Solved: Re: ASR1002-HX Question about Throughput and EPA-10X10GE

User404 · ‎01-17-2022

Hello,

as it says on the following page, the performance of the ASR1002-HX is 44-100 Gbps.

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/routers/asr-1002-hx-router/index.html

So what is the standard throughput (unencrypted) and how can it be increased?
I can't find a selection option for such a license in either the datasheets or CCW.

Does also anyone know for sure if you need a license (which one?) for the extra 10G ports added by the EPA-10X10GE card?

Can I use the ports of EPA-10X10GE in the ASR1002-HX without any problems, although not all Built-In ports have been enabled yet?

Thanks.

User404 · ‎01-19-2022

I got the following answer from a Cisco System Engineer:

Throughput
ASR1002-HX with integrated ESP throughput is 100Gbps as standard.
ASR1002-HX has 8x 1GE and 8x 10GE integrated ports, but by default only 4x1GE and 4x10GE ports are enabled - this equates to a total port capacity of 44G. This is why it is sometimes confusingly referred to as "pay-as-you-grow performance 44-100Gbps".
Port Licensing
The EPA card "EPA-10X10GE" does not require a licence. There is no need to activate / unlock the first 10GE integrated ports before using 10GE ports on the EPA module. A port licence is not required for all types of ports on EPA modules on ASR1k.

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Leo Laohoo · ‎01-17-2022

If the router is supporting Cisco Smart License, post the complete output to the command

"sh license feature"

.
If the router is running versions that support CSL, then post the complete output to the command

"sh license status"

.

User404 · ‎01-18-2022

Hi Leo,

this is a hypothetical question, so I have no output.

But I don't see how the output should affect the answer.

Leo Laohoo · ‎01-18-2022

@User404 wrote:

But I don't see how the output should affect the answer.

The target market of the ASR are for customers who can "really afford" high speed (>1 Gbps) -- Called "pay as you grow".
Because of this, nearly every bandwidth function of the ASR has a license.

The "default" license is for 1 Gbps optics. For 10 Gbps optics, there is a license for that.

For SPA/EPA, another license.

User404 · ‎01-18-2022

Hi Leo,

the only port upgrade licences available for the ASR1002-HX are for the 4x 1G/10G ports that are not enabled out of the box.

As far as I know, these have nothing to do with the ports of the EPA cards, as you can only add the corresponding license [FLSA1-HX-2X10GE] to the router twice in the CCW.

If you add more than these two, you will get the following error message:

For example, if I add this EPA card [EPA-10X10GE] to the configuration, there are no warnings that an extra licence is needed to use the ports of the card. The only license available for the extra ports of the EPA card is [FLSA1-MACSEC10G].

Regarding the performances of 44-100 Gbps:

Apart from the Crypto throughput licenses [FLSA1-2HXIPS8G / FLSA1-2HX8G16G / FLSA1-2HX8G25G], I cannot find a bandwidth license for the unencrypted throughput in the CCW.

However, I have an output from a unit that we potentially would buy.

Can you do anything with it to answer the initial questions?

