Cisco Systems A9014CFD manual License Types, Image Level License, Feature Based License

Chapter 2 Licensing

License Types

License Types

Cisco ASR 901 router supports the following types of licenses:

•Image Level License

•Feature Based License

Image Level License

An Image level license corresponds to the level of the IOS image that comes up based on the licenses present on the router. This license is enforced while booting and it uses a universal image. It activates all the subsystems corresponding to the license that you purchased. Image based licenses (SL-A901-A and SL-A901-B) need rebooting of the router.

Features Supported

In Cisco ASR 901, IPBase (SL-A901-B) and AdvancedMetroIPAccess (SL-A901-A) are permanent; once installed they do not expire. Trial or temporary licenses are not supported on the Cisco ASR 901 router.

License	Features
IPBase / SL-A901-B	•	L2, EVC, 802.1Q, 802.1ad, QinQ, 802.3ah,
		H-Qos, IPv4 static routes, routing protocols,
		host connectivity, ACL, REP, VRF-Lite
	• E-OAM—CFM (BD, port level), IPSLA
		(barring LSP)
	• Clocking—SyncE, 1588-OC Slave, 10M,
		1PPS/ToD, G.781 Priority based Clock
		Selection (no ESMC/SSM)
	Note Time-division multiplexing (TDM) is
		unavailable.
AdvancedMetroIPAccess / SL-A901-A	•	All IPBase license features
	• MPLS—MPLS, L2VPN (EoMPLS), L3VPN,
		MPLS OAM, PW redundancy
	•	E-OAM—IPSLA(LSP)
	•	TDM —IPoPPP/HDLC, QoS,
		CESoPSNoMPLS, PPP/HDLCoMPLS, Clock
		Recovery from TDM interfaces, Y.1731PM

Feature Based License

Feature based licenses are licenses used to activate individual features once the image level licenses are used. Once the image level license is used and the appropriate subsystems are activated. Individual feature licenses are used to activate individual features. These include:

•Port based license

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