Licensing solutions for Cisco 8000 Series Routers

Cisco 8000 Series Routers support multiple software licensing models designed to meet varying operational, deployment, and security requirements.

The available licensing solutions are:

  • Smart Licensing: A flexible and convenient cloud-based software licensing model that simplifies the management of software licenses across your organization. It automatically creates a pool of licenses or entitlements for use throughout the organization. With Smart Licensing, you only pay for the features you currently need, with the option to upgrade as necessary, ensuring the security of your investment. For more information, see Smart Licensing.
  • Smart Licensing Using Policy: An enhanced version of Smart Licensing that enables immediate use of devices right out of the box. This licensing solution streamlines the process, making it easier to manage your licenses. For more information, see Smart Licensing Using Policy.
  • Specific License Reservation: A solution specifically designed for classified environments where electronic communication is restricted. In such environments, routers are unable to communicate directly with the Cisco Smart Software Manager (CSSM) or through SSM On-Prem. SLR enables the use of all entitlements on the router without the need for communication with Cisco. For more information, see Activate SLR licenses for air-gapped deployments.

Comparison of licensing solutions

This table summarizes and contrasts the key attributes, supported deployments, communication modes, and reporting features of Cisco’s main licensing solutions. Use this guide to quickly determine which licensing method best meets your network requirements.

Available Licensing Solutions

License Attributes

Smart Licensing Using Policy

Smart Licensing

Specific License Reservation

Activation of licenses

Creates a trust relationship with CSSM

Registers with CSSM

Generates code from the device to reserve licenses in CSSM

Supported deployments
  • SSM On-Prem or CSLU deployment
  • Direct deployments
  • Offline deployment
  • SSM On-Prem deployment
  • Direct deployment
  • Offline deployment

Offline deployment for air-gapped environments

License communication transport mode
  • On-Premises Deployments: cslu transport (default)
  • Direct Deployments: Call Home, Smart Transport (recommended)
  • Offline Deployments: off
  • On-Premises Deployments: Call Home
  • Direct Deployments: Call Home, Smart Transport
  • Offline Deployments: off

Not applicable for SLR

License reporting

Generates RUM reports from the device and synchronizes with CSSM

Generates Product Instance reports from CSSM or SSM On-Prem

Not applicable for SLR

Models supported

Flexible Consumption Model 1, Flexible Consumption Model 2

Flexible Consumption Model 1

Not applicable
 Note

Starting with Release 25.3.1, IOS XR software no longer supports Call Home transport mode. Configure CSLU or Smart Transport mode to ensure seamless operation of the licensing solution.

Flexible Consumption Models

A Flexible Consumption Model (FCM) is a licensing framework that

  • allows organizations to tailor their software expenditures to actual, real-time usage requirements
  • provides easy scalability based on changing business needs, and
  • enables financial flexibility through subscription or usage-based payment structures.

Features of FCM

  • Pay-as-you-grow: Enables you to lower initial costs and add more capacity over time.
  • Simplify operations: FCM delivers the carrier-class IOS-XR software feature set with two software suites, Essentials and Advantage, that simplify license management.
  • Utilize capital efficiently: License pooling enables an efficient way to share licenses across the network.
  • Protect investment: Software portability provides investment protection by enabling porting of licenses to next-generation hardware.For more information, see Cisco IOS XR Software Flexible Consumption Model Data Sheet.

Enabling FCM

FCM is enabled by default on the Cisco 8000 Series routers.

Compliance requirements for FCM

Smart Licensing and Smart Licensing Using Policy solutions facilitate FCM by providing a centralized way to manage licenses with ease.

FCM lets you pay only for the software you use and quickly adjust subscriptions as your business grows or changes. These models typically require a low initial investment and support rapid increases in license consumption as needed. FCM requires specific actions and reporting by network devices to maintain compliance.

  • Smart Licensing requirements: Devices must be registered to Smart Licensing and actively report usage to be considered compliant.
  • Smart Licensing Using Policy requirements: Devices must have trust enablement and generate the first license usage report within 90 days.
  • License usage reports: License usage is checked daily and reported to the Smart Licensing Manager at Cisco.com

In summary, FCM allows software costs to align with actual usage, while Smart Licensing or Smart Licensing Using Policy streamline the license management process.

