Cisco Nexus 9000 and 3000 NX-OS Switch License Navigator

Use this tool to determine the license PIDs you need to order based on your network requirements.

For which platform are you looking for a license?

Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Switches

In what type of license are you interested?

Tier-Based Licenses — support groups of features.

Which type of deployment do you have?

DCN (ACI + NX-OS) Licenses — for ACI + NX-OS deployments.

How long do you want to use the license?

Subscription Licenses — can be purchased for a period of 3, 5, or 7 years based on your requirement.

Do you want the license to include all features or a subset of features?

Premier (includes Advantage and Essentials)

The Premier license supports the following features:

Cisco Network Assurance Engine
Cisco Network Insights Advisor
Cisco Network Insights for Resources
All of the features supported in the Advantage and Essentials licenses

C1P1TN9300GF-3Y -- DCN Premier package for a 1G fixed platform (GF), 3 year term
C1P1TN9300GF-5Y -- DCN Premier package for a 1G fixed platform (GF), 5 year term
C1P1TN9300GF-7Y -- DCN Premier package for a 1G fixed platform (GF), 7 year term
C1P1TN9300XF-3Y -- DCN Premier package for a 10/25/40/100G fixed platform (XF), 3 year term
C1P1TN9300XF-5Y -- DCN Premier package for a 10/25/40/100G fixed platform (XF), 5 year term
C1P1TN9300XF-7Y -- DCN Premier package for a 10/25/40/100G fixed platform (XF), 7 year term
C1P1TN9300XF2-3Y -- DCN Premier package for a Nexus 9364C and 9300-GX platform (XF2), 3 year term
C1P1TN9300XF2-5Y -- DCN Premier package for a Nexus 9364C and 9300-GX platform (XF2), 5 year term
C1P1TN9300XF2-7Y -- DCN Premier package for a Nexus 9364C and 9300-GX platform (XF2), 7 year term
C1P1TN9500M4-3Y -- DCN Premier package for a 4-Slot modular platform, 3 year term
C1P1TN9500M4-5Y -- DCN Premier package for a 4-Slot modular platform, 5 year term
C1P1TN9500M4-7Y -- DCN Premier package for a 4-Slot modular platform, 7 year term
C1P1TN9500M816-3Y -- DCN Premier package for an 8- or 16-Slot modular platform, 3 year term
C1P1TN9500M816-5Y -- DCN Premier package for an 8- or 16-Slot modular platform, 5 year term
C1P1TN9500M816-7Y -- DCN Premier package for an 8- or 16-Slot modular platform, 7 year term

NOTE: Feature support varies by platform and release. See the release notes and configuration guides to determine which features are supported for your platform.

Advantage (includes Essentials)

The Advantage license supports the following features:

ACI features (Multi-Site and physical remote leaf)
Advanced fabric features (Pervasive Load Balancing and Tenant Routed Multicast)
DCI overlay features (Inter AS option B, Layer 3 EVPN over segment routing, MPLS Layer 3 VPN, and VXLAN EVPN Multi-Site)
All of the features supported in the Essentials license

C1A1TN9300GF-3Y -- DCN Advantage package for a 1G fixed platform (GF), 3 year term
C1A1TN9300GF-5Y -- DCN Advantage package for a 1G fixed platform (GF), 5 year term
C1A1TN9300GF-7Y -- DCN Advantage package for a 1G fixed platform (GF), 7 year term
C1A1TN9300XF-3Y -- DCN Advantage package for a 10/25/40/100G fixed platform (XF), 3 year term
C1A1TN9300XF-5Y -- DCN Advantage package for a 10/25/40/100G fixed platform (XF), 5 year term
C1A1TN9300XF-7Y -- DCN Advantage package for a 10/25/40/100G fixed platform (XF), 7 year term
C1A1TN9300XF2-3Y -- DCN Advantage package for a Nexus 9364C and 9300-GX platform (XF2), 3 year term
C1A1TN9300XF2-5Y -- DCN Advantage package for a Nexus 9364C and 9300-GX platform (XF2), 5 year term
C1A1TN9300XF2-7Y -- DCN Advantage package for a Nexus 9364C and 9300-GX platform (XF2), 7 year term
C1A1TN9500M4-3Y -- DCN Advantage package for a 4-Slot modular platform, 3 year term
C1A1TN9500M4-5Y -- DCN Advantage package for a 4-Slot modular platform, 5 year term
C1A1TN9500M4-7Y -- DCN Advantage package for a 4-Slot modular platform, 7 year term
C1A1TN9500M816-3Y -- DCN Advantage package for an 8- or 16-Slot modular platform, 3 year term
C1A1TN9500M816-5Y -- DCN Advantage package for an 8- or 16-Slot modular platform, 5 year term
C1A1TN9500M816-7Y -- DCN Advantage package for an 8- or 16-Slot modular platform, 7 year term

NOTE: Feature support varies by platform and release. See the release notes and configuration guides to determine which features are supported for your platform.

