilities as the 5520 VPN Plus?
How can I compare it?
Thanks a lot!
The security plus for 5510 and the VPN plus license are two different things. The VPN plus license on 5520 is to double the VPN capacity of the box to support up to 750 concurrent VPN connections
does base license support site-to-site vpn ? or vpn client only ?
Site to site vpn is supported too (maximum 10 site to site vpn tunnels)