Types of FCM

Cisco 8000 Series routers support 2 types of FCM. These models help customers optimize costs and efficiently scale network resources.

  • FCM 1: Provides flexible billing and is suitable for standard enterprise and data center deployments.
  • FCM 2: Pay-as-You-Grow licensing model that gives you the capability and flexibility to purchase software capacity as and when needed.

Comparison of FCM models and license suites

Cisco 8000 Series routers support two models of FCM licensing - FCM 1 and FCM 2. Each model offers distinct licensing suites to help organizations optimize costs and scale their networks efficiently.

FCM models comparison

Attributes

FCM 1

FCM 2

Model description

Provides flexible billing and is suitable for standard enterprise and data center deployments.

Pay-as-You-Grow licensing model that gives you the capability and flexibility to purchase software capacity as and when needed.

License suites

Essentials, Advantage

Essentials, Advantage, Premier

License structure

Hierarchical - higher tier includes lower

Hierarchical - higher tier includes lower

Premier suite

Not available

Available

Components of FCM licensing

Both FCM 1 and FCM 2 comprise of these components:

  1. The hardware.
  2. The perpetual software component, known as Right To Use (RTU), which provides indefinite software licensing.
  3. The recurring software component, known as Software Innovation Access (SIA), which allows continuous software upgrades, license pooling, and faster access to new features for the subscription term.

For FCM 1, some product families may include, optional, a-la-carte software perpetual licenses for specialized platform-specific features.

Components of FCM 1
Flexible Consumption Model
Components of FCM 2
Flexible Consumption Model 2

License suite tiers

Both FCM models follows a hierarchical structure where each higher-tier license encompasses the features and capabilities of the lower tiers.

  • Essentials suite: The foundational tier, offering basic features and capabilities. The Essentials license suite serves fundamental transport needs. It includes the IOS XR comprehensive suite of routing and management services.
  • Advantage suite: This tier includes everything in the Essentials tier, plus additional advanced features. The Advantage license suite enhances applications and network resilience. It includes all features of Essentials Software licenses with extra advanced routing and management services.
  • Premier suite (FCM 2 only): The highest tier, which includes all features from both the Essentials and Advantage tiers, along with the most comprehensive set of functionalities. The Premier suite offers scalability for larger networks. It includes all features of Advantage Software licenses for highly advanced features.

Each license suite is nested, meaning Premier includes Advantage and Essentials, while Advantage includes Essentials.

All license suites use a nested structure, wherein each higher-tier suite includes the features and capabilities of the tiers below it.

FCM models and license suites

Cisco 8000 Series Routers and line cards support FCM Model 1 and FCM Model 2. The table shows the hardware, FCM model, and the available license suites.

Cisco 8000 Series FCM Model and License Suites

When your router is...

 The supported FCM is...

And the available licenses are...

Cisco 8100 Series

Cisco 8200 Series

Cisco 8400 Series

Cisco 8800 Series

FCM1

Essential licenses that are necessary for every active port for operation.

Example: ESS-CA-400G-RTU-2

Advantages without Essential licenses (earlier known as Advanced licenses) are Advantage licenses without the Essential licenses.

Example: ADV-CA-400G-RTU-2

Advantages with Essential licenses are a combination of both Essential and Advantage licenses with a single PID.

Example: ADN-CA-100G-SIA-3

Cisco 8608 Series

Cisco 8700 Series

Cisco 8200 Series and Cisco 8800 Series with P100-based ASIC

FCM 2

Essential Licenses that are necessary for every active port for operation.

Example: ESS-CA-400G-RTU-2

Advantages without Essential Licenses (earlier known as Advanced licenses) are Advantage licenses without the Essential licenses.

Example: ADV-CA-400G-RTU-2

Advantages with Essential licenses are a combination of both Essential and Advantage licenses with a single PID.