Essentials

The Essentials license supports the following features:

ACI base features (ecosystem security, fabric management, intent-based networking, multi-pod, and virtualization)
Fabric management features (DCNM LAN and PTP)
Fabric services features (Catena, iCAM, ITD, IP fabric for media non-blocking multicast, and smart channel)
Routing and switching features (BGP, EIGRP, GRE, IS-IS, MSDP, OSPF, PBR, PIM, SSM, VRF, and VXLAN BGP EVPN)
Telemetry features (NetFlow and Cisco Tetration Analytics™)

C1E1TN9300GF-3Y -- DCN Essentials package for a 1G fixed platform (GF), 3 year term
C1E1TN9300GF-5Y -- DCN Essentials package for a 1G fixed platform (GF), 5 year term
C1E1TN9300GF-7Y -- DCN Essentials package for a 1G fixed platform (GF), 7 year term
C1E1TN9300XF-3Y -- DCN Essentials package for a 10/25/40/100G fixed platform (XF), 3 year term
C1E1TN9300XF-5Y -- DCN Essentials package for a 10/25/40/100G fixed platform (XF), 5 year term
C1E1TN9300XF-7Y -- DCN Essentials package for a 10/25/40/100G fixed platform (XF), 7 year term
C1E1TN9300XF2-3Y -- DCN Essentials package for a Nexus 9364C and 9300-GX platform (XF2), 3 year term
C1E1TN9300XF2-5Y -- DCN Essentials package for a Nexus 9364C and 9300-GX platform (XF2), 5 year term
C1E1TN9300XF2-7Y -- DCN Essentials package for a Nexus 9364C and 9300-GX platform (XF2), 7 year term
C1E1TN9500M4-3Y -- DCN Essentials package for a 4-Slot modular platform, 3 year term
C1E1TN9500M4-5Y -- DCN Essentials package for a 4-Slot modular platform, 5 year term
C1E1TN9500M4-7Y -- DCN Essentials package for a 4-Slot modular platform, 7 year term
C1E1TN9500M816-3Y -- DCN Essentials package for an 8- or 16-Slot modular platform, 3 year term
C1E1TN9500M816-5Y -- DCN Essentials package for an 8- or 16-Slot modular platform, 5 year term
C1E1TN9500M816-7Y -- DCN Essentials package for an 8- or 16-Slot modular platform, 7 year term

NOTE: Feature support varies by platform and release. See the release notes and configuration guides to determine which features are supported for your platform.

Perpetual Licenses — purchased once and do not expire.
- Select the Advantage license.
- Advantage
  - The Advantage license supports the following features:
    - ACI features (Multi-Site and physical remote leaf, ecosystem security, fabric management, intent-based networking, multi-pod, and virtualization)
    - Fabric management features (DCNM LAN and PTP)
    - Fabric services features (Catena, iCAM, ITD, IP fabric for media non-blocking multicast, and smart channel)
    - Advanced fabric features (Pervasive Load Balancing and Tenant Routed Multicast)
    - DCI overlay features (Inter AS option B, Layer 3 EVPN over segment routing, MPLS Layer 3 VPN, and VXLAN EVPN Multi-Site)
    - Routing and switching features (BGP, EIGRP, GRE, IS-IS, MSDP, OSPF, PBR, PIM, SSM, VRF, and VXLAN BGP EVPN)
    - Telemetry features (NetFlow and Cisco Tetration Analytics™)
```
ACI-AD-GF -- ACI Advantage package for a 1G fixed platform (GF)
ACI-AD-XF -- ACI Advantage package for a 10/25/40/100G fixed platform (XF)
ACI-AD-XF2 -- ACI Advantage package for a Nexus 9364C and 9300-GX platform (XF2)
                                                            
```
    NOTE: Feature support varies by platform and release. See the release notes and configuration guides to determine which features are supported for your platform.

