NCS 520 20G4Z licensing

[Sergey]

Hi, 

I have tried to find information about licensing on new N520 with no success.

Could someone clarify which ports are enabled by default and what is the difference between Metro Access and IP Access tech packages?

Thanks in advance

[Marius Gunnerud]

Here is some documentation on the licensing. This is for the ASR 920 router but the feature set should be the same for the NCS520. It is quite odd that no documentation for the NCS520 actually references these licenses.

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/collateral/routers/asr-920-series-aggregation-services-router/datasheet-c78-732079.html

●   Metro Access License: Offers advanced quality of service (QoS), Carrier Ethernet Layer 2 features, Synchronous Ethernet (SyncE), and Ethernet operations, administration, and maintenance (OAM) capabilities.

●   Metro IP Access License: Offers all capabilities of the Metro Access license with the addition of IEEE 1588-2008 Ordinary Clock and Transparent Clock, Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD), Layer 3 features for advanced IP routing protocols, multi-VPN routing, and Layer 3 Multicast and Forwarding Customer Edge (multi-VRF CE) capabilities.

●   Advanced Metro IP Access License: Adds the following capabilities to the Metro IP Services license: Multiprotocol Label Switching Transport Profile (MPLS-TP); MPLS, Ethernet over MPLS (EoMPLS), Circuit Emulation Service over Packet Switched Network (CESoPSN), and Structure Agnostic TDM over Packet (SAToP) pseudowires; Multirouter Automatic Protection Switching (MR-APS); Multichassis Link Aggregation and Control Protocol (mLACP); MPLS traffic engineering (MPLS TE); MPLS Fast Reroute (MPLS FRR); and MPLS VPN support.

This link has some info on the ports with default mode and some information on license requirements to unlock higher speed modes.

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/routers/ncs5xx/ncs520/configuration/guide/csa/16-11-1/b-csa-xe-16-11-1-ncs520/b-csa-xe-16-11-1-ncs520_chapter_010.html

[matthewramcharan]

Do any of these licenses support NAT?

[SystemEngineer32313]

This device is not for NAT. No any useful commands.

[SystemEngineer32313]

License Level: metroipaccess
License Type: Permanent
Next reload license Level: metroipaccess


Smart Licensing Status: Smart Licensing is DISABLED

cisco N520-20G4Z-A (NXP LS1043A) processor (revision 1.0 GHz) with 854785K/6147K bytes of memory.

sh license 
Index 1 Feature: metroipaccess                  
	Period left: Life time
	License Type: Permanent
	License State: Active, In Use
	License Count: 1/1/0  (Active/In-use/Violation)
	License Priority: Medium
Index 2 Feature: metroaccess                    
	Period left: Not Activated
	License Type: Evaluation
	License State: Active, Not in Use, EULA not accepted
	License Count: Non-Counted
	License Priority: None
Index 3 Feature: 1GEupgradelicense              
	Period left: Life time
	License Type: Permanent
	License State: Active, In Use
	License Count: 2/2/0  (Active/In-use/Violation)
	License Priority: Medium
Index 4 Feature: 10GEupgradelicense             
	Period left: Life time
	License Type: Permanent
	License State: Active, In Use
	License Count: 1/1/0  (Active/In-use/Violation)
	License Priority: Medium

sh license feature 
Feature name             Enforcement  Evaluation  Subscription   Enabled  RightToUse 
metroipaccess            no           yes         no             yes      no         
metroaccess              no           yes         no             no       no         
1GEupgradelicense        yes          no          no             yes      no         
10GEupgradelicense       yes          no          no             yes      no 

Index 3 Feature: 1GEupgradelicense
License Count: 2/2/0 (Active/In-use/Violation)

  --- Make active: 16x1GE ports (SFP)

Index 4 Feature: 10GEupgradelicense

License Count: 1/1/0 (Active/In-use/Violation)

  --- Make active: 2x10GE ports (SFP)

Only 4x1GE Ports (RJ45 Copper) allowed by default without License.

[rolandocarrillo]

somebody knows if this NCS520 supports MPLS? if so, wich license is need it? what i see in CCW, N520 dont have the option of Adv Metro IP access License that ASR920 has..do you know if it is supported?

[Carl Lindahl]

No. These boxes barely forward packets -- strongly advise not to think about MPLS on them.