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This chapter addresses Cisco AVC licensing and includes the following topic(s):
•Licensing and Feature Activation
Activating full Cisco AVC functionality on supported platforms may require additional feature licensing and activation. See AVC Supported Platforms for information about supported platforms.
Feature activation is accomplished differently for different platforms. See the following sections for details:
•AVC Licensing for Cisco ASR 1000 Series Routers
•AVC Licensing for Cisco ISR 4400 Series
•AVC Licensing for Cisco CSR 1000V
The AES, AIS, AppX, or Premium license (dependent on platform) adds advanced AVC functionality, as summarized in Table 3-1.
Table 3-1 AVC Feature Licensing
|
|
|
---|---|---|
NBAR1 Protocol Pack |
Standard |
Advanced |
NBAR custom protocols |
Not available |
Available |
NBAR customization of application protocol attributes |
Not available |
Available |
NBAR HTTP field extraction |
Not available |
Available |
NBAR IPv6 tunneling |
Not available |
Available |
WAAS2 |
Not available |
Available |
1 NBAR = Cisco Network Based Application Recognition 2 WAAS = Cisco Wide Area Application Services |
Table 3-2 describes the IOS XE image and the license required to activate full AVC functionality for supported models.
Table 3-2 Image/License Required for AVC Functionality
1 AES = Advanced Enterprise Services 2 AIS = Advanced IP Services |
See Table 3-2 for information about the IOS XE image and the license required to activate full AVC functionality.
For additional information about purchasing and installing the AES or AIS license for Cisco ASR 1000 series routers, see:
•Software Activation Configuration Guide, Cisco IOS XE Release 3S
•Cisco ASR 1000 Series Aggregation Services Routers Ordering Guide
Cisco ASR 1001 and Cisco ASR 1002-X routers support temporary 90-day activation of AES or AIS features, for evaluation, before obtaining a full license, using the license boot level
CLI command. Activating either of these feature sets provides full AVC functionality.
Note Cisco ASR 1000 series models other than Cisco ASR 1001 and Cisco ASR 1002-X do not support temporary license activation.
Activation
To temporarily activate AES or AIS features, load the AES or AIS image and reboot the router. Execute the following from the console (using adventerprise
for the AES image or advipservices
for the AIS image):
conf t
license boot level [adventerprise | advipservices]
end
reboot
Deactivation
To deactivate the AES/AIS license features, load the IPbase image and reboot the router. Execute the following from the console:
conf t
license boot level ipbase
end
reboot
To enable AVC functionality on the Cisco ISR 4400 platform, activate the "Application Experience" (AppX) license.
For information about purchasing and installing the AppX license, see:
Cisco Software Activation on Integrated Services Routers
The Cisco ISR 4400 supports a universal IOS XE software image that includes all IOS XE functionality. You can purchase new software capabilities at any time for a deployed router. With the purchase, you receive a Product Activation Key (PAK). To activate the purchased functionality, you enter the PAK into the Software Activation License (SAL), which is preinstalled on the device.
The software activation licensing system simplifies IOS XE software deployment. The IOS software image remains unchanged, regardless of which functionality has been activated, and only one archive image must be maintained per device.
The Cisco ISR 4400 supports temporary 90-day activation of AppX features, for evaluation, before obtaining a full license, using the license boot level
CLI command. Activating AppX features provides full AVC functionality.
Activation
To temporarily AppX features, load the AppX package and reboot the router. Execute the following from the console:
conf t
license boot level appxk9
end
reboot
Deactivation
To deactivate the AppX features, unload the AppX package and reboot the router. Execute the following from the console:
conf t
no license boot level appxk9
end
reboot
Cisco CSR 1000V Cloud Services Routers are provided with a Universal image. Use a Premium license to enable full AVC functionality.
Cisco CSR 1000V Cloud Services Routers support temporary 90-day activation of Premium license features, for evaluation, before obtaining a full license, using the license boot level
CLI command. Activating Premium features provides full AVC functionality.
Activation
To temporarily activate Premium features, execute the following from the console:
conf t
license boot level premium
end
reboot
Deactivation
To deactivate the Premium features, reboot the router and execute one of the following from the console:
Option 1:
conf t
license boot level standard
end
reboot
Option 2:
conf t
license boot level advanced
end
reboot
For information about images and licenses for the Cisco CSR 1000V, see: