Information About Installing and Configuring Licenses
You can order Cisco 5508 WLCs with support for 12, 25, 50, 100, 250 or 500 access points as the controller’s base capacity. You can add additional access point capacity through capacity adder licenses available at 25, 50, 100 and 250 access point capacities. You can add the capacity adder licenses to any base license in any combination to arrive at the maximum capacity of 500 access points. The base and adder licenses are supported through both rehosting and RMAs.
The base license supports the standard base software set, and the premium software set is included as part of the base feature set, which includes this functionality:
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Datagram Transport Layer Security (DTLS) data encryption for added security across remote WAN and LAN links.
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The availability of data DTLS is as follows:
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Cisco 5508 WLC—The Cisco 5508 WLC is available with two licensing options: One with data DTLS capabilities and another image without data DTLS.
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Cisco 2504 WLC and Cisco WiSM2—These platforms by default do not contain DTLS. To turn on data DTLS, you must install a license. These platforms will have a single image with data DTLS turned off. To use data DTLS, you must have a license.
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Support for OfficeExtend access points, which are used for secure mobile teleworking.
All features included in a Wireless LAN Controller WPLUS license are now included in the base license. There are no changes to Cisco Prime Infrastructure BASE and PLUS licensing. These WPlus license features are included in the base license:
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OfficeExtend AP
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Enterprise Mesh
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CAPWAP Data Encryption
For information about upgrade and capacity adder licenses, see the product data sheet of your controller model.