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Configuration Guide for Cisco NCS 1002, IOS XR Releases 6.0.x, 6.1.x, and 6.2.x

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Configuration Guide for Cisco NCS 1002, IOS XR Releases 6.0.x, 6.1.x, and 6.2.x

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Smart Licensing

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Updated:
May 21, 2021

Chapter: Smart Licensing

Smart Licensing

This chapter describes Smart Licensing Software configuration on Cisco NCS1002.

Smart Licensing is a cloud-based approach to licensing. Smart Licensing simplifies the licensing experience across the enterprise making it easier to purchase, deploy, track and renew Cisco Software. It provides visibility into license ownership and consumption through a single, simple user interface. The solution allows you to easily track the status of your license and software usage trends.

This chapter contains the following topics:

Prerequisites for Smart Licensing

To use the smart licensing feature of Cisco NCS1002, ensure that you have a Cisco Smart Account to launch Cisco Smart Software Manager portal. For more details, see Cisco Smart Software Manager User Guide.

Information About Smart Licensing

Before using the Smart licensing feature, you should understand what is a PID.

PID is the name by which the product can be ordered; it has been historically called the Product Name or Part Number. This is the identifier that you use to order an exact replacement part.

Cisco NCS1002 has two PIDs:

  • Fully licensed PID (NCS1002-K9)—This is a high cost PID. By using the fully licensed PID, you can configure and use the software without any explicit licensing.
  • Partially licensed PID (NCS1002-LIC-K9)—This is a low cost PID and you have to additionally buy licenses to configure the software.

Benefits of Smart Licensing

  • Licenses are not locked to perform configurations using Cisco NCS1002 even if the license limit exceeds the paid license limit. You will be notified with out-of-compliance notification to buy additional licenses when the license limit exceeds the paid license limit. This saves time with the ability to transfer licenses across the company.
  • Licenses can be pooled across the entire company, enabling them to be reused across organizational boundaries.
  • Provides software asset management information so that you can plan and easily track if you have purchased adequate licenses.

Software Entitlements of Cisco NCS1002

Software entitlement is a system that consists of a license manager on Cisco NCS1002 that manages licenses for various software and hardware features. The license manager parses and authenticates a license before accepting it.

Core features are available for use without any license. The following features are available on Cisco NCS1002 only using licenses:

  • Configuring a slice with 200G DWDM traffic.
  • Configuring a slice with 200G/250G DWDM traffic.
  • Configuring a slice with encryption.
  • (Only for R6.2.1 and R6.2.2) Configuring streaming telemetry data.

The following table lists the features and its corresponding entitlements that can be enabled on Cisco NCS1002 using licenses:

Table 1. Software Entitlements of Cisco NCS1002

Feature

Software Entitlement

NCS1K Smart License - one slice with 200G DWDM

L_NCS1K_200G_LIC

NCS1K Smart License - one slice with 200G/250G DWDM

L_NCS1K_250G_LIC

NCS1K Smart License - one slice with encryption

L_NCS1K_ENCR_LIC

(Only for R6.2.1 and R6.2.2) NCS1K Smart License - streaming telemetry

L-NCS1K-ST-LIC


Note

You can view these entitlements and their usage details in the Cisco Smart Software Manager portal.

Smart Licensing Work Flow

The figure below depicts a working model of Smart Licensing that is a three-step procedure.

Figure 1. Smart Licensing Work Flow


Activation—You can place the order for Smart Licensing to manage licenses on Cisco.com portal.


Note

Smart licensing is enabled by default in Cisco NCS1002.

Registration—You must register Cisco NCS1002 with your smart account using either of the following options to communicate:

  • Smart Call Home—The Smart Call Home feature is automatically configured after the Smart Licensing is enabled. Smart Call Home is used by Smart Licensing as a medium to communicate with the Cisco license service. Smart Call Home feature allows Cisco products to periodically call-home and perform an audit and reconciliation of your software usage information. This information helps Cisco efficiently track your install base, keep them up and running, and pursue service and support contract renewals more effectively, without much intervention from you.

  • Smart Licensing Satellite—Cisco Smart Software Manager satellite is an element of Cisco Smart Software Licensing. It coordinates with the Cisco Smart Software Manager to manage software licenses on premises. The devices register locally to report license ownership and consumption. This creates synchronization between the Cisco Smart Software Manager satellite and the Cisco Smart Software Manager. For more deatsils about the Cisco Smart Software Manager satellite, see www.cisco.com/go/smartsatellite.

    You can downlaod Smart Software Manager satellite from, http://www.cisco.com/web/ordering/smart-software-manager/smart-software-manager-satellite.html.

License Management—You can manage and view reports about your overall software usage in the Smart Software Manager portal. Compliance reporting describes the types of Smart Licensing reports.

For more information, see Configuring Smart Licensing.