sh license all

Spoiler

Router#sh license all
License Store: Primary License Storage
StoreIndex: 0   Feature: advipservices                     Version: 1.0
        License Type: Permanent
        License State: Active, In Use
        License Count: Non-Counted
        License Priority: Medium
License Store: Built-In License Storage
StoreIndex: 0   Feature: adventerprise                     Version: 1.0
        License Type: EvalRightToUse
        License State: Active, Not in Use, EULA not accepted
            Evaluation total period: 8  weeks 4  days
            Evaluation period left: 8  weeks 4  days
            Period used: 0  minute  0  second
        License Count: Non-Counted
        License Priority: None
StoreIndex: 1   Feature: advipservices                     Version: 1.0
        License Type: EvalRightToUse
        License State: Inactive
            Evaluation total period: 8  weeks 4  days
            Evaluation period left: 8  weeks 4  days
            Period used: 0  minute  0  second
        License Count: Non-Counted
        License Priority: None
StoreIndex: 2   Feature: avc                               Version: 1.0
        License Type: EvalRightToUse
        License State: Active, Not in Use, EULA not accepted
            Evaluation total period: 8  weeks 4  days
            Evaluation period left: 8  weeks 4  days
            Period used: 0  minute  0  second
        License Count: Non-Counted
        License Priority: None
StoreIndex: 3   Feature: fwnat_red                         Version: 1.0
        License Type: EvalRightToUse
        License State: Active, Not in Use, EULA not accepted
            Evaluation total period: 8  weeks 4  days
            Evaluation period left: 8  weeks 4  days
            Period used: 0  minute  0  second
        License Count: Non-Counted
        License Priority: None
StoreIndex: 4   Feature: ipsec                             Version: 1.0
        License Type: EvalRightToUse
        License State: Active, Not in Use, EULA not accepted
            Evaluation total period: 8  weeks 4  days
            Evaluation period left: 8  weeks 4  days
            Period used: 0  minute  0  second
        License Count: Non-Counted
        License Priority: None
StoreIndex: 5   Feature: lawful_intr                       Version: 1.0
        License Type: EvalRightToUse
        License State: Active, Not in Use, EULA not accepted
            Evaluation total period: 8  weeks 4  days
            Evaluation period left: 8  weeks 4  days
            Period used: 0  minute  0  second
        License Count: Non-Counted
        License Priority: None
StoreIndex: 6   Feature: lisp                              Version: 1.0
        License Type: EvalRightToUse
        License State: Active, Not in Use, EULA not accepted
            Evaluation total period: 8  weeks 4  days
            Evaluation period left: 8  weeks 4  days
            Period used: 0  minute  0  second
        License Count: Non-Counted
        License Priority: None
StoreIndex: 7   Feature: otv                               Version: 1.0
        License Type: EvalRightToUse
        License State: Active, Not in Use, EULA not accepted
            Evaluation total period: 8  weeks 4  days
            Evaluation period left: 8  weeks 4  days
            Period used: 0  minute  0  second
        License Count: Non-Counted
        License Priority: None
StoreIndex: 8   Feature: sw_redundancy                     Version: 1.0
        License Type: EvalRightToUse
        License State: Active, Not in Use, EULA not accepted
            Evaluation total period: 8  weeks 4  days
            Evaluation period left: 8  weeks 4  days
            Period used: 0  minute  0  second
        License Count: Non-Counted
        License Priority: None
StoreIndex: 9   Feature: vpls                              Version: 1.0
        License Type: EvalRightToUse
        License State: Active, Not in Use, EULA not accepted
            Evaluation total period: 8  weeks 4  days
            Evaluation period left: 8  weeks 4  days
            Period used: 0  minute  0  second
        License Count: Non-Counted
        License Priority: None
StoreIndex: 10  Feature: FoundationSuiteK9                 Version: 1.0
