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Chapter 1 Managing Feature Licenses
Feature History for Licensing
AnyConnect Premium SSL VPN Edition license
changed to AnyConnect Premium SSL VPN
license
8.3(1) The AnyConnect Premium SSL VPN Edition license name
was changed to the AnyConnect Premium SSL VPN
license.
No Payload Encryption image for export 8.3(2) If you install the No Payload Encryption software on the
ASA 5505 through 5550, then you disable Unified
Communications, strong encryption VPN, and strong
encryption management protocols.
Note This special image is only supported in 8.3(x); for
No Payload Encryption support in 8.4(1) and later,
you need to purchase a special hardware version of
the ASA.
Increased contexts for the ASA 5550, 5580, and
5585-X
8.4(1) For the ASA 5550 and ASA 5585-X with SSP-10, the
maximum contexts was increased from 50 to 100. For the
ASA 5580 and 5585-X with SSP-20 and higher, the
maximum was increased from 50 to 250.
Increased VLANs for the ASA 5580 and
5585-X
8.4(1) For the ASA 5580 and 5585-X, the maximum VLANs was
increased from 250 to 1024.
Increased connections for the ASA 5580 and
5585-X
8.4(1) We increased the firewall connection limits:
• ASA 5580-20—1,000,000 to 2,000,000.
• ASA 5580-40—2,000,000 to 4,000,000.
• ASA 5585-X with SSP-10: 750,000 to 1,000,000.
• ASA 5585-X with SSP-20: 1,000,000 to 2,000,000.
• ASA 5585-X with SSP-40: 2,000,000 to 4,000,000.
• ASA 5585-X with SSP-60: 2,000,000 to 10,000,000.
AnyConnect Premium SSL VPN license
changed to AnyConnect Premium license
8.4(1) The AnyConnect Premium SSL VPN license name was
changed to the AnyConnect Premium license. The license
information display was changed from “SSL VPN Peers” to
“AnyConnect Premium Peers.”
Increased AnyConnect VPN sessions for the
ASA 5580
8.4(1) The AnyConnect VPN session limit was increased from
5,000 to 10,000.
Increased Other VPN sessions for the ASA
5580
8.4(1) The other VPN session limit was increased from 5,000 to
10,000.
IPsec remote access VPN using IKEv2 8.4(1) IPsec remote access VPN using IKEv2 was added to the
AnyConnect Essentials and AnyConnect Premium licenses.
IKEv2 site-to-site sessions were added to the Other VPN
license (formerly IPsec VPN). The Other VPN license is
included in the Base license.
No Payload Encryption hardware for export 8.4(1) For models available with No Payload Encryption (for
example, the ASA 5585-X), the ASA software disables
Unified Communications and VPN features, making the
ASA available for export to certain countries.
Table 1-20 Feature History for Licensing (continued)
Feature Name
Platform
Releases Feature Information