Example: ADN-CA-100G-SIA-3

Premier Licenses are additional licenses required on top of Advantage licenses for high scale services.

Example: PRM-8KE-100G-RTU

RTU licenses

Right-to-Use (RTU) licenses are software licenses that

  • allows organizations to incrementally scale the functionality of their devices, and
  • enables customers to pay for only what they use, especially when enabling features like advanced networking, higher bandwidth, or optical interfaces.

These are the various kinds of RTU licenses:

  • Essential licenses: These are the base licenses that are required by every active port for its operation. For example, An example of Essential license is ESS-CA-400G-RTU-2.
  • Advantage (earlier known as Advanced licenses) without essential licenses: These licenses are required on top of Essential Licenses for ports that use advanced features like L3VPN. An example of an Advantage license is ADV-CA-400G-RTU-2.
  • Advantage with essential combination licenses: These licenses are packaged together as a combined entitlement. Example of an Advantage license with essentials is ESS-ADN-CA-100G-RTU.
  • Tracking licenses: These licenses are required for hardware operation. An example of a Tracking license is 8201-TRK.
  • Premier licenses: These additional licenses are required on top of Advantage licenses for large-scale VPN services. An example of a Premier license is PRM-8KE-100G-RTU.

SIA licenses

A Software Innovation Access (SIA) license is an FCM license that

  • provides access to your network's latest software upgrades and features
  • enables the consumption of Right-to-Use (RTU) licenses on for your devices , and
  • ensures continuous software innovation and device support throughout the subscription period.

Benefits of SIA licenses

  • Access to software innovation: Provides access to continuous software upgrades which contain latest features, security enhancements, and bug fixes for all your devices at a network level.
  • Pooling of licenses: Allows RTU licenses to be shared across your FCM network from a common license pool through the virtual account.
  • Protects your investment: Supports transfer of perpetual RTU licenses purchased for your current device to a next-generation router when you expand or upgrade your network.

Types of SIA licenses

The types of SIA licenses are

  • Essential SIA license
  • Advantage SIA license
  • Premier SIA license

SIA license term

The initial term of a SIA subscription is for a term of three years. You can renew the subscription by contacting your Cisco account representative. An equal number of SIA licenses and corresponding RTU licenses are required to enjoy the benefits, and ensure that your network is in compliance.

If your device is in a state of SIA Out-of-Compliance (OOC) the benefits cease.

Guidelines and restrictions for SIA entitlement compliance

SIA entitlement compliance determines whether software upgrades are permitted for devices managed by FCM. Devices must remain in the In-Compliance state to allow software upgrades. Out-of-Compliance (OOC) devices face upgrade restrictions until compliance is restored.

  • The table shows the SIA compliance factors and its states.
    SIA compliance and SIA states

    Compliance

    SIA In-Compliance State

    SIA Out-of-Compliance State

    License Usage Consumption

    The device consumes fewer licenses than purchased.

    The number of SIA licenses consumed exceeds the number of SIA licenses purchased. OOC can also occur when the RTU licenses consumed is higher than the number of SIA licenses purchased.

    Reporting

    The device reports regularly.

    The term of the SIA license expires and you haven’t renewed the subscription.

    Grace Period

    NA

    The SIA license grace period of 90 days expires.

    License Authorization Status

    NA

    License Authorization Status is:

    • Not Authorized: The license authorization code doesn’t contain sufficient counts for the request. This can occur when you attempt to use more licenses than the licenses available in your Virtual Account.
    • Authorization Expired: The device hasn’t been able to connect to CSSM for an extended period, due to which the authorization status couldn’t be verified.
  • When the device enters an OOC state, a grace period of 90 days, which is cumulative of all the previous occurrences, begins. During this period, SIA license benefits can still be availed. The system attempts to renew the authorization period by connecting with the CSSM during the grace period, or even after the grace period has expired. If an attempt isn’t successful, it remains in an OOC state. If the attempt is successful, a new authorization period begins and the device is In-Compliance.

