06-14-2017 06:19 AM - edited 03-08-2019 10:58 AM
We are purchasing a Cisco ASR router and the company we are buying it through want to charge a yearly support fee of £1000 for the support of the license that increases the routers throughput, is this possible or even ethical?
06-14-2017 06:52 AM
Yes you can do that if you want to increase the throughput as below there are multiple options in ASR , just giving you the option if you need extra throughput , whether its a rip off is your own opinion :) Cisco is expensive and ASR are top range routers , but if your going to use the 10gb wan ports I think from checking it before you need it , we didn't have to , I have 150mb wan circuits connected to them working fine
#sh license feature
Feature name Enforcement Evaluation Subscription Enabled RightToUse
adventerprise yes yes no yes yes
advipservices yes yes no no yes
ipbase no no no no no
avc yes yes no no yes
broadband no no no no no
broadband_4k no no no no no
cube_250 no no no no no
cube_250_red no no no no no
cube_ent_100 no no no no no
cube_ent_100_red no no no no no
cube_lab no no no no no
cube_video_b2btp no no no no no
cube_video_b2btp_red no no no no no
firewall no no no no no
fpi no no no no no
fwnat_red yes yes no no yes
gtp_addon_aic no no no no no
internal_service yes no no no no
ipsec yes yes no no yes
lawful_intr yes yes no no yes
lisp yes yes no no yes
nat64_stateful_2m no no no no no
otv yes yes no no yes
sgt_fw no no no no no
sw_redundancy yes yes no no yes
throughput_5g yes yes no no yes
throughput_5g_to_10g yes no no no no
throughput_5g_to_20g yes no no no no
throughput_10g yes yes no no yes
throughput_10g_to_20g yes no no no no
throughput_20g yes yes no no yes
vpls yes yes no no yes
interface_10g yes yes no no yes
FoundationSuiteK9 yes yes no no yes
AdvUCSuiteK9 yes yes no no yes
06-14-2017 07:40 AM
Thanks for your comments Mark, I realise that we need to pay for the license to increase the throughput but I am asking if we need to pay the yearly £1000 for the support agreement for this license as this is something I have never heard of before.
06-14-2017 08:23 AM
I cant comment on individual company prices but personally from what I buy and support seems like a lot unless there supporting the whole ASR for that price for the year , I just paid 1800 for 3 standard switches for next business day but that was over 3 years support , cant remember of my head what my ASR support was , why not call another local provider ask them what they charge so you have something to go on
06-14-2017 08:43 AM
Yes I think I will because the £1000 is just for the license that is additional to the maintenance agreement for the router.
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