I have Nexus 5596UP switch running ver 5.2.1, I recently added Layer 3 card to the swicthes, L3 cards by default comes with LAN_BASE_SERVICES_PKG licence. According to Cisco web site, I need LAN_ENTERPRISE_SERVICES_PKG in order to use VRF lite..
However I was able to create many VRFs on the swicthe and they work very fine. I assume that could be the grace period for LAN_ENTERPRISE_SERVICES_PKG licence, but according to Cisco I will get a daily notification about the grace period, which I don't. Also looking to the licence usage, I don't see LAN_ENTERPRISE_SERVICES_PKG being used..
N5K#sh license usage
Feature Ins Lic Status Expiry Date Comments
Count
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FCOE_NPV_PKG No - Unused -
FM_SERVER_PKG No - Unused -
ENTERPRISE_PKG No - Unused -
FC_FEATURES_PKG No - Unused -
VMFEX_FEATURE_PKG No - Unused -
ENHANCED_LAYER2_PKG No - Unused -
LAN_BASE_SERVICES_PKG Yes - In use Never -
LAN_ENTERPRISE_SERVICES_PKG No - Unused -
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Here is sample of the VRFs I created on the swicth.
vrf context management
ip route 0.0.0.0/0 10.239.10.1
vrf context vrf2
ip route 0.0.0.0/0 10.239.240.5
vrf context vrf3
ip route 0.0.0.0/0 10.239.240.205
vrf context vrf 3
ip route 0.0.0.0/0 10.239.240.29
vrf context vrf 4
ip route 0.0.0.0/0 10.239.240.213
vrf context vrf 5
ip route 0.0.0.0/0 10.239.240.37
Also many SVIs are attached to several vrfs
example
interface vlan 123
vrf member vrf1
ip address 10.1.1.1/24
!
So my question, for these VRFs, do I really need LAN_ENTERPRISE_SERVICES_PKG? or what I have is enough?
Thanks for your help
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