Solved: N540-24Z8Q2C-M LICENSE REQUIREMENT

Oluwatobi.Akinbobola · ‎04-25-2022

Do the N540-24Z8Q2C-M requires license to activate the 40G interfaces and OSPF,ipv4/ipv6 BGP?
what is the difference between N540-24Z8Q2C-M and N540-24Z8Q2C-SYS?

Flavio Miranda · ‎04-25-2022

You can find the comparison here. Seach for "Model comparison"

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/collateral/routers/network-convergence-system-500-series-routers/datasheet-c78-740296.html

About the licensing, in "Software feature support on NCS 540 in Cisco IOS XR:" you can see support to L3 protocol and any special licensing is mentioned.

About the interface, they present this option: 24x1/10GE, 8x10/25GE, 2x100GE. they dont mention 40GE specifically but you can get 40 with 4 interfaces of 10GE.

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Flavio Miranda · ‎04-25-2022

You can find the comparison here. Seach for "Model comparison"

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/collateral/routers/network-convergence-system-500-series-routers/datasheet-c78-740296.html

About the licensing, in "Software feature support on NCS 540 in Cisco IOS XR:" you can see support to L3 protocol and any special licensing is mentioned.

About the interface, they present this option: 24x1/10GE, 8x10/25GE, 2x100GE. they dont mention 40GE specifically but you can get 40 with 4 interfaces of 10GE.