Thank you very much roger for the clarification Regards Anantha Subramanian Natarajan
On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 2:49 PM, Roger Cheeks <[email protected]>wrote: > A temp license as I understand it has a countdown timer on it. So for > example if your standby unit has a temp license the countdown timer will > start if/when this firewall becomes the active unit. Unfortunately I was > lead to believe this timer will not stop once started. It counts down to > zero at which time the firewall needs to have a permanent license applied. > This > information was communicated to me from sales engineers, so you should > verify this with your Cisco rep or through TAC. > > Best of luck, > Roger > > On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 3:03 PM, Anantha Subramanian Natarajan < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi All, >> >> I was going through the ASA 8.0 DOC CD chapter 3(Managing Feature >> Licenses),Am trying to understand the highlighted portion of the below >> stanza >> >> >> * >> >> Failover and Temporary Licenses >> *With failover, identical licenses are required. For failover purposes, >> temporary and permanent licenses appear to be identical, *so you can have >> a permanent license on one unit and a temporary license on the other unit. >> * This functionality is useful in an emergency situation; for example, if >> one of your units fails, and you have an extra unit, you can install the >> extra unit while the other one is repaired. If you do not normally use the >> extra unit for SSL VPN, then a VPN Flex license is a perfect solution while >> the other unit is being repaired. Because the temporary license continues to >> count down for as long as it is activated on a failover unit, we do not >> recommend using a temporary license in a permanent failover installation; >> when the temporary license expires, failover will no longer work. >> So what is meant by having a permanent license on one unit and temporary >> license on the other unit. >> >> Thanks for the great help >> >> Regards >> Anantha Subramanian Natarajan >> >> _______________________________________________ >> For more information regarding industry leading CCIE Lab training, please >> visit www.ipexpert.com >> >> >
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