Throughput Licence on Cisco 8000 routers

[ritteralan311]

I've purchased a C8300-1N1S-6T along with a 400 Mbit licence (part code DNA-P-T1-A-5Y). Does anyone know if this license throughput applies only to the Crypto functions (i.e.ipsec tunnels)?

I need this router to relay traffic between some switches at Gbit speeds.

Many thanks in advance.

[balaji.bandi]

You should be ok on LAN side.

check this guide you get more clarity :

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/routers/cloud_edge/c8300/software_config/cat8300swcfg-xe-17-book/m-available-licenses.html#Cisco_Concept.dita_349da4fc-6654-4410-a938-5ac474662643

[liviu.gheorghe]

Hello @ritteralan311 ,

as per Cisco documentation

In case of physical platforms (Catalyst 8200, 8300, and 8500 Series Edge Platforms), all references to “throughput” in this document refer to cryptographic throughput.

and

On physical platforms (Catalyst 8200, 8300, and 8500 Series Edge Platforms), unencrypted throughput (Tx and Rx), is unthrottled by default.

The complete reference you can find here: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/routers/C8000V/Configuration/c8000v-installation-configuration-guide/m-available-licenses.html#encrypted-and-unencrypted-throughput

In your case, if traffic relayed through the Cisco 8300 is unencrypted, you are ok with the purchased license.

Also per Cisco documentation:

If the throughput you order is greater than 250 Mbps, an HSECK9 license is required on all variants of Cisco Catalyst 8000 Edge Platforms Family - except for Catalyst 8500 and 8500L Series Edge Platforms

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/routers/C8000V/Configuration/c8000v-installation-configuration-guide/m-available-licenses.html#Cisco_Concept.dita_e1576a6b-933d-4021-b80a-f435835443df

Hope this helps.