887VA protocol pack

[lcaruso]

I've been run in circles by a certain support organziation on this simple question. Please advise if there's an accurate response available to my question, as they cannot answer my question. Here it is:

Is a seperate license needed for the protocol pack on the 887VA? If so, which one?

A support represenative told me the 887VA is a "fixed" license and  cannot have a Data license applied to it. If that's true, then why is  there a protocol pack available for this platform?

Another support represenative told me it was not needed, so I downloaded the protocol pack which matches the ios version, and I applied the  pack using this command...

887VA(config)# ip nbar protocol-pack flash:pp-adv-isrg2-153-1.T-3.1.0.pack

...it hangs the router so that a hard reset is the only way to  recover.

Is that because a license is needed? If so, which one?

If I knew which license was needed I could purchase it.

Thanks.

[Alessio Andreoli]

Ciao,
If you want to know what is on your 887va just issue the show license feature command and you will realise what is in your device. Btw, this licensing that Cisco put in place refers to the IOS software and not to a particular platform. You can run IOS 15.x also on 1800 series!!!

Hth
Alessio

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[lcaruso]

What does that tell me regarding my question?

router#sh license
Index 1 Feature: advipservices                  
        Period left: Life time
        License Type: Permanent
        License State: Active, In Use
        License Count: Non-Counted
        License Priority: Medium
Index 2 Feature: advsecurity                    
        Period left: Life time
        License Type: Permanent
        License State: Active, Not in Use
        License Count: Non-Counted
        License Priority: Medium
Index 3 Feature: ios-ips-update                 
        Period left: Not Activated
        Period Used: 0  minute  0  second  
        License Type: EvalRightToUse
        License State: Not in Use, EULA not accepted
        License Count: Non-Counted
        License Priority: None
Index 4 Feature: WAAS_Express                   
        Period left: Not Activated
        Period Used: 0  minute  0  second  
        License Type: EvalRightToUse
        License State: Not in Use, EULA not accepted
        License Count: Non-Counted
        License Priority: None
Index 5 Feature: SSL_VPN                        
        Period left: Not Activated
        Period Used: 0  minute  0  second  
        License Type: EvalRightToUse
        License State: Not in Use, EULA not accepted
        License Count: 0/0  (In-use/Violation)
        License Priority: None

[lcaruso]

What did help is a solid TAC engineer figured out it doesn't hang the router, it just takes 30 minutes or longer for the command to complete and that no extra license is required on this platform for the protocol pack.

Case closed.

[paolo bevilacqua]

Alessio Andreoli wrote:
Ciao,
If you want to know what is on your 887va just issue the show license feature command and you will realise what is in your device. Btw, this licensing that Cisco put in place refers to the IOS software and not to a particular platform. You can run IOS 15.x also on 1800 series!!!

That is incorrect. Licensing depends by the platform, eg ISR G1 do not have licesning enforced, while ISR G2

[Alessio Andreoli]

Ciao Paolo,
I guess you would be right if it were not possible to install IOS 15.X and license on a 2800 series as instead I did.

Your statement possibly meant something else.

Regards,
Alessio

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[paolo bevilacqua]

It means exactly what I said.

No license files are needed on 2800 with 15.x, check yourself.