Q. Which licenses are required for Network Access Manager?

A. Network Access Manager features need a Plus or Apex license per authorized/unique user.

Q. How can I order Cisco AnyConnect Plus or Apex licenses with other headends or services?

A. Cisco AnyConnect Plus or Apex license(s) must be ordered apart from any other headend or services outside of the ASA device.

Q. Can the Cisco AnyConnect Network Visibility Module be ordered as a standalone?

A. No. The Cisco Network Visibility Module is only obtainable in the Cisco AnyConnect Apex licenses. The Network Visibility modules employ AnyConnect’s dependable network discovery feature in the VPN module but exclusive of this ability, it can work without other Cisco AnyConnect modules.

Q. Is it possible to mix and match Cisco AnyConnect Plus and Apex or is it just one or the other? And do Plus and Apex eliminate the requirement for Shared and Flex licenses?

A. Yes. Cisco AnyConnect Plus and Apex licenses are able to be mixed within one deployment. Cisco AnyConnect Plus and Apex both give identical cross deployment features as the obsolete Shared licenses. Cisco AnyConnect Plus and Apex are licensed based on the total number of users for the particular Cisco AnyConnect service being utilized so that no matter how frequently they connect or how many devices they utilize, the new Cisco AnyConnect Plus and Apex licenses eliminate the requirement for Flex (Business continuity) licenses.

Q. Is it possible to mix and match Cisco AnyConnect Plus, VPN or VPN Only licenses with previous Essentials or Premium licenses?

A. No. Obsolete Essentials or Premium licenses cannot co-exist on the same hardware as the newer Plus, Apex or VPN Only licenses. Also, VPN Only licenses cannot co-exist on the same hardware with Plus or Apex licenses.

Q. Does ASAv provide support for remote access using AnyConnect Plus and Apex licenses?

A. Yes. However, ASAv, which uses Cisco Smart Licensing, does not need a Cisco AnyConnect license to be physically applied to the platform. The identical licenses must still be bought and you have to still link the Contract number to your Cisco.com ID for Software Center access and TAC support.

Q. Which licenses are required for an AnyConnect VPN connection with a Cisco IP phone?

A. Cisco AnyConnect Plus (or Apex). Hitherto Phone VPN needed a Premium license AND a Phone VPN license. This is for VPN Phones and NOT UC Proxies. UC Proxy licenses are not associated with AnyConnect licenses.

Q. Why does a part increase 99999 times when buying an AnyConnect Plus perpetual or non-banding AnyConnect Plus or Apex license?

A. This is standard. These parts increase to enable you to register your Cisco AnyConnect Plus or Apex license to all your ASA serial numbers. The expansion SKU is not applicable to the new banding-based Plus (L-AC-PLS-LIC=) or Apex (L-AC-APX-LIC=) SKUs or the VPN Only SKUs (L-AC-VPNO-xxxx=).  You can check the Cisco AnyConnect Ordering guide for details on license registration per SKU type.

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