Software upgrade restrictions based on compliance state

Software upgrades for a device are blocked under these circumstances:

  • Software upgrades are blocked for all devices in the product family in the virtual account when the devices are Out-of-Compliance.
  • Software upgrades are blocked when the device does not report within 90 days.

Manage SIA entitlement compliance

Step 1

Verify the SIA Status field in the output of the show license platform summary command to check SIA device compliance status by checking.

Example:

Status: In-Compliance:

Router# show license platform summary 
Fri Aug  7 20:28:46.222 UTC
Collection: LAST: Fri Aug 07 2020 20:28:42 UTC
            NEXT: Fri Aug 07 2020 20:29:42 UTC
Reporting:  LAST: Fri Aug 07 2020 20:28:42 UTC
            NEXT: Fri Aug 07 2020 20:29:42 UTC
SIA Status: In Compliance
                                                                   Count
Feature/Area     Entitlement                                     Last Next
============ =================================================== ==== ====
FCM          Core & Aggr Essentials SW Right-to-Use per 400G for    1    0
FCM          Core & Aggr Essentials SIA per 400G for Cisco 8000     1    0

Status: Out-of-Compliance (Grace Period Remaining):

Router# show license platform summary 
Fri Aug  7 21:00:47.525 UTC
Collection: LAST: Fri Aug 07 2020 21:00:42 UTC
            NEXT: Fri Aug 07 2020 21:01:42 UTC
Reporting:  LAST: Fri Aug 07 2020 21:00:42 UTC
            NEXT: Fri Aug 07 2020 21:01:42 UTC
**********************************IMPORTANT************************************
SIA Status: Out of Compliance(Remaining Grace Period: 90 days, 0 hours)
            SIA license(s) status is Not Authorized. 
            SW Upgrade will still be allowed as SIA Grace Period is remaining
*******************************************************************************
                                                                   Count
Feature/Area     Entitlement                                     Last Next
============ =================================================== ==== ====
FCM          Core & Aggr Essentials SW Right-to-Use per 400G for    2    0
FCM          Core & Aggr Essentials SIA per 400G for Cisco 8000     2    0

Status: Out-of-Compliance (Grace Period expired and upgrades are blocked):

Router# show license platform summary 
Fri Aug  7 21:19:58.580 UTC
Collection: LAST: Fri Aug 07 2020 21:19:17 UTC
            NEXT: Fri Aug 07 2020 21:20:17 UTC
Reporting:  LAST: Fri Aug 07 2020 21:19:17 UTC
            NEXT: Fri Aug 07 2020 21:20:17 UTC
**********************************IMPORTANT************************************
SIA Status: Out of Compliance(Grace Period Expired)
            SW Upgrades are blocked as SIA license(s) are in "Not Authorized" state
*******************************************************************************
                                                                   Count
Feature/Area     Entitlement                                     Last Next
============ =================================================== ==== ====
FCM          Core & Aggr Essentials SW Right-to-Use per 400G for    2    0
FCM          Core & Aggr Essentials SIA per 400G for Cisco 8000     2    0

Step 2

Perform these actions depending on the SIA status in step 1.

If...

Then...

the SIA license grace period has expired

register your device with CSSM.

the SIA license has expired or the number of SIA licenses consumed is more than the number of SIA licenses that are purchased

contact your Cisco Account Representative to purchase or renew the required license.

the authorization code has insufficient counts for the request

generate the code with sufficient counts.

the authorization has expired

connect the device with CSSM.
 Note

When you order SIA5 licenses in CSSM, your device may still display SIA3 in the output of the show license command on the device. However, CSSM enforces license compliance based on the SIA5 entitlement. You can validate your device against the SIA5 entitlement in CSSM, even if the device shows SIA3 locally.

Licensing deployment guidelines

These are the guidelines for deploying licensing solutions.

  • Starting with Release 24.3.1, tracking licenses are no longer supported.
  • Starting with Release 25.3.1, IOS XR software no longer supports Call Home transport mode. Configure CSLU or Smart Transport mode to ensure seamless operation of the licensing solution.
  • License consumption for the interface varies depending on the releaase
    License consumption for interfaces

    If your device is running a release...

