Licenses
Each Cisco UCS Fabric Interconnect comes with several port licenses that are factory installed and shipped with the hardware. You can purchase Fabric Interconnects fully licensed or partially licensed. You can also purchase additional licenses after delivery.
Beginning with release 4.2(3b), for Cisco UCS 6536 Fabric Interconect (UCS-FI-6536), all ports are enabled using a term-based subscription license (Supported license term: 36-60 months).
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Licensing for Cisco UCS Fabric Interconnects 9108 100G (Cisco UCS X-Series Direct) and UCS-FI-6536 are not a port-based license like in previous generations of fabric interconnects. |
Cisco UCS 64108 Fabric Interconnect uses the following licenses:
Ports |
Licenses |
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Ports 1-96 |
ETH_PORT_ACTIVATION_PKG and ETH_PORT_C_ACTIVATION_PKG (From 6200 Series FI) - Licenses used for 10/25 GB Ethernet ports |
Ports 97-108 |
100G_ETH_PORT_ACTIVATION_PKG – Licenses used for 40/100 GB Ethernet ports |
Cisco UCS 6454 Fabric Interconnect uses the following licenses:
Ports |
Licenses |
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Ports 1-48 |
ETH_PORT_ACTIVATION_PKG and ETH_PORT_C_ACTIVATION_PKG (From 6200 Series FI) - Licenses used for 10/25 GB Ethernet ports |
Ports 49-54 |
100G_ETH_PORT_ACTIVATION_PKG – Licenses used for 40/100 GB Ethernet ports |
The following four licenses are for the 6300 Series FI and are only valid on the 6332 and 6332-16UP FIs.
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40G_ETH_PORT_ACTIVATION_PKG – Licenses used for 40 GB Ethernet ports
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40G_ETH_C_PORT_ACTIVATION_PKG – Licenses used for 40 GB Ethernet ports directly connected to rack servers (C-Direct)
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10G_C_PORT_ACTIVATION_PKG – Licenses used for the first 16 10 GB unified ports on the 6332-16UP that are directly connected to rack servers (C-Direct)
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10G_PORT_ACTIVATION_PKG – Licenses used for the first 16 10 GB unified ports on the 6332-16UP
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The 10G_PORT_ACTIVATION_PKG and 10G_C_PORT_ACTIVATION_PKG licenses are only valid for the 6332-16UP FIs, and can only be installed on them.
The following licenses are used when S3260 system is connected to FI as appliance (appliance port) or Cisco UCS Manager managed node (server port):
FI Model |
License |
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6454 and 64108 |
40G_ETH_PORT_ACTIVATION_PKG |
6332-16UP |
10G_PORT_ACTIVATION_PKG |
6332 |
40G_ETH_PORT_ACTIVATION_PKG |
6200 |
ETH_PORT_ACTIVATION_PKG |
Cisco UCS C125 M5 Servers support Cisco UCS 6500 Series Fabric Interconnect, Cisco UCS 6400 Series Fabric Interconnect and 6300 Series Fabric Interconnect.
At a minimum, each Fabric Interconnect ships with the following counted licenses pre-installed:
Fabric Interconnect |
Default Base Licenses |
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Cisco UCS 6536 |
All ports are enabled using a term-based subscription license. |
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Cisco UCS 64108 |
For 36 10/25 GB ports (ports 1-96) For 4 40/100 GB ports (ports 97-108). |
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Cisco UCS 6454 |
For 18 10/25 GB ports (ports 1-48) For 2 40/100 GB ports (ports 49-54). |
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Cisco UCS 6332 |
For eight 40 GB ports. |
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Cisco UCS 6332 16UP |
For four 40 GB ports and eight 10 GB ports.
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Cisco UCS 6324 |
For 4 non-breakout ports only. The fifth port, which does not include a license, is further broken in to four 10 GB ports. |
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Cisco UCS 6296 (unified ports) |
For the first 18 enabled Ethernet ports and any Fibre Channel ports in the expansion module. |
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Cisco UCS 6248 (unified ports) |
For the 12 first enabled Ethernet ports and any Fibre Channel ports in the expansion module. |
Port licenses are not bound to physical ports. When you disable a licensed port, that license is retained for use with the next enabled port. To use additional fixed ports, you must purchase and install licenses for those ports. All ports, regardless of their type (fibre, ethernet) consume licenses if they are enabled.
For breakout capable ports available in the 6332 and the 6332-16UP platforms, 40 GB licenses remain applied to the main port even if that port is a breakout port, and that port continues to consume only one 40 GB license.
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The initial configuration of a port will enable it, and consume a license. |
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Licenses are not portable across product generations. Licenses purchased for 6200 series Fabric Interconnects cannot be used to enable ports on 6300 Series or 6400 Series Fabric Interconnects or vice-versa. |
Each Cisco UCS 6324 Fabric Interconnect comes with a factory installed port license that is shipped with the hardware. The C-direct port license is factory installed with a grace period, measured from first use of the port, and can be used for Cisco UCS rack servers. If multiple ports are acting within grace periods, the license is moved to the port whose grace period is closest to expiring.
Grace Period
If you attempt to use a port that does not have an installed license, Cisco UCS initiates a 120 day grace period. The grace period is measured from the first use of the port without a license and is paused when a valid license file is installed. The amount of time used in the grace period is retained by the system.
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Each physical port has its own grace period. Initiating the grace period on a single port does not initiate the grace period for all ports. |
If a licensed port is unconfigured, that license is transferred to a port functioning within a grace period. If multiple ports are acting within grace periods, the license is moved to the port whose grace period is closest to expiring.
High Availability Configurations
To avoid inconsistencies during failover, we recommend that both Fabric Interconnects in the cluster have the same number of ports licensed. If symmetry is not maintained and failover occurs, Cisco UCS enables the missing licenses and initiates the grace period for each port being used on the failover node.