Enable LANBase on 2960s

[Brandon Rebbe]

This may be a dumb question but I am going crazy trying to figure  it out.  I have a 2960s that I have purchased for my lab. I am used to dealing with 2960-x switches.  This switch has lanlite but shows that lanbase can be enabled or installed..  How do I enable LANBASE on this switch? I have tried running the SDM commands, I have looked on software central to see if I need some kind of PAK.

I have googled this for a while and have come up with nothing.  

This is what I get when I do show lice

BNB-SW-001#show lice
Index 1 Feature: lanbase
        Period left: 0  minute  0  second
Index 2 Feature: lanlite
        Period left: Life time
        License Type: Permanent
        License State: Active, In Use
        License Priority: Medium
        License Count: Non-Counted

[Julio E. Moisa]

Hi

Have you verified if the SDM prefer lanbase-routing is available on your switch?

show sdm prefer.

Hope it is useful

:-)

[Brandon Rebbe]

This is what the switch outputs when I run that command.  I think the Issue is that the LanBasse is not there or I need a license maybe. 

 The current template is "default" template.
 The selected template optimizes the resources in
 the switch to support this level of features for
 0 routed interfaces and 255 VLANs.

  number of unicast mac addresses:                  8K
  number of IPv4 IGMP groups + multicast routes:    0.25K
  number of IPv4 unicast routes:                    8.375k
    number of directly-connected IPv4 hosts:        8K
    number of indirect IPv4 routes:                 0.375k
  number of IPv6 multicast groups:                  0.25K
  number of IPv6 unicast routes:                    0.25K
    number of directly-connected IPv6 addresses:    0.25K
    number of indirect IPv6 unicast routes:         0
  number of IPv4 policy based routing aces:         0
  number of IPv4/MAC qos aces:                      0.375k
  number of IPv4/MAC security aces:                 0.375k
  number of IPv6 policy based routing aces:         0
  number of IPv6 qos aces:                          60
  number of IPv6 security aces:                     0.125k

[Julio E. Moisa]

It could be, but please execute the following command to verify the available templates on your switch:

conf t

sdm prefer ?

[willwetherman · Accepted solution]

Hi,

It’s not possible to upgrade a 2960S switch from LAN Lite to LAN Base. The feature set is tied to the hardware model.

Please see the following

https://supportforums.cisco.com/sites/default/files/legacy/9/7/8/134879-Cisco%20Catalyst%202960%20and%202960-S%20Series%20Switches%20Q%26A.pdf

Q. Can a Cisco Catalyst 2960-S Series LAN Lite switch
be upgraded to LAN Base?

A. No. The feature set is bound to the hardware model. To get the features and capabilities of LAN Base, you must purchase a LAN Base switch.

[Brandon Rebbe]

That was it.  Mine has an SI in the corner.  Good and bad I guess. Good that I am not crazy and could not find the command and bad that I cannot do layer 3.. lol 

Thank You

[rafael.alves]

Hi, no you can't

Index 1 Feature: lanbase
        Period left: 0  minute  0  second

There is you period left of lanbase license. there is not. 

It just says that your hardware is capable to run a lanbase software. To make it happen, you can buy a lanbase license from cisco and than install a new IOS.