About Licenses
Licenses are available in all switches in the Cisco MDS 9000 Family. Licensing allows you to access specified premium features on the switch after you install the appropriate license for that feature.
Any feature not included in a license package is bundled with the Cisco MDS 9000 Family switches and is provided at no extra charge to you.
The licensing model defined for the Cisco MDS product line has two options:
- Feature-based licenses allow features that are applicable to the entire switch. The cost varies based on a per-switch usage.
- Module-based licenses allow features that require additional hardware modules. The cost varies based on a per-module usage. An example is the IPS-8 or IPS-4 module using the FCIP feature.
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