This release brings the IoT routing products inline with other Integrated Service Routers (ISR).
Smart Licensing Overview
Cisco Smart Licensing is a flexible licensing model that provides users with an easier, faster, and more consistent way to
purchase and manage software across the Cisco portfolio and across their organization. And it’s secure. With Smart Licensing
users get:
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Easy Activation: Smart Licensing establishes a pool of software licenses that can be used across the entire organization—no
more Product Activation Keys (PAKs).
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Unified Management: My Cisco Entitlements (MCE) provides a complete view into all of your Cisco products and services in an
easy-to-use portal, so you always know what you have and what you are using.
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License Flexibility: Your software is not node-locked to your hardware, so you can easily use and transfer licenses as needed.
Smart Licensing Using Policy (SLP), was previously referred to as Smart Licensing Enhanced (SLE), and is the default mode
starting with Cisco IOS-XE release 17.3.2. SLE replaced Smart Software Licensing. This feature change for Cisco IOS XE release
17.11.1a focuses on the licensing packaging.
License Levels
The following are the license levels available for all Cisco IR devices.
Base Licenses
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These licenses are ordered through Cisco Commerce Workspace (CCW), and are permanent.
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Add-on Licenses — These can be subscribed for a fixed term of three, five, or seven years.
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These licenses are ordered through Cisco Commerce Workspace (CCW), and relate to DNA-C and SDWAN. For further information,
see the Cisco SD-WAN and Cisco DNA Center web pages.
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The following tables provide details on the licensing levels:
Table 1. Network Essentials (Perpetual License)
Essential Switch Capabilities
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Layer 2, Routed Access(RIP, EIGRP Stub, OSPF (1000 routes)), PBR, PIM Stub Multicast (1000 routes) PVLAN, VRRP, PBR, CDP,
QoS, FHS, 802.1x, Macsec-128, CoPP, SXP, IP SLA Responder SSO
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For the device to be compliant with the DNA Essential License it must not exceed 1000 routes in the routing table regardless
of how the routes were learned.
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DevOps Integration
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Table 2. Network Advantage (Perpetual License) Contains all of the Network Essentials plus the following:
IoT & Mobility
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CoAP
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Full Routing Functionality
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BGP, HSRP, OSPF, ISIS,GLBP
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Flexible Network Segmentation
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VRF, VXLAN, LISP, SGT, MPLS
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High Availability & Resiliency
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NSF, GIR, Stackwise Virtual*, ISSU/eFSU, Patching (CLI)
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Optimize Bandwidth Utilization with Multicast
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MSDP, mVPN, AutoRP, PIM-BIDIR
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Table 3. DNA Essentials (3,5,7 year terms)
Basic Automation
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PnP Application
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LAN Automation
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Embedded Event Manager
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Basic Assurance
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Table 4. DNA Advantage (3,5,7 year terms) Contains all of the DNA Essentials plus the following:
Advanced Automation
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Assurance & Analytics
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Licensing Throughput Levels
In addition to configuring the license level, it is also possible to configure the throughput level on the device. The throughput
level determines the bandwidth limit which is applied to encrypted traffic. There is no limit applied to the non-encrypted
(clear) traffic going through a device.
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To comply with global export regulations, if more than 250Mbs of encrypted traffic is required, then an “uncapped” – platform
dependent – selection must be done on CCW, as well as an HSEC license.
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This limit is imposed bidirectionally. This means that if the throughput limit is set to 250Mbps then up to 250Mbps of encrypted
traffic can flow through the device in either direction. For example, the device can both receive and transmit up to 250Mbps
of encrypted traffic. There is no limit applied on unencrypted traffic.
When the throughput level on the device is set to ‘uncapped’ there are no limits imposed on both encrypted and unencrypted
traffic flowing through it.
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To avoid confusion on throughput limits and IOS XE software releases, please note the following:
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Cisco IOS XE release 17.11.1a and earlier running on the ESR6300, IR1800, and IR8140 platforms support boost, uncapped, and
unlimited licenses. These are configured using the platform hardware throughput level 2G CLI.
Future Cisco IOS XE release 17.12.1 and later running on the ESR6300, IR1800, and IR8140 support the same licenses, but will
be configured using the platform hardware throughput level uncapped CLI.
With future Cisco IOS XE release 17.12.1 and later, the platform hardware throughput level 2G and the platform hardware throughput level uncapped CLIs will both provide the same throughput as the uncapped license.
The following table shows the throughput limits (also referred to as Tier license) supported on IoT devices as of Cisco IOS
XE 17.11.1a release.
Platform
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25 Mbps bidirectional (Tier 0)
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50 Mbps bidirectional
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Up to 200 Mbps bidirectional (Tier 1)
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250 Mbps bidirectional
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2 Gbps
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Uncapped (Tier 2)
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ESR 6300
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N/A
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Yes
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N/A
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Yes
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Yes
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To be supported starting with 17.12.1
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ESR-6300-LIC-K9
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N/A
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Yes
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N/A
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N/A
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N/A
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Yes
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IR1101
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N/A
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N/A
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N/A
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Yes
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N/A
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Supported starting with 17.10.1.
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IR1800
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N/A
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Yes
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N/A
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Yes
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Yes
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To be supported starting with 17.12.1
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IR8100
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N/A
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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To be supported starting with 17.12.1
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IR8300
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Yes
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N/A
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Yes
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N/A
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N/A
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Yes
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Command Line Interface
The following commands are available:
license boot level <network-essentials/network-advantage>
The throughput level can be configured using the following CLI on all IR devices except IR8300:
platform hardware throughput level <limit>
On the IR8300, the throughput level can be configured using the following CLI:
platform hardware throughput crypto <limit>
To see the throughput configured on the device, use the following CLI:
show version | include throughput
The current crypto throughput level is: 50000 kbps