Configuring Smart Licensing

To configure smart licensing in Cisco NCS1002, perform the following tasks:

Procedure

Step 1

Setup the CiscoTAC-1 profile and destination address for Smart Call Home, using the following commands:

call-home

service active

contact smart-licensing

profile CiscoTAC-1

active

destination address http {http|https}://{FQDN}/its/service/oddce/services/DDCEService

destination transport-method http

Note 

FQDN must be either Cisco Smart Software Manager FQDN (tools.cisco.com) or Smart Licesning satellite server FQDN. You must configure the DNS server before setting-up the call-home destination address as FQDN. Use domain name-server {DNS server IP} command for configuring DNS server on device.

Example:


 domain name-server 64.102.6.247
 call-home
 service active
 contact smart-licensing
 profile CiscoTAC-1
 active
 destination address http https://tools.cisco.com/its/service/oddce/services/DDCEService
 destination transport-method http
Note 
CiscoTAC-1 profile is the default profile for smart licensing and it should not be deleted.
Note 

If CRL distribution point is not defined in the Satellite server certificate or if the device is not able to reach the host mentioned in the CRL distribution point, then you must add the following configuration on the device to make CRL check optional as part of registration.

crypto ca trustpoint Trustpool crl optional

Step 2

Create and copy the registration token ID using Cisco Smart Software Manager.

For more details on how to create a token, see Creating a Token.

Step 3

Register the token ID in Cisco NCS1002, using the following commands:

license smart register idtoken token-ID

Creating a Token

To create a new token using Cisco Smart Software Manager, perform the following tasks:

Procedure

Step 1

Log into the Cisco Smart Software Manager.

URL: https://software.cisco.com/#SmartLicensing-Inventory

Step 2

Select the appropriate Virtual Account.

Step 3

From the General tab, choose New Token. The Create Registration Token dialog box appears.

Step 4

Follow the dialog to provide a name, duration and export compliance applicability before accepting the terms and responsibilities.

Step 5

Click Create Token.

Copy the token ID. The Cisco Smart Software Manager responds with a message that the token has been copied to your clipboard.

Verifying Smart Licensing Configuration

After enabling Smart Licensing, you can use the show commands to verify the default Smart Licensing configuration. If any issue is detected, take corrective action before making further configurations.

  • show license all
  • show license status
  • show license summary
  • show license tech
  • Show license udi
  • show license usage
  • show license platform detail
  • show tech-support smartlic
  • show tech-support call-home

The following table defines the available license authorization status in Cisco NCS1002:

Table 2. License Authorization Status

License Authorization Status

Description

Unconfigured

Smart Software Licensing is not configured

Unidentified

Smart Software Licnensing is enabled but is not registered

Registered

Device registration is completed and an ID certificate is received that will be used for future communication with the Cisco licensing authority

Authorized

Registration is completed with a valid Smart Account and license consumption has begun. This indicates compliance

Out of Compliance

Consumption exceeds available licenses in the Smart Account

Authorization Expired

The device is unable to communicate with the Cisco Smart Software Manager for an extended period of time. This state occurs after 90 days of expiry. The device will attempt to contact the CSSM every hour in order to renew the authorization until the registration period expires

Example 1:

The following example shows the sample output of show license all command. 


RP/0/RP0/CPU0:ios#show license all
Fri Jan  6 01:33:24.230 UTC
Smart Licensing Status
======================
Smart Licensing is ENABLED
Registration:  
	Status: REGISTERED  
	Smart Account: BU Production Test  
	Virtual Account: NCS1000  Initial 
	Registration: SUCCEEDED on Thu Jan 05 2017 15:04:18 UTC 
	Last Renewal Attempt: None  
	Next Renewal Attempt: Tue Jul 04 2017 15:04:18 UTC  
	Registration Expires: Fri Jan 05 2018 09:25:50 UTC
License Authorization:  
	Status: AUTHORIZED on Thu Jan 05 2017 15:17:04 UTC  
	Last Communication Attempt: SUCCEEDED on Thu Jan 05 2017 15:17:04 UTC  
	Next Communication Attempt: Sat Feb 04 2017 15:17:04 UTC  
	Communication Deadline: Fri Jan 05 2018 09:25:50 UTC
License Usage
==============
No licenses in use
Product Information
===================
UDI: SN:CAT1111B0KR,UUID:default-sdr
Agent Version=============Smart Agent for Licensing: 2.2.0_rel/17RP/0/RP0/CPU0:ios#

Example 2:

The following example shows the sample output of show license platform detail command. The output displays telemetry entry only for R6.2.1 and R6.2.2. 