NX-OS Licenses — for NX-OS deployments only.
- How long do you want to use the license?
- Perpetual Licenses — purchased once and do not expire.
  - Select the Advantage license.
  - Advantage
    - The Advantage license supports the following features:
      - Fabric management features (DCNM LAN and PTP)
      - Fabric services features (Catena, iCAM, ITD, IP fabric for media non-blocking multicast, and smart channel)
      - Advanced fabric features (Pervasive Load Balancing and Tenant Routed Multicast)
      - DCI overlay features (Inter AS option B, Layer 3 EVPN over segment routing, MPLS Layer 3 VPN, and VXLAN EVPN Multi-Site)
      - Routing and switching features (BGP, EIGRP, GRE, IS-IS, MSDP, OSPF, PBR, PIM, SSM, VRF, and VXLAN BGP EVPN)
      - Telemetry features (NetFlow and Cisco Tetration Analytics™)
```
NXOS-AD-GF -- NX-OS Advantage package for a 1G fixed platform (GF)
NXOS-AD-XF -- NX-OS Advantage package for a 10/25/40/100G fixed platform (XF)
NXOS-AD-XF2 -- NX-OS Advantage package for a Nexus 9364C and 9300-GX platform
NXOS-AD-M4 -- NX-OS Advantage package for a 4-Slot modular platform
NXOS-AD-M8-16 -- NX-OS Advantage package for an 8- or 16-Slot modular platform
                                                            
```
      NOTE: Feature support varies by platform and release. See the release notes and configuration guides to determine which features are supported for your platform.

Add-on Licenses — support additional features. They can be purchased independently or with a tier-based license.

For which features do you need a license?

Security Licenses — support MACsec.

How long do you want to use the license?

Subscription Licenses — can be purchased for a period of 3, 5, or 7 years based on your requirement.

C1-N9K-SEC-XF-3Y -- Security license for a 10/25/40/100G fixed platform, 3 year term
C1-N9K-SEC-XF-5Y -- Security license for a 10/25/40/100G fixed platform, 5 year term
C1-N9K-SEC-XF-7Y -- Security license for a 10/25/40/100G fixed platform, 7 year term
C1-N9K-SEC-M-3Y -- Security license for a 4-, 8-, or 16-Slot modular platform, 3 year term
C1-N9K-SEC-M-5Y -- Security license for a 4-, 8-, or 16-Slot modular platform, 5 year term
C1-N9K-SEC-M-7Y -- Security license for a 4-, 8-, or 16-Slot modular platform, 7 year term

NOTE: Feature support varies by platform and release. See the release notes and configuration guides to determine which features are supported for your platform.

Perpetual Licenses — purchased once and do not expire.

ACI-SEC-XF -- Security license for a 10/25/40/100G fixed platform
ACI-SEC-XF2 -- Security license for a 10/25/40/100G fixed platform
ACI-SEC-XM -- Security license for a 4-, 8-, or 16-Slot modular platform

NOTE: Feature support varies by platform and release. See the release notes and configuration guides to determine which features are supported for your platform.

Storage Licenses — support FC NPV, FCoE NPV, and SAN switching.

How long do you want to use the license?

Subscription Licenses — can be purchased for a period of 3, 5, or 7 years based on your requirement.

C1-N9K-STRG-XF-3Y -- Storage license for a Nexus N9K-93180YC-FX switch, 3 year term
C1-N9K-STRG-XF-5Y -- Storage license for a Nexus N9K-93180YC-FX switch, 5 year term
C1-N9K-STRG-XF-7Y -- Storage license for a Nexus N9K-93180YC-FX switch, 7 year term
C1-N9K-STRG-XF2-3Y -- Storage license for a Nexus N9K-93180YC-FX switch, 3 year term
C1-N9K-STRG-XF2-5Y -- Storage license for a Nexus N9K-93180YC-FX switch, 5 year term
C1-N9K-STRG-XF2-7Y -- Storage license for a Nexus N9K-93180YC-FX switch, 7 year term
C1-N9K-STRG-M-3Y -- Storage license for a 4-, 8-, or 16-Slot modular platform, 3 year term
C1-N9K-STRG-M-5Y -- Storage license for a 4-, 8-, or 16-Slot modular platform, 5 year term
C1-N9K-STRG-M-7Y -- Storage license for a 4-, 8-, or 16-Slot modular platform, 7 year term

NOTE: Feature support varies by platform and release. See the release notes and configuration guides to determine which features are supported for your platform.

Perpetual Licenses — purchased once and do not expire.
- ```
ACI-STRG -- Storage license for a 10/25/40/100G fixed platform (Nexus N9K-93180YC-FX switch)
                                                    
```
  NOTE: Feature support varies by platform and release. See the release notes and configuration guides to determine which features are supported for your platform.

NDB Licenses — support Nexus Data Broker (NX-OS only).

How long do you want to use the license?

