Cisco Virtual Application Container Services Installation and Upgrade Guide, Release 5.3STV2.0
- Updated:
- July 12, 2015
Chapter: Installing Licenses
Installing Licenses
This chapter contains the following sections:
- About Cisco VACS Licenses
- Guidelines and Limitations for Cisco VACS License
- Fulfilling the Product Access Key
- Updating the Cisco UCS Director License
- Updating the Cisco VACS License
- Installing the CSR 1000V License
About Cisco VACS Licenses
To use Cisco Virtual Application Container Services (Cisco VACS), you must obtain the Cisco VACS and the Cisco UCS Director licenses from your Cisco representative or download it from http://www.cisco.com . You must upload the Cisco VACS license file in Cisco UCS Director. After the license is installed, registered, and validated by Cisco UCS Director, you must apply the Cisco VACS patch to view the Cisco VACS menu in the UCS-Director UI.
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Before you install Cisco UCS Director, generate the license key and claim a certificate (Product Access Key).
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Register the Product Access Key (PAK) on the Cisco software license site, as described in Fulfilling the Product Access Key.
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After you install Cisco UCS Director, update the license in Cisco UCS Director as described in Updating the License.
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After the license has been validated, you can upload the Cisco UCS Director-Cisco VACS license.
 Tip | If you want to evaluate Cisco UCS Director, you must first obtain an evaluation license by contacting your Cisco representative. |
Guidelines and Limitations for Cisco VACS License
The following are the guidelines and limitations for installing a Cisco VACS License.
All UCS Director licenses should be of either EVAL or Production type.
You can install only one Cisco VACS EVAL license file. There is no limit to install the Cisco VACS Production licenses. You can install any number of Cisco VACS Production licenses.
For upgrading Cisco VACS from EVAL to Production, you must first install the Cisco UCS Director Production licenses (Production Base+Production Server) and then install the Cisco VACS Production licenses.
Cisco VACS does not automatically upgrade your existing Cisco Nexus 1000V licenses to permanent licenses after moving from Cisco VACS EVAL licenses to Cisco VACS Production licenses. You must install a new Cisco Nexus 1000V to ensure that it is installed with permanent licenses.
Cisco VACS does not upgrade CSR 1000V licenses to Maximum throughput (10 Gig ). After installing Cisco VACS production licenses and providing a token ID, only new CSR 1000Vs deployed as part of new container deployment, is licensed to have a throughput of 10 Gig.
PNSC does not need any licenses to work with Cisco VACS.
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After installing the UCS Director Production Licenses , Cisco VACS EVAL licenses will be invalid.
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After installing the UCS Director Production licenses, only the Cisco VACS Production licenses are accepted.
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After installing Cisco VACS Production Licenses, existing Cisco Nexus 1000V (installed with EVAL Cisco VACS Licenses) will not get perpetual/permanent Cisco Nexus 1000V licenses. In this case, you have to deploy a new Cisco Nexus1000V (after installing the Cisco VACS Production licenses ), so that new Cisco Nexus 1000V will have perpetual licenses.
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CSR 1000V deployed during the Cisco VACS EVAL licenses will come up with default licenses and a maximum throughput of 100 Kbps.
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After installing the Cisco VACS Production licenses, the existing CSR 1000V of deployed containers will not be automatically licensed with permanent licenses . In this case, you have to manually apply licenses for CSR 1000V to have permanent licenses. For information on manually applying licenses, see the Cisco Smart Licensing section in the Cisco CSR 1000V Series Cloud Services Router Software Configuration Guide.
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After installing the Cisco VACS Production license and keying CSR Token ID, CSR 1000V which are part of new Container deployment will be licensed with permanent licenses with a throughput of maximum 10 Gbps.
Fulfilling the Product Access Key
You need the PAK number.
| Step 1 | Navigate to the Cisco Software License website. | ||||||||||||||||
| Step 2 | If you are directed to the Product License Registration page, you can take the training or click Continue to Product License Registration. | ||||||||||||||||
| Step 3 | On the Product License Registration page, click Get New Licenses from a PAK or Token. | ||||||||||||||||
| Step 4 | In the Enter a Single PAK or TOKEN to Fulfill field, enter the PAK number. | ||||||||||||||||
| Step 5 | Click Fulfill Single PAK/TOKEN. | ||||||||||||||||
| Step 6 | Complete the
additional fields in
License
Information to register your PAK:
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| Step 7 | Click
Issue
Key.
The features for your license appear, and an email with the Digital License Agreement and a zipped license file is sent to the email address you provided. |
Updating the Cisco UCS Director License
Tip | If you want to evaluate Cisco UCS Director, you must first obtain an evaluation license by contacting your Cisco representative. |
If you received a zipped license file by email, extract and save the .lic file to your local machine.
| Step 1 | Choose . | ||
| Step 2 | Click the License Keys tab. | ||
| Step 3 | Click Update License. | ||
| Step 4 | In the
Update
License dialog box, do one of the following:
You can also copy and paste the full text of a license file into the License Text field. | ||
| Step 5 | Click
Submit.
The license file is processed, and a message appears confirming the successful update.
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Updating the Cisco VACS License
Tip | If you want to evaluate Cisco VACS, you must first obtain an evaluation license from the Cisco Sales Acceleration Center at sac-support@cisco.com. |
Make sure that the Cisco UCS Director Base and Server licenses are installed before installing the Cisco VACS license. If you received a zipped license file by email, extract and save the .lic file to your local machine.
Installing the CSR 1000V License
 Note | The Help link provides you access to the corresponding online help. |
You must install the CSR 1000V license only after you install Cisco VACS patch.
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You must have installed the Cisco UCS Director and Cisco VACS licenses.
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You must have installed the Cisco VACS patch.
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Ensure that you meet the relevant system requirements as listed in the System Requirements for Cisco VACS.
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You must have admin privileges.
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You require internet connectivity from CSR to the Cisco Smart Licensing server. The internet connectivity can be ensured by either providing a public IP pool for the CSR management network or provide proxy settings for the CSR.
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