RP/0/RP0/CPU0:ios#show license platform detail
Fri Jan 20 12:09:30.729 UTC
Current state:    REGISTERED
Collection: LAST: Fri Jan 20 12:03:13 2017
            NEXT: Fri Jan 20 13:03:13 2017
Reporting:  LAST: Fri Jan 20 12:03:13 2017
            NEXT: Sat Jan 21 12:03:13 2017
Parameters: Collection interval:          60 minute(s)
            Reporting  interval:        1440 minute(s)
            Throughput gauge:        1000000 Kbps
=================================================
Feature/Area 'sys_features'
   Name:  sys_features
   DLL:   libplat_sl_plugin_sys_features.so
   Flags: CONFIG
   # CLI: 1
   Entitlements (total 1):
   [ 0] Name:  NCS1K Smart License - streaming telemetry
        Token: regid.2017-01.com.cisco.L-NCS1K-ST-LIC-,1.0_6222b080-6651-4611-a725-fc84b647d614
        Count: Last reported:    1
               Next report:      0
=================================================
Feature/Area 'system'
   Name:  System
   DLL:   libplat_sl_plugin_system.so
   Flags: CONFIG
   # CLI: 3
   Entitlements (total 3):
   [ 0] Name:  NCS1K Smart License - one slice with 200G DWDM
        Token: regid.2017-01.com.cisco.L-NCS1K-200G-LIC,1.0_b03ac261-7397-4a66-b1e2-affa324ac518
        Count: Last reported:    0
               Next report:      0
   [ 1] Name:  NCS1K Smart License - one slice with 200G/250G DWDM
        Token: regid.2017-01.com.cisco.L-NCS1K-250G-LIC,1.0_c0520a76-f3f9-4773-b841-60fadfa70e4e
        Count: Last reported:    0
               Next report:      0
   [ 2] Name:  NCS1K Smart License - one slice with encryption
        Token: regid.2017-01.com.cisco.L-NCS1K-ENCR-LIC-,1.0_18fbcf09-68a5-4853-9534-cdbcad8dc918
        Count: Last reported:    0
               Next report:      0

Example 3:

The following example shows the sample output of show license summary command. 


RP/0/RP0/CPU0:ios#show license summary
Thu Feb  2 23:10:46.723 UTC
Smart Licensing is ENABLED
Registration:
  Status: REGISTERED
  Smart Account: BU Production Test
  Virtual Account: NCS1000
  Last Renewal Attempt: None
  Next Renewal Attempt: Tue Aug 01 2017 23:09:00 UTC
License Authorization:
  Status: AUTHORIZED on Thu Feb 02 2017 23:09:12 UTC
  Last Communication Attempt: SUCCEEDED
  Next Communication Attempt: Thu Feb 02 2017 23:10:53 UTC
License Usage:
  License             Entitlement tag          Count  Status
  ---------------------------------------------------------------
                      (L-NCS1K-200G-LIC)          2   PENDING
                      (L-NCS1K-250G-LIC)          1   PENDING
                      (L-NCS1K-ENCR-LIC-)         1   PENDING

Example 4:

The following example shows the sample output of show license usage command. 


RP/0/RP0/CPU0:ios#show license usage
Fri Feb  3 21:08:24.097 UTC
License Authorization:
  Status: No Licenses in Use
RP/0/RP0/CPU0:ios#
RP/0/RP0/CPU0:ios#show license trace ?
  all       Show tracing for both Smart Licensing and client(cisco-support)
  client    Show tracing for the agent client code(cisco-support)
  smartlic  Show tracing for the Smart Licensing Code(cisco-support)

The following table defines the license counting based on the configurations:

Table 3. License Counting Mechanism

License Requested by Customer

License Given from Cisco

Configuartion Done by Customer License Counted in CSSM License Requested by Customer
S-NCS1K-LIC-200G= S-NCS1K-LIC-200G= Slice with 200G trunk without encryption 1 - S-NCS1K-LIC-200G= Only 200G trunk can be used.
S-NCS1K-LIC-250G=

S-NCS1K-LIC-200G=

S-NCS1K-LIC-250G=

(Additional 200G license will be given)

Slice with 250G trunk without encryption

1 - S-NCS1K-LIC-200G=

1 - S-NCS1K-LIC-250G=

Both the licenses is counted as used. This is for restricting the customer to configure either 200G or 250G trunk at the same time using this license (not both at a time).

i.e. whenever there is a 250G configuration performed, both 200G and 250G licenses should be available to use.

Slice with 200G trunk without encryption

1 - S-NCS1K-LIC-200G=

0 - S-NCS1K-LIC-250G=

This works as 200G license procurement, 250G license is not counted.

Still the customer cannot configure 250G trunk, because 250G trunk configuration requires both 200G and 250G licenses.

S-NCS1K-LIC-ENCR= S-NCS1K-LIC-ENCR= One slice with encryption

1 - S-NCS1K-LIC-ENCR=

This is counted regardless of trunk rate.

(Only for R6.2.1 and R6.2.2) S-NCS1K-LIC-ST= S-NCS1K-LIC-ST= Telemetry configuration 1- S-NCS1K-LIC-ST= -

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