        License Type: EvalRightToUse
        License State: Active, Not in Use, EULA not accepted
            Evaluation total period: 8  weeks 4  days
            Evaluation period left: 8  weeks 4  days
            Period used: 0  minute  0  second
        License Count: Non-Counted
        License Priority: None
StoreIndex: 11  Feature: AdvUCSuiteK9                      Version: 1.0
        License Type: EvalRightToUse
        License State: Active, Not in Use, EULA not accepted
            Evaluation total period: 8  weeks 4  days
            Evaluation period left: 8  weeks 4  days
            Period used: 0  minute  0  second
        License Count: Non-Counted
        License Priority: None
StoreIndex: 12  Feature: 2HXIPS8G                          Version: 1.0
        License Type: EvalRightToUse
        License State: Active, Not in Use, EULA not accepted
            Evaluation total period: 8  weeks 4  days
            Evaluation period left: 8  weeks 4  days
            Period used: 0  minute  0  second
        License Count: Non-Counted
        License Priority: None
StoreIndex: 13  Feature: 2HX8G16G                          Version: 1.0
        License Type: EvalRightToUse
        License State: Active, Not in Use, EULA not accepted
            Evaluation total period: 8  weeks 4  days
            Evaluation period left: 8  weeks 4  days
            Period used: 0  minute  0  second
        License Count: Non-Counted
        License Priority: None
StoreIndex: 14  Feature: 2HX8G25G                          Version: 1.0
        License Type: EvalRightToUse
        License State: Active, Not in Use, EULA not accepted
            Evaluation total period: 8  weeks 4  days
            Evaluation period left: 8  weeks 4  days
            Period used: 0  minute  0  second
        License Count: Non-Counted
        License Priority: None
StoreIndex: 15  Feature: 2HX16G25G                         Version: 1.0
        License Type: EvalRightToUse
        License State: Active, Not in Use, EULA not accepted
            Evaluation total period: 8  weeks 4  days
            Evaluation period left: 8  weeks 4  days
            Period used: 0  minute  0  second
        License Count: Non-Counted
        License Priority: None
StoreIndex: 16  Feature: interface_10g                     Version: 1.0
        License Type: EvalRightToUse
        License State: Active, Not in Use, EULA not accepted
            Evaluation total period: 8  weeks 4  days
            Evaluation period left: 8  weeks 4  days
            Period used: 0  minute  0  second
        License Count: 0/0  (In-use/Violation)
        License Priority: None
StoreIndex: 17  Feature: interface_1g                      Version: 1.0
        License Type: EvalRightToUse
        License State: Active, Not in Use, EULA not accepted
            Evaluation total period: 8  weeks 4  days
            Evaluation period left: 8  weeks 4  days
            Period used: 0  minute  0  second
        License Count: 0/0  (In-use/Violation)
        License Priority: None
StoreIndex: 18  Feature: appxk9                            Version: 1.0
        License Type: EvalRightToUse
        License State: Active, Not in Use, EULA not accepted
            Evaluation total period: 8  weeks 4  days
            Evaluation period left: 8  weeks 4  days
            Period used: 0  minute  0  second
        License Count: Non-Counted
        License Priority: None
StoreIndex: 19  Feature: securityk9                        Version: 1.0
        License Type: EvalRightToUse
        License State: Active, Not in Use, EULA not accepted
            Evaluation total period: 8  weeks 4  days
            Evaluation period left: 8  weeks 4  days
            Period used: 0  minute  0  second
        License Count: Non-Counted
        License Priority: None
StoreIndex: 20  Feature: uck9                              Version: 1.0
        License Type: EvalRightToUse
        License State: Active, Not in Use, EULA not accepted
            Evaluation total period: 8  weeks 4  days
            Evaluation period left: 8  weeks 4  days
            Period used: 0  minute  0  second
        License Count: Non-Counted
        License Priority: None

