Configuring and Validating Smart Licensing

Overview of Smart Licensing Support

Smart licensing is a management framework that regulates feature availability and throughput capacity based on assigned license tiers for gateways in URWB environments.

  • Essentials

  • Advantage

  • Premier

Smart Licensing Operational Details

The system supports various operational configurations for license management and reporting:

  • License management provides a seamless experience across all licensing aspects.

  • Platforms can specify reserved license seats, reporting the higher value between reserved and consumed counts to stabilize reporting events.

  • Smart transport mode enables direct synchronization with SSM.

  • Airgap mode enables manual synchronization with SSM using downloaded files.

  • Radio devices in URWB mode require uniform license levels within the same network, while gateways are configured independently.

Table 1. Smart license level for IEC-6400 Gateway

License Type

Features

Essentials

  • 5 Gbps fixed throughput

  • 5 Gbps gateway mobility throughput

  • 5 Gbps vehicle mobility throughput

Advantage

  • 10 Gbps fixed throughput

  • 10 Gbps gateway mobility throughput

  • 10 Gbps vehicle mobility throughput

Premier

  • 40 Gbps fixed throughput

  • 40 Gbps gateway mobility throughput

  • 40 Gbps vehicle mobility throughput

Note

Industrial protocols support and Titan (High Availability) capabilities are always included in all the license tiers.

Configure and Validate Smart Licensing using CLI

Procedure

Step 1

Use the license iec-level[advantage | essentials |premier] command to configure the smart license for the IEC6400 gateway .

Example:


Device# license iec-level [advantage | essentials | premier]
advantage   Network Advantage for Gateway
essentials  Network Essentials for Gateway
premier     Network Premier for Gateway

Note

 
The IEC license must be configured on each IEC6400 gateway in the network.

Step 2

Use the license iw-level[advantage | essentials |premier] command to configure the smart license for Catalyst IW916x devices.

Example:


Device# license iw-level [advantage | essentials | premier]
advantage   Network Advantage for Radios
essentials  Network Essentials for Radios
premier     Network Premier for Radios

Step 3

Use the license iw-network platform[iw9165 | iw9167 ]seats number command to configure the smart license seats number for Catalyst IW916x devices.

Example:


Device# license iw-network platform [iw9165 | iw9167] seats 6
iw9165  iw9165 Platform
iw9167  iw9167 Platform

Step 4

Use the license smart transport smart command to configure the smart license online deployment.

Example:


Device# license smart transport smart
Device# license smart proxy address 192.168.1.1 (Optional)
Device# license smart proxy port 3128 (Optional)
Device# license smart trust idtoken <id_token_generate_from_SSM> local [force]
 force       Force CSSM to generate new trust code
Device# license smart usage interval 50 (Optional)

Step 5

Use the license smart transport off command to configure the smart license offline deployment.

Example:


Device# license smart transport off
Device# license smart save usage all tftp://192.168.216.201/rum_report_all.xml
Device# license smart import tftp://192.168.216.201/rum_report_ack.xml

Step 6

Use the license smart factory reset command to reset the license configuration to default.

Example:

Device# license smart factory reset

Note

 
Do not give CLI command as reload, it clears all the license configuration.

Step 7

Use the license show usage command to validate the smart license type.

Example:


Device# license show usage
License Authorization:
Status: Not Applicable
IEC6400_URWB_NW_E (IEC6400_URWB_NW_E):
Description: Cisco URWB Network Essentials for IEC6400 Edge Compute Platform
Count: 1
Version: 01
Status: IN USE
Export status: NOT RESTRICTED
Feature Name: IEC6400_URWB_NW_E
Feature Description: Cisco URWB Network Essentials for IEC6400 Edge Compute Platform
Enforcement type: NOT ENFORCED
License type: Perpetual

Step 8

Use the license show iw seats command to validate the smart license gateway number.

Example:


Device# license show iw seats
Platform  Configured     Current
IW9167           0           0
IW9165           0           0

Step 9

Use the license show summary command to validate the smart license usage count.

Example:


Device# license show summary
Account Information:
Smart Account: <none>
Virtual Account: <none>
License Usage:
License                 Entitlement Tag               Count Status
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
IEC6400_URWB_NW_E       (IEC6400_URWB_NW_E)               1 IN USE

Configure Smart Licensing using GUI

Before you begin

To select the network license level for the URWB network, follow these steps:

Procedure

Step 1

In the ADVANCED SETTINGS, click smart license .

The SMART LICENSE window appears.

Step 2

In the Smart License Settings section, configure the following parameters:

  1. Choose license level from the License Level drop-down list.

  2. Enter the platform iw9167 license seats value in the Platform IW9167 License Seats field.

  3. Enter the platform iw9165 license seats value in the Platform IW9165 License Seats field.

    Note

     

    There are no seats defined for the IEC6400 license.

Step 3

Click Save .

Step 4

In the IEC Smart License Settings section, choose license level from the License Level drop-down list.

Step 5

Click Save .

Configure Smart License Seats Management

Procedure

Use the license iw-network platform [iw9165 |iw9167]seats number command to configure the smart license seats:

Example:


Device# license iw-network platform iw9165 seats 12

Configure Running License Level using CLI

The license level for Catalyst IW916x devices is configured by the primary Mesh End (ME) or GGW gateway, based on network configuration, and then applied to all gateways connected to the network. The license level for IEC6400 devices must be configured on each individual IEC device.

Procedure

Step 1

Use the license iw-level [advantage | essentials | premier] command to configure the license level for ME and GGW devices.

Example:


Device# license iw-level [ advantage | essentials | premier ]
advantage   Network Advantage for Radios
essentials  Network Essentials for Radios
premier     Network Premier for Radios

Step 2

Use the license iec-level command to configure the license level for an IEC device.

Example:


Device# license iec-level 
advantage   Network Advantage for Gateway
essentials  Network Essentials for Gateway
premier     Network Premier for Gateway

Verify License Smart License Seat using CLI

To verify the configured smart license seat, use the following CLI command:

Procedure

Use the show license iw seats command to display the current license seat configuration.

Example:


Device# show license iw seats
Platform Configured Current
IW9167 0 15
IW9165 0 12

Configure Running License Level for Gateway

To configure the license level for the gateway, use the following CLI command:

Procedure

Use the license iec-level [advantage |essentials | premier] command to configure the license level for the gateway

Example:

Device# license iec-level premier

The following options are available:

  • advantage : Network Advantage for Radios

  • essentials : Network Essentials for Radios

  • premier : Network Premier for Radios