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Licensing 
Table 4 lists the part numbers that are needed when ordering virtual firewall (security context) 
licenses. To be able to order any of these license tiers, you must be running FWSM Software 
2.2(1) or higher. No changes in hardware are required when upgrading from FWSM Software 1.1 
to versions 2.2, 2.3 and 3.1, 3.2 
Table 4.  Context License Part Numbers 
Part Number  Description 
FR-SVC-FWM-VC-T1  20 virtual firewall licenses for Cisco FWSM Software 2.2 or above 
FR-SVC-FWM-VC-T2  50 virtual firewall licenses for Cisco FWSM Software 2.2 or above 
FR-SVC-FWM-VC-T3  100 virtual firewall licenses for Cisco FWSM Software 2.2 or above 
FR-SVC-FWM-VC-T4  250 virtual firewall licenses for Cisco FWSM Software 3.1 or above 
FR-SVC-FWM-UPGR1  Upgrade from 20 to 50 virtual firewalls for Cisco FWSM Software 2.2 or above 
FR-SVC-FWM-UPGR2  Upgrade from 50 to 100 virtual firewalls for Cisco FWSM Software 2.2 or above 
FR-SVC-FWM-UPGR3  Upgrade from 100 to 250 virtual firewalls for Cisco FWSM Software 3.1, 3.2 
Table 5.  GTP/GPRS Mobile Wireless Inspection Licenses 
Part Number  Description 
FR-SVC-FWM-GTP  GTP Protocol Inspection Engine license for Cisco FWSM Software 3.1, 3.2 
Table 6.  System Requirements 
Support for FWSM 3.1, 3.2 
  Supervisor Engines
1
Cisco IOS 
12.2(18)SXF and higher  720, 32 
12.2(18)SXF2 and higher  2, 720, 32  
Catalyst OS
2
8.5(3) and higher  2, 720, 32  
Support for FWSM 2.3 and 2.3 
  FWSM Features: 
  Supervisor Engines
3
  Multiple SVIs  Transparent 
Firewall with 
Failover  
Cisco IOS 
12.1(13)E  2  No  No 
12.1(19)E  2  Yes  No 
12.1(22)E and higher  2  Yes  Yes 
12.2(14)SY and higher  2  Yes  No 
12.2(14)SX and higher  2, 720  No  No 
12.2(17a)SX3  2, 720  Yes  Yes 
1
 The FWSM does not support the supervisor 1 or 1A. FWSM supports Supervisor Engine 2 with Multilayer 
Switch Feature Card 2 (MSFC2), Supervisor 32 or Supervisor 720. 
2
 Supports multiple switched VLAN interfaces (SVIs) between the Multilayer Switch Feature Card (MSFC) 
and FWSM. An SVI is a VLAN interface that is routed on the MSFC. 
3
 Supports transparent firewall mode when you use failover. Failover requires BPDU forwarding to the 
FWSM. Other releases that do not support BPDU forwarding only support transparent mode without failover. 
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