    Then the license consumption on the router is...

    prior to Release 7.3.1

    one 400G license per one 400G interface.

    starting with Release 7.3.2 and later

    four 100G licenses per one 400G interface.
    If necessary, contact your Cisco Account Representative to convert SIA 400G license into four SIA 100G licenses.

License compliance requirements for the network

Network license compliance refers to the requirement that a product family within a virtual account must satisfy the following conditions:

  • All devices are registered with the smart licensing server , either On-Prem or CSSM.
  • The number of in-use SIA licenses does not exceed the number of available SIA licenses in your virtual account.
  • The number of in-use RTU licenses does not exceed the number of available RTU licenses in your virtual account.
  • Devices report license usage at least every 90 days.

Benefits of maintaining compliance:

  • License pooling
  • RTU portability
  • Access to software upgrades

Consequences when out of compliance:

  • Loss of license pooling and RTU portability.
  • Software upgrade restrictions for the affected product family.

Enforcement scope

  • Compliance is measured at the virtual account level and enforced based on the product family.
  • Out-of-compliance status for one product family in a virtual account does not affect other families or the same family in a different virtual account.

Example:

If an ASR 9000 device exceeds its SIA license allocation, only ASR 9000s in that virtual account are affected—NCS 540 devices or ASR 9000s in other accounts are not.

FCM licenses

The FCM licensing for your hardware or software is enabled by default.

These tables provides the supported hardware for different FCM licenses for Cisco 8000 Series routers.

FCM 1 licenses

License Name

Hardware Supported

Consumption Pattern
Essential and Advantage Licenses:
  • ESS-CA-400G-RTU-2
  • ESS-CA-100G-RTU-2
  • ADV-CA-400G-RTU-2
  • ADV-CA-100G-RTU-2

Fixed systems:

Cisco 8201 Router

Modular systems:

Cisco 8812 Router

The number of essential or advantage licenses that are consumed depends on the number of active ports and is reported on per chassis basis.

Hardware Tracking Licenses:

Fixed systems:

  • 8201-TRK
  • 8812-TRK
  • 8808-TRK
  • 8818-TRK
  • 8202-TRK
  • 8111-32EH-TRK
  • 8201-24H8FH-TRK
  • 8202-32FH-M

Line cards:

  • 8800-LC-48H-TRK
  • 8800-LC-36FH-TRK
  • 8800-LC-48H-O
  • 88-LC0-36FH-MO
  • 88-LC0-36FH-O
1

Tracking licenses are named based on the hardware supported.

For example, 8201-TRK licenses support Cisco 8201 Router.

The number of licenses that are consumed depends on the number of line cards in use.
1

Some systems use tracking licenses such as XXX-TRK for hardware management in FCM 1.

Starting with Release 24.3.1, tracking licenses are no longer used.

FCM 1 RTU licenses

License PID

License Entitlement

License Description

ESS-CA-100G-RTU-2

Core and Agg Essentials Right-to-Use 100G

Essentials 100G Right-to-Use License

ESS-CA-400G-RTU-2

Core and Agg Advantage Right-to-Use 400G

Essentials 400G Right-to-Use License

ADN-CA-100G-RTU-2

Core and Agg Advantage Right-to-Use 100G

Advantage 100G Right-to-Use License

ADN-CA-400G-RTU-2

Core and Agg Advantage Right-to-Use 400G

Advantage 400G Right-to-Use License

ESS-ADN-CA-100G-RTU

Core and Agg Essential and Advantage Right-to-Use / 100G

Essential to Advantage 100G Right-to-Use License

ESS-ADN-CA-400G-RTU

Core and Agg Essential and Advantage Right-to-Use / 400G

Essential to Advantage 400G Right-to-Use License
FCM 1 SIA Essential licenses and Essentials to Advantage upgrade licenses

