Contents
Introduction
Question
CLI
GUI
Expected outputs
Successful submission
Unsuccessful submission
Introduction
This document describes the process on how to install feature keys on Cisco
Contributed by Handy Putra, Cisco TAC Engineer.
Question
How to install feature keys on a Cisco ESA, WSA and SMA
Feature Keys are sent from Cisco through email to your nominated address. The email is sent
from "[email protected]" with an attachment that contains the feature keys for install.
Sample feature keys in the attachment below:
To install the feature keys on the appliance via the Command Line Interface (CLI) or the Graphical
User Interface (GUI). Please see the process below:
CLI
CLI> featurekey
Enter feature key, or press Enter to go to the main prompt.
[]> <feature key - from the example above copy and paste the "key" section>
GUI
1. Under System Administration ---> Feature Keys in the 'Feature Activation' section, enter
the feature key into the 'Feature Key' field.
2. Click 'Submit key'.
Below is the screenshot from the GUI for the above instructions:
Expected outputs
Successful submission
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When key submission is successful, a License Agreement page will appear and require to
'Accept' the agreement.
Once accepted, should receive a message similar to below:
Unsuccessful submission
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When key submission is not successful, an error message will be generated.
The error message will vary depend on the reason of the failure (for example: feature key is
malformed, feature key has already been used on host).
Below is one of the example:
Recommend to contact Licensing team at [email protected] or lodge a Support Case from
www.cisco.com to get further assistance.