This article provides information on available licenses and deployment solutions on Cisco Ultra Cloud Core (UCC) .

Cisco Ultra Cloud Core is designed to optimize and modernize the core network functions of mobile operators by leveraging cloud-native technologies.

Cisco Ultra Cloud Core is a cloud-native solution for mobile network operators, designed to enhance the efficiency, scalability, and agility of core network functions. It supports 4G and 5G services, enabling seamless integration and advanced capabilities such as network slicing and ultra-low latency.

Cisco Ultra Cloud Core supports 3GPP's standards for 5G new radio standalone mode. These standards define various network functions based on the separation of control plane and user plane functionality to increase network performance. It supports a range of essential network functions that are critical for managing and delivering mobile services effectively.

• Access and Mobility Management Function (AMF): manages and controls the signaling and mobility aspects of user equipment connections.

• Serving Gateway Control Plane Function (cnSGW-C): acts as a user equipment anchor in the converged core network. It supports mobility procedures, session setup and termination procedures, and selects and controls the SGW-U.

• Policy Control Function (PCF): enforces network policies and quality of service (QoS) rules, ensuring optimal resource allocation and service delivery.

• Session Management Function (SMF): handles session management and controls the establishment, modification, and release of sessions for user equipment.

• User Plane Function (UPF): handles packet routing and forwarding, packet inspection, QoS handling, and external Protocol Data Unit (PDU) sessions for interconnecting data network in the 5G architecture.

Smart Licensing enables all Parent and Child Licenses based on the Product type. However, the reporting is done only for Parent Licenses.

• Reporting Licenses (Parent Licenses): The Parent Licenses report to CSSM and account for usage of licenses. Each Parent Licenses creates the entitlement tags to identify the type service or feature.

• Non-Reporting Licenses (Child Licenses): The Child Licenses do not report to CSSM. Child licenses are enabled by default with the Parent Licenses and do not have Entitlement tags.

Cisco's license enforcement policy outlines how on/off feature licenses are managed and enforced. These licenses are tied to service licenses, which may use the on/off features. The policy also describes the handling of compliance, evaluation periods, and out-of-compliance (OOC) scenarios.

A 90-day evaluation period is granted for all licenses in use. You can use all feature licenses without any limitation, and up to one counting license. The evaluation period ends when the system registers successfully with the CSSM.

Handling Out of Compliance

If there are not enough licenses in the virtual account for a given SKU, CSSM sends an Out Of Compliance (OOC) message to the device. The system stops allowing extra sessions until the OOC state is cleared. The OOC state is cleared when the device receives an authorized response

A 90-day grace period is granted when the account in OOC state. The the system generates SNMP traps to inform of the unavailability of valid licenses.

You can view the enforcement policy on your device with the show license enforcement policy command.

You can view the enforcement status with the show license enforcement status command.

If the feature license is in...	then...
90-day grace period	purchase and register licenses for the feature, or disabe the feature.
90-day grace period expires	OOC is enforced for each license and new calls for the corresponding services to the on/off licenses are dropped. cleat the OOC message by authorizing the licenses.