Subscription Licenses — can be purchased for a period of 3, 5, or 7 years based on your requirement.

C1-N9K-NDB-3Y -- Nexus Data Broker license for a fixed platform or Nexus 9364C platform, 3 year term
C1-N9K-NDB-5Y -- Nexus Data Broker license for a fixed platform or Nexus 9364C platform, 5 year term
C1-N9K-NDB-7Y -- Nexus Data Broker license for a fixed platform or Nexus 9364C platform, 7 year term
C1-N9K-NDB-M4-3Y -- Nexus Data Broker license for a 4-Slot modular platform, 3 year term
C1-N9K-NDB-M4-5Y -- Nexus Data Broker license for a 4-Slot modular platform, 5 year term
C1-N9K-NDB-M4-7Y -- Nexus Data Broker license for a 4-Slot modular platform, 7 year term
C1-N9K-NDB-M816-3Y -- Nexus Data Broker license for an 8- or 16-Slot modular platform, 3 year term
C1-N9K-NDB-M816-5Y -- Nexus Data Broker license for an 8- or 16-Slot modular platform, 5 year term
C1-N9K-NDB-M816-7Y -- Nexus Data Broker license for an 8- or 16-Slot modular platform, 7 year term

NOTE: Feature support varies by platform and release. See the release notes and configuration guides to determine which features are supported for your platform.

Perpetual Licenses — purchased once and do not expire.

NXOS-NDB -- Nexus Data Broker license for a fixed platform, or Nexus 9364C platform
NDB-MODM-SWT-K9 -- Nexus Data Broker license for a 4-Slot modular platform
NDB-NDB-MODL-SWT-K9 -- Nexus Data Broker license for an 8- or 16-Slot modular platform

NOTE: Feature support varies by platform and release. See the release notes and configuration guides to determine which features are supported for your platform.

Day 2 Ops Licenses — support NAE, NIA, and NIR.
- How long do you want to use the license?
- Subscription Licenses — can be purchased for a period of 3, 5, or 7 years based on your requirement.
  - ```
  C1-N9K-D2OPS-FXD-3Y -- Day 2 Ops license, 3 year term
  C1-N9K-D2OPS-FXD-5Y -- Day 2 Ops license, 5 year term
  C1-N9K-D2OPS-FXD-7Y -- Day 2 Ops license, 7 year term
                                                      
```
  NOTE: Feature support varies by platform and release. See the release notes and configuration guides to determine which features are supported for your platform.
SyncE Licenses — support Synchronous Ethernet (SyncE) on Cisco Nexus 9300-FX3 platforms.
- How long do you want to use the license?
- Subscription Licenses — can be purchased for a period of 1, 3, 5, or 7 years based on your requirement.
  - ```
  C1-N9K-SYNCE-XF-1Y -- SyncE license, 1 year term
  C1-N9K-SYNCE-XF-3Y -- SyncE license, 3 year term
  C1-N9K-SYNCE-XF-5Y -- SyncE license, 5 year term
  C1-N9K-SYNCE-XF-7Y -- SyncE license, 7 year term
                                                      
```
  NOTE: Feature support varies by platform and release. See the release notes and configuration guides to determine which features are supported for your platform.

Cisco Nexus 3000 Series Switches
- In what type of license are you interested?
- Tier-Based Licenses — support groups of features.
  - How long do you want to use the license?
  - Subscription Licenses — can be purchased for a period of 3, 5, or 7 years based on your requirement.
    - Do you want the license to include all features or a subset of features?
    - Advantage (includes Essentials)
      - The Advantage license supports the following features:
        
        Advanced fabric features (Pervasive Load Balancing and Tenant Routed Multicast)
        
        DCI overlay features (Inter AS option B, Layer 3 EVPN over segment routing, MPLS Layer 3 VPN, and VXLAN EVPN Multi-Site)
        
        All of the features supported in the Essentials license
        
        N3K-AD-XF-3Y -- NX-OS Advantage package for a Nexus 3000 platform with less than 6.4 Tbps, 3 year term N3K-AD-XF-5Y -- NX-OS Advantage package for a Nexus 3000 platform with less than 6.4 Tbps, 5 year term N3K-AD-XF-7Y -- NX-OS Advantage package for a Nexus 3000 platform with less than 6.4 Tbps, 7 year term
        
        NOTE: Feature support varies by platform and release. See the release notes and configuration guides to determine which features are supported for your platform.
    - Essentials
      - The Essentials license supports the following features:
        
        Fabric management features (DCNM LAN and PTP)
        
