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, 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:
-
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)
-
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.