Licensing - Cisco ASR-920-20SZ-M Hardware Installation Manual

Licensing

Licensing
The Cisco ASR-920-20SZ-M Router support the following types of licenses:
• Port Licensing—Port Upgrade license is available as a "Pay as you Grow" model.
• Bulk licensing—Bulk port licensing allows you to enable all the ports with a single license.
• Timing license (1588)—Timing license is required if the router is used as a master clock.
• Advanced Metro IP Access
• Metro IP Access
• Metro Access (default)
The following methods are used to activate the above licenses:
• Cisco Software Licensing—The Cisco Software License Activation feature is a set of processes and
Note
Licenses generated by the Cisco Software Licensing are tied to the UDI of the chassis and a corresponding
watchtower device certificate (WDC) is stored in the system.
• Cisco Smart Licensing—Smart Licensing is usage-based licensing where devices register with the Cisco
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• 1G upgrade license
• 10G upgrade license
components to activate Cisco software feature sets by obtaining and validating fee-based Cisco software
licenses.
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