Type licences on cisco wlc 5520

[akram.root]

Hello all,

I am beginner in the world of wireless , and i need your help about the differents types of licences  and how to deploy it on cisco wlc 5520 .

DTLS , RTU and DNA smart licence.

Best reagrds

Akram 

[Scott Fella]

RTU, right to use is the default license for ap’s to join. DTLS is if you want to encrypt your traffic which is used only in certain situations and DNA, is for any new ap’s that is supported by DNA, most of the newer AP’s will have this when you purchase the access points. You can always look up each of these to better understand what they are,

[akram.root]

Thank you for your informations , one question please what is the different between license SKU and RTU ?

Best regards

[jagan.chowdam]

SKU stands for Stock Keeping Unit, sometimes it also called Product Identification codes (PID).

Ex. for one AP license on the 3504 WLC, we order LIC-CT3504-1A. Once you place order, you'll have to activate the AP license on the controller. This is where RTU comes into picture.

RTU stands for Right To Use. 

RTU (Right-to-use) licensing model (with End User License Agreement acceptance) is an honor based licensing model created for faster and more flexible network deployments. For every AP joined to the controller, one license count is required. Unless licenses are built in, they can be freely transferred between controllers (with some limitations, described later in the article). 

Ref: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/docs/wireless/3504-wireless-controller/214106-licensing-on-3504-5520-and-8540-wireles.html#anc2

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