Software Tags and Entitlement Tags

This section describes the software and entitlement tags that are available to identify report, and enforce licenses.

Software Tags

Software tags, also known as product tags, are unique identifiers for the Smart Licensing system to identify each licensable software product or product suite on a device. The Smart client uses this tag for identification during the addition of smart product instance in Cisco Software Central (CSC).

The following software tags exist for the cnBNG CP.

Tag Name

Smart Tag

Condition for License Calculation

CNBNG_CP_SYS_RTU

regid.2021-07.com.cisco.CNBNG_ CP_SYS_RTU,1.0_2e15ed3f-929d-4 7b5-8495-c96531c416b8

These are base licenses and the count is always one (1).

CNBNG_CP_SYS_SIA

regid.2021-07.com.cisco.CNBNG_ CP_SYS_SIA,1.0_f6cab505-581f-4 1ec-8170-3d8c325f7f73

Entitlement Tags

Entitlement tag is a part of the software that identifies the features in an image that are being used. These tags underlay the communication on usage and entitlements of software products that are installed on devices. The entitlement tag maps to both the product IDs (PID) license and the software image. Every Smart-enabled PID contains one or more entitlement tags.

The following entitlement tags identify licenses in use:

Tag Name

Smart Tag

Condition for License Calculation

CNBNG_CP_ESS_RTU

regid.2021-07.com.cisco.CNBNG_ CP_ESS_RTU,1.0_cb8f62c6-1acf-4 e65-9d8c-35b12acfbaaf

Per 1000 session only one (1) license is consumed for each entitlement tag.

The sessions are rounded off when calculating the number of licenses required:

For Example:

If num of session count is <= 1000, one license is consumed.

If number of sessions are: 1001 to 2000, two licenses are consumed; similarly, from 2001 to 3000, three licenses are consumed and so on.

Note
The number of sessions (session count) is derived from CDL.

CNBNG_CP_ESS_SIA

regid.2021-07.com.cisco.CNBNG_ CP_ESS_SIA,1.0_c40ac644-7a76-4 1b8-a3dc-b66159c0f1ae

Note
  • The license information is retained during software upgrades and rollback.

  • If the entitlements service has no entitlements information, the BNG Ops Center does not send any request to the Smart License server and does not install any license.

  • If the entitlement is not reported to the BNG Ops Center, then that entitlement is not listed under the show license * commands.

  • If the given entitlement is reported at least once (license consumed for an entitlement) to the BNG Ops Center, then that entitlement is shown under the show license * commands with count zero (0) even though the license is not used in the future.

Sample Output of License Consumption

The following is an example of the output of the license consumption.

show license summary
Wed Dec  22 14:56:24.665 UTC+00:00

Smart Licensing is ENABLED

Registration:
  Status: REGISTERED
  Smart Account: BU Production Test 1
  Virtual Account: CNBNG_QA_PROD_TEST
  Export-Controlled Functionality: Allowed
  Initial Registration: SUCCEEDED on Dec 22 14:56:08 2021 GMT
  Last Renewal Attempt: SUCCEEDED on Dec 22 14:56:08 2021 GMT
  Next Renewal Attempt: Jun 20 14:56:08 2022 GMT
  Registration Expires: Dec 22 14:51:08 2022 GMT

License Authorization:
  Status: AUTHORIZED on Dec 22 14:56:24 2021 GMT
  Last Communication Attempt: SUCCEEDED on Dec 22 14:56:24 2021 GMT
  Next Communication Attempt: Jan 21 14:56:24 2022 GMT
  Communication Deadline: Mar 22 14:51:23 2022 GMT

License Conversion: 
 Automatic Conversion Enabled: true
 Status: NOT STARTED

Utility:
  Status: DISABLED

Transport:
  Type: Smart Transport
  Registration URL: null
  Utility URL: null

License Usage:
  License                     Entitlement Tag                                                                   Count        Status
  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  2e15ed3f-929d-47b5-8495-c96531c416b8regid.2021-07.com.cisco.CNBNG_CP_SYS_RTU,1.0_2e15ed3f-929d-47b5-8495-c96531c416b8 1            InCompliance
  f6cab505-581f-41ec-8170-3d8c325f7f73regid.2021-07.com.cisco.CNBNG_CP_SYS_SIA,1.0_f6cab505-581f-41ec-8170-3d8c325f7f73 1            InCompliance
  cb8f62c6-1acf-4e65-9d8c-35b12acfbaafregid.2021-07.com.cisco.CNBNG_CP_ESS_RTU,1.0_cb8f62c6-1acf-4e65-9d8c-35b12acfbaaf 34           InCompliance
  c40ac644-7a76-41b8-a3dc-b66159c0f1aeregid.2021-07.com.cisco.CNBNG_CP_ESS_SIA,1.0_c40ac644-7a76-41b8-a3dc-b66159c0f1ae 34           InCompliance