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License entitlements for NCS 1010

Updated: June 17, 2026

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This section lists the available license entitlements for Cisco NCS 1010, their applicability, and display names.

Cisco NCS 1010 supports the Vortex model for smart licensing software. The available license entitlements are categorized as Essential and Advantage. Each category is designed to enable specific features and hardware support.

This is the list of license types and their applicability.

ILA Essentials—One per ILA card (Maximum one license)
OLT Essentials—One per WSS port per OLT card (Maximum 32 licenses).
ILA Advantage—One per ILA card for Timing access and OTDR access features (Maximum1 license).
OLT Advantage—One per WSS port per OLT card for Timing access, OTDR access, Connection Verification features (Maximum 32 licenses)

Licensing behavior with Nyquist channels

When Nyquist channels are enabled, each cross connection created on a port consumes one Essentials license and one Advantage license.

License entitlement display names and descriptions

The table lists the license entitlements as displayed in Cisco Smart Software Manager (CSSM) and their descriptions:

Table 1. NCS 1010 license entitlements
Display name in CSSM server	Description
NCS1010_ADV_ILA_RTU	NCS 1010 ILA Advantage Right-to-Use (RTU)
NCS1010_ADV_ILA_SIA	NCS 1010 ILA Advantage Software Innovation Access (SIA)
NCS1010_ADV_OLT_RTU	NCS 1010 OLT Advantage RTU (per port)
NCS1010_ADV_OLT_SIA	NCS 1010 OLT Advantage SIA (per port)
NCS1010_ESS_ILA_RTU	NCS 1010 ILA Essentials RTU
NCS1010_ESS_ILA_SIA	NCS 1010 ILA Essentials SIA
NCS1010_ESS_OLT_RTU	NCS 1010 OLT Essentials RTU (per port)
NCS1010_ESS_OLT_SIA	NCS 1010 OLT Essentials SIA (per port)

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