License PID

License Entitlement

License Description

ESS-CA-100G-SIA-3

Core/Aggr Essential SIA 3 yr term / 100G

Essential 100G Software Innovation Access License

ESS-CA-100G-SIA-5

Core/AggrEssential SIA 5 yr term / 100G

Essential100G Software Innovation Access License

ESS-CA-400G-SIA-3​

Core/Agg Essential SIA 3 yr term / 400G

Essential 400G Software Innovation Access License

ESS-CA-400G-SIA-5

Core/Agg Essential SIA 5 yr term / 400G

Essential 400G Software Innovation Access License

ESS-ADN-CA-100GS3

Core and Agg Essentials - Advantage SIA per 400G 36- 59 months

Essentials to Advantage 100G SIA Upgrade License

ESS-ADN-CA-100GS5

Core and Agg Essentials - Advantage SIA per 100G 60- 120 months

Essentials to Advantage 100G SIA Upgrade License

ESS-ADN-CA-400GS3

Core and Agg Essentials - Advantage SIA per 400G 36- 59 months

Essentials to Advantage 400G SIA Upgrade License

ESS-ADN-CA-400GS5

Core and Agg Essentials - Advantage SIA per 400G 60- 120 months

Essentials to Advantage 400G SIA Upgrade License
FCM 1 SIA Advantage and Advanced licenses

License PID

License Entitlement

License Description

ADN-CA-100G-SIA-3

Core/Agg Advantage SIA 3 yr term / 100G

Advantage100G Software Innovation Access License

ADN-CA-100G-SIA-5

Core/Agg Advantage SIA 5 yr term/ 100G

Advantage100G Software Innovation Access License

ADV-CA-100G-SIA-3

Core/Agg Advanced SIA 3 yr term / 100G

Advantage 100G Software Innovation

ADV-CA-100G-SIA-5

Core/Agg Advanced SIA 5 yr term / 100G

Advantage 100G Software Innovation Access License

ADN-CA-400G-SIA-3​

Core/Agg Advantage SIA 3 yr term / 400G

Advantage 400G Software Innovation Access License

ADN-CA-400G-SIA-5​

Core/Agg Advantage SIA 5 yr term / 400G

Advantage 400G Software Innovation Access License

ADV-CA-400G-SIA-3

Core/Agg Advanced SIA 3 yr term / 400G

Advanced 400G Software Innovation Access License

ADV-CA-400G-SIA-5

Core/Agg Advanced SIA 5 yr term / 400G

Advanced 400G Software Innovation Access License
FCM 2 licenses

License Name

Hardware Supported

Consumption Pattern

Essentials:

ESS-8KE-100G-RTU

ESS-8KE-400G-RTU

Fixed systems:

  • 8711-32FH-M
  • 8212-48FH-M
  • 8712-MOD-M

Modular systems:

  • 88-LC1-36EH
  • 88-LC1-12TH24FH-E
  • 88-LC1-52Y8H-EM

Centralized systems:

  • 8608-SYS - Cisco 8600 Router

Modular systems - Each line card requires a per system SIA for compliance.

Fixed systems - One SIA per system

Advantage:

ADN-8KE-100G-RTU

ADN-8KE-400G-RTU

Premier:

PRM-8KE-100G-RTU

PRM-8KE-400G-RTU

FCM 1 license consumption rules

Understanding the FCM 1 license consumption rules helps you calculate the number of licenses required for your device.

FCM 1 licensing includes these types of feature licenses:

  • Per-system feature licenses: These licenses apply to the entire router and are consumed based on the total number of active interfaces for that feature. All active interfaces collectively consume these licenses.
  • Per-port feature licenses: These licenses apply to specific interfaces on which the corresponding feature is configured and active.

Calculate per-system and per-port feature license consumption

The router calculates per-system and per-port feature license consumption based on feature priority and bandwidth. Follow this procedure to calculate the number of per-system and per-port licenses consumed by your device.

Step 1

Obtain the total count of interfaces that consume per-system and per-port licenses from these tables listed by feature priority.

When multiple features operate on the same interface, the router applies a priority order. Count only the highest priority feature for license consumption by that interface.

These tables list the features in the priority order that the router follows, with per-system features having a higher priority over per-port features:

Steps to obtain the interface count for per-system features

If you have configured ...

