Reduce upfront costs with the ability to add capacity on demand. Gain a predictable cost structure with feature upgrades as a software subscription.

The Essentials Software and Advantage Software suites simplify license management while providing the carrier grade Cisco IOS XR Software feature set.

Share licenses network-wide with license pooling. This eliminates stranded capacity by using any available capacity to service demand spikes in the network.

Software portability provides investment protection by enabling porting of licenses to next-generation hardware.