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Chapter 3
Obtaining and Installing Licenses
S e n d d o c u m e n t a t i o n c o m m e n t s t o m d s f e e d b a c k - d o c @ c i s c o . c o m .
Licensing Model
The licensing model defined for the Cisco MDS product line has two options:
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•
Any feature not included in a license package is bundled with the Cisco MDS 9000 Family switches and
Note
is provided at no charge to the user.
Table 3-1
Feature License
Enterprise package
(ENTERPRISE_PKG)
OL-6973-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x
Feature-based licensing—features that are applicable to the entire switch. The cost varies based on
a per-switch usage.
Table 3-1
Module-based licensing— features that require additional hardware modules. The cost varies based
on a per-module usage. An example is the IPS-8 or IPS-4 module using the FCIP feature.
Note
Each module requires its own separate license. If you replace a module that requires a
license with a module of the same type (such as replacing a Storage Services Module (SSM)
with another SSM), the existing license will support the new module.
Feature-Based Licenses
lists the feature-based license packages.
Features
Enhanced security features:
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LUN zoning
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Read-only zones
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Port security
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VSAN-based access control
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Fibre Channel Security Protocol (FC-SP)
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authentication
IP Security Protocol (IPsec) for iSCSI and FCIP
•
using the MPS-14/2 module or Cisco MDS 9216i
switch
Advanced traffic engineering—Quality of Service
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(QoS)
Enhanced VSAN routing—inter-VSAN routing
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(IVR) over FC
IVR Network Address Translation (NAT) over FC
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Zone-based traffic prioritizing
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Extended credits using the MPS-14/2 module or the
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Cisco MDS 9216i Switch
Zone-based QoS
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Extended Credits
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Fibre Channel write acceleration
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SCSI flow statistics
FCIP encryption
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Cisco MDS 9000 Family Configuration Guide
Licensing Model
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