Cisco ASR1001 License Upgrade

[AdoJay969]

Hi All,

I've been having a harder time now dealing with Cisco. I ordered Adventerprise license for my ASR router. Unfortunately, was sent license for Advipservices. I only found out when I installed what I thought was license for interface_10g, only to discover I was given license for the wrong feature (routing throughput instead of interface speed).

My question now is, can I upgrade the advipservices to adventerprise by changing the license boot level statement and reloading the router?

ASR1001(config)#license boot level ?

  adventerprise  Advanced Enterprise License Level

  advipservices  Advanced IP Services License Level

  ipbase         IP Base License Level

Thanks, AdoJay

[cmarva]

do a sho license all, that will tell you. 

The short answer is yes, you can. The caveat with it is, if the adventerprise license is shown as eval/right to use, then you only have a limited time that you can run it as adventerprise.

if it is showing as permanent, then all you should have to do is activate, accept the eula, and you'll be good.

[AdoJay969]

Thanks for your quick response.

The output of show license is below;

ASR1001#sh license
Index 1 Feature: adventerprise
Period left: Life time
License Type: Permanent
License State: Active, Not in Use
License Count: Non-Counted
License Priority: Medium
Index 2 Feature: advipservices
Period left: 5 weeks 4 days
Period Used: 2 weeks 6 days
License Type: EvalRightToUse
License State: Active, In Use
License Count: Non-Counted
License Priority: Low

The license feature and type are adventerprise and permanent respectively. As I have the adventerprise license already installed, is it simply a case of changing the license boot level statement on the router and reloading?

Thanks

AdoJay

[Garry Cross]

I see no one has replied to your last query. Did you change the boot level? My ASR1002-HX is licensed for advipservices. Shown here.
Index: 1 Feature: advipservices Version: 1.0
License Type: Permanent
License State: Active, In Use
Lock type: Node locked
Vendor info: <PID>ASR1002-HX</PID><SN>JAD24100GY4</SN>
License Addition: Exclusive
License Generation version: 0x8100000
License Count: Non-Counted
License Priority: Medium
Store Index: 1
Store Name: Primary License Storage
Index: 2 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
Lock type: Non Node locked
Vendor info: <UDI><PID>NOTLOCKED</PID><SN>NOTLOCKED</SN></UDI><T>RTU</T>
License Addition: Additive
License Generation version: 0x8200000
License Count: Non-Counted
License Priority: None
Store Index: 1
Store Name: Built-In License Storage
When I had the boot level at adventerprise, this one showed as follows.
Index: 1 Feature: advipservices Version: 1.0
License Type: Permanent
License State: Active, Not in Use
Lock type: Node locked
Vendor info: <PID>ASR1002-HX</PID><SN>JAD24100GY4</SN>
License Addition: Exclusive
License Generation version: 0x8100000
License Count: Non-Counted
License Priority: Medium
Store Index: 1
Store Name: Primary License Storage
Index: 2 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
Lock type: Non Node locked
Vendor info: <UDI><PID>NOTLOCKED</PID><SN>NOTLOCKED</SN></UDI><T>RTU</T>
License Addition: Additive
License Generation version: 0x8200000
License Count: Non-Counted
License Priority: None
Store Index: 1
Store Name: Built-In License Storage
The adventerprise one showed as follows.
Index: 1 Feature: adventerprise Version: 1.0
License Type: RightToUse
License State: Active, Not in Use, EULA accepted
Lock type: Non Node locked
Vendor info: <UDI><PID>NOTLOCKED</PID><SN>NOTLOCKED</SN></UDI><T>RTU</T>
License Addition: Additive
License Generation version: 0x8200000
License Count: Non-Counted
License Priority: Low
Store Index: 0
Store Name: Built-In License Storage
Strangely not in use, not sure why. And not EvalRightToUse either.
I find documentation on licensing very lacking on the ASR1000.

[AdoJay969]

Hi,

I changed the boot level configuration command, saved, and reloaded. Don't forget to transfer the license file to the device first.

HTH

AdoJay