Hi.Let me answer your questions. I wrote an article about licensing on ASR 9000 - http://blog.netfi.co/cisco-asr-9000-licensing/1. nV LicensingA9K-NV-CLUSTR-LIC is for nV EdgeA9K-NVSAT5-LIC allows you to connect 5 satellites (9000v, 901 or 903).Addit...
I will answer the first part of your question, because one of my client was building a carrier ethernet network and decided to implement also some L3 VPNs.Without any license you can terminate L2 VPNs. For L3 VPNs you need a license per slot (or box ...
There are four main deiffences (unfortunately don't have a reference link).L3 Interfaces: TR: 8k/LC, SE: 20k/LCL2 Interfaces:TR: 16k/LC, SE: 64k/LCQoS: TR: only 8 Queues per port, 8k policers per Network ProcessorSE: 256k Queues per port, 256k police...