Broadband Smart Licensing

The Broadband Smart Licensing feature supports broadband Lite sessions during the deployment of ASR1000 Aggregation Services Routers.

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Prerequisites for Broadband Smart Licensing

Restrictions for Broadband Smart Licensing

  • The Broadband Smart Licensing feature is supported only on AR1K running Polaris 16.5 release and above.

  • The feature does not support boradband Lite sessions.

  • The stand-by RP does not have an account.

  • Only broadband smart licenses that are multiples of two can be requested, 1 license = 2 thousand sessions.

Information About Broadband Smart Licensing

Broadband Sessions

How to Configure Broadband Smart Licensing

Configuring the Subscriber License

To configure broadband smart licensing, configure the subscriber license command before starting a broadband session.

Before You Begin

Do the following:

SUMMARY STEPS

    1.    enable

    2.    configure terminal

    3.    subscriber license

    4.    exit


DETAILED STEPS
     Command or ActionPurpose
    Step 1enable


    Example: 
    Device> enable
     

    • Enables privileged EXEC mode.

    • Enter your password if prompted.

     
    Step 2configure terminal


    Example: 
    Device# configure terminal
     

    Enters global configuration mode.

     
    Step 3subscriber license


    Example: 
    Device(config)# subscriber license
     

    Configures the subscriber license.

    Note   

    The following configurations are essential to establish a connection between the ASR1000 and the licensing server.

     
    Step 4exit


    Example: 
    Device(config)# exit
     

    Exits global configuration mode.

    Note   

    If the subscriber license command is configured before bringing up a broadband session, irrespective of any earlier broadband license request failure, the range of the license to be requested must be between 2 – 128K (range of subscriber license). When the session count exceeds the procured broadband license count by 100, a request is sent for a new license.

    Ensure that there is no failure of license procurement in the last 24 hours.

    Note   

    Use the subscriber license command to release all procured licenses.

    During procuring and releasing the licenses, a message is displayed with the details about the license and the session count.

     

    Clearing the Subscriber License

    SUMMARY STEPS

      1.    clear subscriber license


    DETAILED STEPS
       Command or ActionPurpose
      Step 1clear subscriber license


      Example: 
      Device# clear subscriber license

*Jul 10 10:24:27.217: %SSSMGR-5-BB_LICENSE_REQUEST_SENT: Broadband license request sent for 0 license with configured license count 0 

*Jul 10 10:24:27.217: %SSSMGR-5-BB_LICENSE_RELEASE_SUCCESS: Successfully released all BroadBand licenses     



Sessions: ISG session, except for the lite session
              		 

      Verifying Broadband Smart Licensing

      SUMMARY STEPS

        1.    Debug subscriber license


      DETAILED STEPS
      Debug subscriber license

      Configuration Examples for Broadband Smart Licensing

      Example: show subscriber license

      The show subscriber license command tracks the number of procured broadband licenses, the configured value of broadband licenses, current session count on the router, the highest session count reached since the last license request was sent to the server and the time at which it was procured.

      The following is sample output of the show subscriber license command

      Device# show subscriber license
Broadband Smart License Compliance               : In Compliance

Total Number of Broadband Licenses Procured      : 0

Broadband Licenses Configured                    : 0

Current Broadband Session Count                  : 0

Time of Last License Procurement                 : No License Procured

Sessions Peak Count Since Last Procurement       : 0

      Use the no subscriber license command to release all procured licenses.

      no subscriber license


      Note
      During procuring and releasing of licenses, a message is displayed with the license details and the session count.

      Example: Show license summary

      Example: Show license summary

      Example: Clear subscriber license

      Example: Clear subscriber license

      Additional References for Broadband Smart Licensing

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      Cisco IOS Master Commands List, All Releases

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      Feature Information for Broadband Smart Licensing

      The following table provides release information about the feature or features described in this module. This table lists only the software release that introduced support for a given feature in a given software release train. Unless noted otherwise, subsequent releases of that software release train also support that feature.

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      Table 1 Feature Information for Broadband Smart Licensing

      Feature Name

      Releases

      Feature Information

      Broadband Smart Licensing

      Cisco IOS XE Everest 16.6.1

      The Broadband Smart Licensing feature enables to purchase licenses for any number of broadband sessions that are active during the deployment of ASR1000 Aggregation Services Routers.

      The following commands were introduced or modified:subscriber license, show subscriber licens