FAQ About Cisco Licensing
What's a PAK?
PAKs are purchasable items, ordered in the same manner as other Cisco equipment, that are used to obtain license files for feature sets on specific classes of switches and routers.
Do PAKs expire?
PAKs do not have an expiration date and can be redeemed any time after purchase.
How many types of PAKs exist?
two types, one that start with SL and one with L-SL that is e-delivery.
Can you use one PAK to acitavate several licenses?
Yes, you can order BULK PAKs in order to do such thing.
What types of multi-use PAKs does the ISR G2 Support?
L-SLFL-800=
L-SLFL-19=
L-SLFL-29=
L-SLFL-39=
What is a License Future?
A licnese future is an abulity that a license is able to unlock on your device or router.
What is a Subscription in license?
Some licenses are for 1 year of use or so, these types of licenses require renewing and subscriptions.
What is a counted or uncounted license?
Uncounted or Counted Licenses. Feature-based licenses are either uncountedlicenses or counted licenses. ... Counted licenses have an attribute to fulfill for a certain number of counts. In other words, a count is associated with them that indicates the instances of that feature available for use in the system.
What is an HSEC-K9 License?
The HSEC-K9 license removes the curtailment enforced by the U.S. government export restrictions on the encrypted tunnel count and encrypted throughput.
Which licenses require HSEC-K9?
Licenses which include HSEC of IOS 15.0(1)M1
Why this error appears on my ISR G2?
*Mar 22 21:17:23.611: %CERM-4-RX_BW_LIMIT: Maximum Rx Bandwidth limit of 85000 Kbps reached for Crypto functionality with securityk9 technology package license
When the IPSec Tunnel speed would get more then 85Mbps from one side, or 170Mbps from both sides, and you would not have HSEC-k9 on the router then you'll get that message.
3925-perf#sh license
Index 1 Feature: ipbasek9
Period left: Life time
License Type: Permanent
License State: Active, In Use
License Count: Non-Counted
License Priority: Medium
Index 2 Feature: securityk9
Period left: Life time
License Type: Permanent
License State: Active, In Use
License Count: Non-Counted
License Priority: Medium
Index 3 Feature: uck9
Period left: Life time
License Type: Permanent
License State: Active, In Use
License Count: Non-Counted
License Priority: Medium
Index 4 Feature: datak9
Period left: Life time
License Type: Permanent
License State: Active, In Use
License Count: Non-Counted
License Priority: Medium
Index 5 Feature: gatekeeper
Period left: 8 weeks 4 days
License Type: Evaluation
License State: Active, Not in Use, EULA not accepted
License Count: Non-Counted
License Priority: None
Index 6 Feature: LI
Index 7 Feature: SSL_VPN
Period left: 8 weeks 4 days
License Type: Evaluation
License State: Active, Not in Use, EULA not accepted
License Count: 200/0/0 (Active/In-use/Violation)
License Priority: None
Index 8 Feature: ios-ips-update
Index 9 Feature: SNASw
Period left: 8 weeks 4 days
License Type: Evaluation
License State: Active, Not in Use, EULA not accepted
License Count: Non-Counted
License Priority: None
Index 10 Feature: hseck9
What informations do i need to order a license?
Product ID & Serial Number of your router.
How can i get my router's PID and Serial Number?
You can gain these informations by running the show license udi command.
Do i need to reload my router after adding a license?
No.
What is the format of cisco licenses?
Licenses are in .lic format and can be opened by notepad like this:
Which UID should i use for ordering licenses for 3900 routers?
run to show license udi command to find the specific UID.