Router#sh license all License Store: Primary License Storage StoreIndex: 0 Feature: advipservices Version: 1.0 License Type: Permanent License State: Active, In Use License Count: Non-Counted License Priority: Medium License Store: Built-In License Storage StoreIndex: 0 Feature: adventerprise Version: 1.0 License Type: EvalRightToUse License State: Active, Not in Use, EULA not accepted Evaluation total period: 8 weeks 4 days Evaluation period left: 8 weeks 4 days Period used: 0 minute 0 second License Count: Non-Counted License Priority: None StoreIndex: 1 Feature: advipservices Version: 1.0 License Type: EvalRightToUse License State: Inactive Evaluation total period: 8 weeks 4 days Evaluation period left: 8 weeks 4 days Period used: 0 minute 0 second License Count: Non-Counted License Priority: None StoreIndex: 2 Feature: avc Version: 1.0 License Type: EvalRightToUse License State: Active, Not in Use, EULA not accepted Evaluation total period: 8 weeks 4 days Evaluation period left: 8 weeks 4 days Period used: 0 minute 0 second License Count: Non-Counted License Priority: None StoreIndex: 3 Feature: fwnat_red Version: 1.0 License Type: EvalRightToUse License State: Active, Not in Use, EULA not accepted Evaluation total period: 8 weeks 4 days Evaluation period left: 8 weeks 4 days Period used: 0 minute 0 second License Count: Non-Counted License Priority: None StoreIndex: 4 Feature: ipsec Version: 1.0 License Type: EvalRightToUse License State: Active, Not in Use, EULA not accepted Evaluation total period: 8 weeks 4 days Evaluation period left: 8 weeks 4 days Period used: 0 minute 0 second License Count: Non-Counted License Priority: None StoreIndex: 5 Feature: lawful_intr Version: 1.0 License Type: EvalRightToUse License State: Active, Not in Use, EULA not accepted Evaluation total period: 8 weeks 4 days Evaluation period left: 8 weeks 4 days Period used: 0 minute 0 second License Count: Non-Counted License Priority: None StoreIndex: 6 Feature: lisp Version: 1.0 License Type: EvalRightToUse License State: Active, Not in Use, EULA not accepted Evaluation total period: 8 weeks 4 days Evaluation period left: 8 weeks 4 days Period used: 0 minute 0 second License Count: Non-Counted License Priority: None StoreIndex: 7 Feature: otv Version: 1.0 License Type: EvalRightToUse License State: Active, Not in Use, EULA not accepted Evaluation total period: 8 weeks 4 days Evaluation period left: 8 weeks 4 days Period used: 0 minute 0 second License Count: Non-Counted License Priority: None StoreIndex: 8 Feature: sw_redundancy Version: 1.0 License Type: EvalRightToUse License State: Active, Not in Use, EULA not accepted Evaluation total period: 8 weeks 4 days Evaluation period left: 8 weeks 4 days Period used: 0 minute 0 second License Count: Non-Counted License Priority: None StoreIndex: 9 Feature: vpls Version: 1.0 License Type: EvalRightToUse License State: Active, Not in Use, EULA not accepted Evaluation total period: 8 weeks 4 days Evaluation period left: 8 weeks 4 days Period used: 0 minute 0 second License Count: Non-Counted License Priority: None StoreIndex: 10 Feature: FoundationSuiteK9 Version: 1.0 License Type: EvalRightToUse License State: Active, Not in Use, EULA not accepted Evaluation total period: 8 weeks 4 days Evaluation period left: 8 weeks 4 days Period used: 0 minute 0 second License Count: Non-Counted License Priority: None StoreIndex: 11 Feature: AdvUCSuiteK9 Version: 1.0 License Type: EvalRightToUse License State: Active, Not in Use, EULA not accepted Evaluation total period: 8 weeks 4 days Evaluation period left: 8 weeks 4 days Period used: 0 minute 0 second License Count: Non-Counted License Priority: None StoreIndex: 12 Feature: 2HXIPS8G Version: 1.0 License Type: EvalRightToUse License State: Active, Not in Use, EULA not accepted Evaluation total period: 8 weeks 4 days Evaluation period left: 8 weeks 4 days Period used: 0 minute 0 second License Count: Non-Counted License Priority: None StoreIndex: 13 Feature: 2HX8G16G Version: 1.0 License Type: EvalRightToUse License State: Active, Not in Use, EULA not accepted Evaluation total period: 8 weeks 4 days Evaluation period left: 8 weeks 4 days Period used: 0 minute 0 second License Count: Non-Counted License Priority: None StoreIndex: 14 Feature: 2HX8G25G Version: 1.0 License Type: EvalRightToUse License State: Active, Not in Use, EULA not accepted Evaluation total period: 8 weeks 4 days Evaluation period left: 8 weeks 4 days Period used: 0 minute 0 second License Count: Non-Counted License Priority: None StoreIndex: 15 Feature: 2HX16G25G Version: 1.0 License Type: EvalRightToUse License State: Active, Not in Use, EULA not accepted Evaluation total period: 8 weeks 4 days Evaluation period left: 8 weeks 4 days Period used: 0 minute 0 second License Count: Non-Counted License Priority: None StoreIndex: 16 Feature: interface_10g Version: 1.0 License Type: EvalRightToUse License State: Active, Not in Use, EULA not accepted Evaluation total period: 8 weeks 4 days Evaluation period left: 8 weeks 4 days Period used: 0 minute 0 second License Count: 0/0 (In-use/Violation) License Priority: None StoreIndex: 17 Feature: interface_1g Version: 1.0 License Type: EvalRightToUse License State: Active, Not in Use, EULA not accepted Evaluation total period: 8 weeks 4 days Evaluation period left: 8 weeks 4 days Period used: 0 minute 0 second License Count: 0/0 (In-use/Violation) License Priority: None StoreIndex: 18 Feature: appxk9 Version: 1.0 License Type: EvalRightToUse License State: Active, Not in Use, EULA not accepted Evaluation total period: 8 weeks 4 days Evaluation period left: 8 weeks 4 days Period used: 0 minute 0 second License Count: Non-Counted License Priority: None StoreIndex: 19 Feature: securityk9 Version: 1.0 License Type: EvalRightToUse License State: Active, Not in Use, EULA not accepted Evaluation total period: 8 weeks 4 days Evaluation period left: 8 weeks 4 days Period used: 0 minute 0 second License Count: Non-Counted License Priority: None StoreIndex: 20 Feature: uck9 Version: 1.0 License Type: EvalRightToUse License State: Active, Not in Use, EULA not accepted Evaluation total period: 8 weeks 4 days Evaluation period left: 8 weeks 4 days Period used: 0 minute 0 second License Count: Non-Counted License Priority: None