Then ...

Service Layer API
  1. Run the show service-layer state | include config on command.
  2. Include all the interfaces that are in Up state.

Peering scale
  1. Ensure that you have not configured Service Layer API on the router.
  2. For IPv4 routes, run the show route ipv4 summary command and ensure the Total count is greater than 512000.
  3. For IPv6 routes, run the show route ipv6 summary command and ensure the Total count is greater than 50000.
  4. Include all the interfaces that are in Up state.
Steps to obtain the interface count for per-port features

If you have configured ...

Then ...

SRTE i.e. MPLS with SRV6 Traffic Engineering
  1. Ensure that you have not configured Peering scale and Service Layer API on the router.
  2. Run the show running-config | beginning mpls traffic-eng command and ensure the count is greater than 512000.
  3. Run the show running-config command and check for lines that begin with segment-routing traffic-eng and followed by policy , on-demand , srv6 , or pcc .
  4. Run the show operational MPLS_LSD InterfaceTable json command.
  5. Consider all interfaces in the InterfaceTable where InterfaceState is MGMT_LSD_INTF_STATE_UP .
  6. Run the show operational SRv6 Active LocatorAllSIDTable json command.
  7. Consider all interfaces in LocatorAllSID where SIDContextType is UA_PSP_USD or EndXWithPSP_USD .

L3VPN
  1. Ensure that you have not configured Peering scale and Service Layer API on the router.
  2. Run the show rsi vrf all | include Configured command and ensure the count is greater than 8.
  3. Run the show ip interface brief command and count the interfaces where vrf-name is not default .

MACsec
  1. Run the show macsec mka interface command and count all the interfaces.
  2. Exclude any interface that is already counted as part of the earlier listed features.

EVPN
  1. Run the show evpn summary | include Number of Remote IMCAST Routes command to ensure the count is greater than 0.
  2. Identify the bridge-domain names from the output of show evpn evi detail command for all the EVIs that are tagged as EVPN or MPLS .
  3. Enter the bridge-domain names in the show l2vpn bridge-domain bd-name bridge-domain name command to identify the interfaces associated with each bridge-domain.
  4. Exclude any interface that is already counted as part of the earlier listed features.

VPLS
  1. Run the show l2vpn bridge-domain summary | include Number of PWs command to ensure the count of pseudowires that are Up is greater than 0.
  2. Identify all the interfaces from the List of ACs in the output of show l2vpn bridge-domain command.
  3. Exclude any interface that is already counted as part of the earlier listed features.

VPWS
  1. Run the show l2vpn xconnect brief command to ensure the Total count that are Up is greater than 0.
  2. Run the show l2vpn xconnect detail command to identify all the interfaces marked as state is up from the Groups and AC listed.
  3. Exclude any interface that is already counted as part of the earlier listed features.

L2VPN

Include all the interfaces listed in the output of show running-config l2vpn command.

 Note

L2VPN for Integrated Routing and Bridging (IRB) requires Essential license. Advantage license is not required as it is included in the port capacity.

Capacity

Include all the interfaces listed in the output of show ip interface brief command.

Step 2

Calculate the total bandwidth for per-system and per-port features from the number of interfaces obtained in the previous step.

Step 3

Apply these bandwidth rules to obtain the number of per-system and per-port feature licenses consumed by your device.

  • 100 GigE of bandwidth requires one license.
  • Bandwidth below 100 GigE requires one license.
  • Bandwidth rounding rules:
    • If bandwidth exceeds 100 GigE by 20 GigE or more, the router rounds up to the next 100 GigE increment.
    • If bandwidth exceeds 100 GigE by less than 20 GigE, the router rounds it down.

For example:

  • 210G bandwidth = 2 licenses.
  • 220G bandwidth = 3 licenses.
  • 80G bandwidth = 1 license.

