Cisco Prime Network
Registrar
license is a perpetual license. The license enables specific components which
you have licensed.
Previously, Cisco Network Registrar was licensed as a single system with
a single license type called ip-node. For
Cisco Prime Network
Registrar
8.3.2, the licensing is done according to the services that you require.
The following are the types of
licences available:
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base-system—Licenses the CCM services. This license is mandatory if
you want to run Cisco Prime Network Registrar.
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base-dhcp—Licenses DHCP/TFTP services and, optionally, an initial
count of leases
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base-dns—Licenses authoritative DNS services and, optionally, an
initial count of RRs
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base-cdns—Licenses caching DNS services and, optionally, an initial
count of servers
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count-dhcp—Licenses an incremental number of active leases
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count-dns—Licenses an incremental number of RRs
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count-cdns—Licenses an incremental number of caching server
instances
The different services provided by
Cisco Prime Network
Registrar
are associated with the different license types as follows:
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CCM services—base-system
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DHCP services—base-dhcp and count-dhcp
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Authoritative DNS services—base-dns and count-dns
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Caching DNS services—base-system and base-cdns
Note |
You should have at least one base license for a server to enable that
service.
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Note |
Cisco Prime Network Registrar IPAM uses a separate license and install
process. For more information, see
Cisco Prime Network Registrar 8.1.3 IPAM Installation Guide.
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License management is done from the regional cluster when
Cisco Prime Network
Registrar
is installed. You must install the regional server first, and load all licenses
in the regional server. When you install the local cluster, it registers with
regional to obtain its license.
When you install the regional, you are prompted to provide the license
file. You can store the license file in any location provided the location and
file are accessible during the installation.
The utilization of licenses are calculated by obtaining statistics from
all the local clusters in the
Cisco Prime Network
Registrar
system for all counted services (DHCP, DNS, and CDNS). The regional CCM server
maintains the license utilization history for a predetermined time period.
Utilization is calculated for different services as:
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DHCP services—total number of active DHCP leases (including v4 and
v6)
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Auth DNS services—the total number of DNS resource records (all RR
types)
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Caching DNS services—total number of Caching DNS servers being run
in the
Cisco Prime Network
Registrar
system
The services on each local cluster will be restricted based on the
services for which licenses are present.
When you configure DHCP failover, only simple failover is operational
and supported (see Failover scenarios section in the Configuring DHCP Failover
chapter of the
Cisco
Prime Network Registrar 8.3 DHCP User Guide).
To learn about obtaining the license files for Cisco Prime Network
Registrar, see
Obtaining Cisco Prime Network Registrar License Files.
Market Segment Specific Licensing
From release 8.1.2,
Cisco Prime Network
Registrar
license types are offered specific to market segments. Market specific
licensing generates license keys for use by market segments, that is, Service
Provider, Smart Grid, and so on. Cisco Prime Network Registrar features are
enabled based on the market segment specific license you choose. For example,
the PNR license offers features designed for the Service Provider market
segment whereas the PNR-SG license offers features designed for the Smart Grid
market segment.
Cisco Prime Network Registrar offers the following market segment
specific licenses:
Note |
If the licenses for all market segments are installed, then only
the PNR license will be active.
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The regional server which uses the PNR-SG license can be converted to
PNR by installing the PNR license. Local cluster licenses will be converted
automatically at the next compliance check, or can be manually updated by
resynchronizing the local cluster.
For a given market segment license, only the counts from corresponding
market segment license will apply. For example, if the PNR count license is
applied when the PNR-SG base license is active, the Right to Use count will not
be updated. If the PNR-SG count license is applied when the PNR base license is
active, the Right to Use count will not be updated.
The PNR license provides all the features available for the
Cisco Prime Network
Registrar
release you install. If your license set was issued for a release before 8.1.2,
it is a PNR license.
The PNR-SG license disables the following PNR features which have been
identified as not necessary for Smart Grid implementations:
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Tenants
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External Authentication
The DHCP service PNR-SG license offers you the PNR features with the
exception of:
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Extensions
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Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP)
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TCP Listeners (client notification)
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Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP)
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Router Interface Configuration (RIC)
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Regional lease history and subnet utilization
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BYOD
To know the list of features supported by Prime IP Express—NETREG-ENT
licenses see IP Express Installation Guide.