        Fabric services features (Catena, iCAM, ITD, IP fabric for media non-blocking multicast, and smart channel)
        
        Routing and switching features (BGP, EIGRP, GRE, IS-IS, MSDP, OSPF, PBR, PIM, SSM, VRF, and VXLAN BGP EVPN)
        
        Telemetry features (NetFlow and Cisco Tetration Analytics™)
        
        N3K-ES-XF-3Y -- NX-OS Essentials package for a Nexus 3000 platform with less than 6.4 Tbps, 3 year term N3K-ES-XF-5Y -- NX-OS Essentials package for a Nexus 3000 platform with less than 6.4 Tbps, 5 year term N3K-ES-XF-7Y -- NX-OS Essentials package for a Nexus 3000 platform with less than 6.4 Tbps, 7 year term N3K-ES-XF2-3Y -- NX-OS Essentials package for a Nexus 3000 platform with more than 6.4 Tbps, 3 year term N3K-ES-XF2-5Y -- NX-OS Essentials package for a Nexus 3000 platform with more than 6.4 Tbps, 5 year term N3K-ES-XF2-7Y -- NX-OS Essentials package for a Nexus 3000 platform with more than 6.4 Tbps, 7 year term N3K-ES-XM-3Y -- NX-OS Essentials package for a Nexus 3000 modular platform, 3 year term N3K-ES-XM-5Y -- NX-OS Essentials package for a Nexus 3000 modular platform, 5 year term N3K-ES-XM-7Y -- NX-OS Essentials package for a Nexus 3000 modular platform, 7 year term
        
        NOTE: Feature support varies by platform and release. See the release notes and configuration guides to determine which features are supported for your platform.
  - Perpetual Licenses — purchased once and do not expire.
    - Select the Advantage license.
    - Advantage
      - The Advantage license supports the following features:
        
        DCI overlay features (Inter AS option B, Layer 3 EVPN over segment routing, MPLS Layer 3 VPN)
        
        Fabric management features (DCNM LAN and PTP)
        
        Fabric services features (Catena, iCAM, ITD, IP fabric for media non-blocking multicast, and smart channel)
        
        Routing and switching features (BGP, EIGRP, GRE, IS-IS, MSDP, OSPF, PBR, PIM, SSM, VRF, and VXLAN BGP EVPN)
        
        Telemetry features (NetFlow and Cisco Tetration Analytics™)
        
        N3K-AD-XF -- NX-OS Advantage package for a Nexus 3000 platform with less than 6.4 Tbps N3K-AD-XF2 -- NX-OS Advantage package for a Nexus 3000 platform with more than 6.4 Tbps
        
        NOTE: Feature support varies by platform and release. See the release notes and configuration guides to determine which features are supported for your platform.
- Add-on Licenses — support additional features. They can be purchased independently or with a tier-based license.
  - For which features do you need a license?
  - Security Licenses — support MACsec.
    - How long do you want to use the license?
    - Subscription Licenses — can be purchased for a period of 3 years, or 5 years based on your requirement.
      - N3K-SEC-3Y -- Security license for a Nexus 3000 switch, 3 year term N3K-SEC-5Y -- Security license for a Nexus 3000 switch, 5 year term N3K-SEC-7Y -- Security license for a Nexus 3000 switch, 7 year term
        
        NOTE: Feature support varies by platform and release. See the release notes and configuration guides to determine which features are supported for your platform.
    - Perpetual Licenses — purchased once and do not expire.
      - N3K-SEC -- Security license for a Nexus 3000 switch
        
        NOTE: Feature support varies by platform and release. See the release notes and configuration guides to determine which features are supported for your platform.
  - NDB Licenses — support Nexus Data Broker (NX-OS only).
    - How long do you want to use the license?
    - Subscription Licenses — can be purchased for a period of 3, 5, or 7 years based on your requirement.
      - N3K-NDB-3Y -- Nexus Data Broker license for a Nexus 3000 switch, 3 year term N3K-NDB-5Y -- Nexus Data Broker license for a Nexus 3000 switch, 5 year term N3K-NDB-7Y -- Nexus Data Broker license for a Nexus 3000 switch, 7 year term
        
        NOTE: Feature support varies by platform and release. See the release notes and configuration guides to determine which features are supported for your platform.
    - Perpetual Licenses — purchased once and do not expire.
      - N3K-NDB -- Nexus Data Broker license for a Nexus 3000 switch
        
        NOTE: Feature support varies by platform and release. See the release notes and configuration guides to determine which features are supported for your platform.

Nexus 9000 and 3000 Series NX-OS Switch License Navigator