Revision history

Feature History Table for Release 25.x.x

Feature Name

Release Information

Feature Description
SIA licenses Release 25.1.1

Introduced in this release on: Fixed Systems (8700 [ASIC: K100], 8010 [ASIC: A100])(select variants only*)

*This feature is supported on:

  • 8712-MOD-M
  • 8011-4G24Y4H-I
Support for Flexible Consumption Model 2 Release 25.1.1

Introduced in this release on: Fixed Systems (8700 [ASIC: K100], 8010 [ASIC: A100])(select variants only*)

*This feature is supported on:

  • 8712-MOD-M
  • 8011-4G24Y4H-I

Support for Smart Licensing using Policy

 Release 25.1.1

Introduced in this release on: Fixed Systems (8700 [ASIC: K100], 8010 [ASIC: A100])(select variants only*)

*This feature is supported on:

  • 8712-MOD-M
  • 8011-4G24Y4H-I
Feature History Table for Release 24.x.x

Feature Name

Release Information

Feature Description
Support for Smart Licensing using Policy

Release 24.3.1

Introduced in this release on: Fixed Systems (8200 [ASIC: P100], 8700 [ASIC: P100, K100])(select variants only*); Centralized Systems (8600 [ASIC:Q200])(select variants only*); Modular Systems (8800 [LC ASIC: P100])(select variants only*)

Support for Smart Licensing using Policy is now extended to the hardware:

  • Cisco 8608 router
  • 8711-32FH-M router
  • 8212-48FH-M router
  • 88-LC1-36EH line card
  • 88-LC1-12TH24FH-E line card
  • 88-LC1-52Y8H-EM line card

Support for Flexible Consumption Model (FCM) 2

Release 24.3.1

Introduced in this release on: Fixed Systems (8200 [ASIC: P100], 8700 [ASIC: P100, K100])(select variants only*); Centralized Systems (8600 [ASIC:Q200])(select variants only*); Modular Systems (8800 [LC ASIC: P100])(select variants only*)

The Flexible Consumption Model (FCM) provides the capability and flexibility to purchase software capacity as needed.

This release introduces the FCM 2 that offers Essentials, Advantage, and Premier license suites. Premier license suite offers additional licenses that are required on top of Advantage licenses for high scale services.

FCM 1 offers Essentials and Advantage license suites.

These Cisco 8000 router variants and line cards support FCM Model 2.

  • Cisco 8608 router
  • 8711-32FH-M router
  • 8212-48FH-M router
  • 88-LC1-36EH line card
  • 88-LC1-12TH24FH-E line card
  • 88-LC1-52Y8H-EM line card

Smart Licensing Using Policy

Release 24.1.1

Cisco Smart Licensing Using Policy (SLP) is an enhancement to the existing Cisco Smart Licensing model. It streamlines the licensing process for Cisco IOS XR products by introducing a more flexible and automated approach. With SLP, you no longer need to register your device during installation, and there is no evaluation license state or period. This simplifies the licensing process and reduces complexity. To use SLP, your devices must establish trust and send the initial license usage report within 90 days.
Feature History Table for Release 7.x.x

Feature Name

Release Information

Feature Description

Support for Smart Licensing on the line cards, 8111_32EH and 8201_24H8FH

 Release 7.8.1

Support for Smart Licensing is now extended to the hardware:

  • 8111_32EH
  • 8201_24H8FH

Cisco Smart Licensing on the 8202-32FH-M router

 Release 7.5.4

Support for Smart Licensing is now extended to the 8202-32FH-M router.

Support for Smart Licensing on the line cards, 8800-LC-48H-O, 88-LC0-36FH-MO and 88-LC0-36FH-O

 Release 7.3.16

Support for Smart Licensing is now extended to the hardware:

  • 8800-LC-48H-O
  • 88-LC0-36FH-MO
  • 88-LC0-36FH-O

Specific License Reservation

Release 7.3.1

Specific License Reservation is a solution designed for classified environments that don’t allow electronic communication in or out of the environment.

Smart Licensing

Release 7.0.11

Smart Licensing is a cloud-based, flexible software licensing model that enables you to activate and manage Cisco software licenses across their organization. Smart Licensing solution allows you to track the status of your license and software usage trends.