IronPort - daily management guide - AsyncOS 7.6.1

Working with User Accounts
Feature Key Settings
Expired Feature Keys
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Chapter 8 Common Administrative Tasks
The Feature Key Settings page is used to control whether your appliance checks for and downloads new
feature keys, and whether or not those keys are automatically activated.
Figure 8-8 The Feature Key Settings Page
Figure 8-9 The Feature Keys Page
To add a new feature key manually, paste or type the key into the Feature Key field and click Submit
Key. An error message is displayed if the feature is not added (if the key is incorrect, etc.), otherwise the
feature key is added to the display.
To activate a new feature key from the Pending Activation list, select the key (mark the “Select”
checkbox) and click Activate Selected Keys.
You can configure your Cisco IronPort appliance to automatically download and install new keys as they
are issued. In this case, the Pending Activation list will always be empty. You can tell AsyncOS to look
for new keys at any time by clicking the Check for New Keys button, even if you have disabled the
automatic checking via the Feature Key Settings page.
If the feature key for the feature you are trying to access (via the GUI) has expired, please contact your
Cisco IronPort representative or support organization.
Working with User Accounts
The Cisco IronPort appliance provides two methods for adding user accounts: creating user accounts on
the Cisco IronPort appliances itself, and enabling user authentication using your own centralized
authentication system, which can be either an LDAP or RADIUS directory. You can manage users and
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