sh license feature

Spoiler

Router# sh license feature
Feature name             Enforcement  Evaluation  Subscription   Enabled  RightToUse
adventerprise            yes          yes         no             no       yes
advipservices            yes          yes         no             yes      yes
ipbase                   no           no          no             no       no
avc                      yes          yes         no             no       yes
broadband                no           no          no             no       no
broadband_4k             no           no          no             no       no
cube_250                 no           no          no             no       no
cube_250_red             no           no          no             no       no
cube_ent_100             no           no          no             no       no
cube_ent_100_red         no           no          no             no       no
cube_lab                 no           no          no             no       no
Feature name             Enforcement  Evaluation  Subscription   Enabled  RightToUse

cube_video_b2btp         no           no          no             no       no
cube_video_b2btp_red     no           no          no             no       no
firewall                 no           no          no             no       no
fpi                      no           no          no             no       no
fwnat_red                yes          yes         no             no       yes
gtp_addon_aic            no           no          no             no       no
internal_service         yes          no          no             no       no
ipsec                    yes          yes         no             no       yes
lawful_intr              yes          yes         no             no       yes
lisp                     yes          yes         no             no       yes
nat64_stateful_2m        no           no          no             no       no
Feature name             Enforcement  Evaluation  Subscription   Enabled  RightToUse

otv                      yes          yes         no             no       yes
sgt_fw                   no           no          no             no       no
sw_redundancy            yes          yes         no             no       yes
vpls                     yes          yes         no             no       yes
FoundationSuiteK9        yes          yes         no             no       yes
AdvUCSuiteK9             yes          yes         no             no       yes
CUBE-Standard            yes          yes         no             no       no
CUBE-Redundant           yes          yes         no             no       no
2HXIPS8G                 yes          yes         no             no       yes
2HX8G16G                 yes          yes         no             no       yes
2HX8G25G                 yes          yes         no             no       yes
Feature name             Enforcement  Evaluation  Subscription   Enabled  RightToUse

2HX16G25G                yes          yes         no             no       yes
interface_10g            yes          yes         no             no       yes
interface_1g             yes          yes         no             no       yes
cgnat                    no           no          no             no       no
appxk9                   yes          yes         no             no       yes
securityk9               yes          yes         no             no       yes
uck9                     yes          yes         no             no       yes
interface_40g            yes          no          no             no       no

Router# sh license feature Feature name Enforcement Evaluation Subscription Enabled RightToUse adventerprise yes yes no no yes advipservices yes yes no yes yes ipbase no no no no no avc yes yes no no yes broadband no no no no no broadband_4k no no no no no cube_250 no no no no no cube_250_red no no no no no cube_ent_100 no no no no no cube_ent_100_red no no no no no cube_lab no no no no no Feature name Enforcement Evaluation Subscription Enabled RightToUse cube_video_b2btp no no no no no cube_video_b2btp_red no no no no no firewall no no no no no fpi no no no no no fwnat_red yes yes no no yes gtp_addon_aic no no no no no internal_service yes no no no no ipsec yes yes no no yes lawful_intr yes yes no no yes lisp yes yes no no yes nat64_stateful_2m no no no no no Feature name Enforcement Evaluation Subscription Enabled RightToUse otv yes yes no no yes sgt_fw no no no no no sw_redundancy yes yes no no yes vpls yes yes no no yes FoundationSuiteK9 yes yes no no yes AdvUCSuiteK9 yes yes no no yes CUBE-Standard yes yes no no no CUBE-Redundant yes yes no no no 2HXIPS8G yes yes no no yes 2HX8G16G yes yes no no yes 2HX8G25G yes yes no no yes Feature name Enforcement Evaluation Subscription Enabled RightToUse 2HX16G25G yes yes no no yes interface_10g yes yes no no yes interface_1g yes yes no no yes cgnat no no no no no appxk9 yes yes no no yes securityk9 yes yes no no yes uck9 yes yes no no yes interface_40g yes no no no no

Leo Laohoo · ‎01-18-2022

IMPORTANT: I do not have a CCIE in "CCW" and I will not answer on how to "navigate" CCW.

The

"sh license feature"

output is very useful because it list, in a very nice and neat table, what features are enabled. (Sadly, this sub-command is no longer valid from IOS-XE version 16.10.X and later.)

The only license feature enabled on this router is "advipservices" and nothing much else. Even the optic ports of 1- & 10 Gbps are disabled.

User404 · ‎01-19-2022

Well, the answer is unfortunately not very helpful. The licenses listed in the outputs have nothing to do with my questions.

Anyway, thank you for your time.

User404 · ‎01-19-2022

I got the following answer from a Cisco System Engineer:

Throughput
ASR1002-HX with integrated ESP throughput is 100Gbps as standard.
ASR1002-HX has 8x 1GE and 8x 10GE integrated ports, but by default only 4x1GE and 4x10GE ports are enabled - this equates to a total port capacity of 44G. This is why it is sometimes confusingly referred to as "pay-as-you-grow performance 44-100Gbps".
Port Licensing
The EPA card "EPA-10X10GE" does not require a licence. There is no need to activate / unlock the first 10GE integrated ports before using 10GE ports on the EPA module. A port licence is not required for all types of ports on EPA modules on ASR1k.