New System License Keys - Cisco ASR 5000 Series Administration Manual

New System License Keys

New System License Keys
New systems are delivered with no license keys installed. In most cases, you receive the license key in electronic
format (usually through e-mail).
When a system boots with no license key installed a default set of restricted session use and feature licenses
is installed. The following Exec Mode command lists the license information:
[local]
Important
The license keys on the ASR 5500 are stored in EEPROM on the chassis midplane. Both MIO/UMIO/MIO2s
access this EEPROM when booting.
Session Use and Feature Use Licenses
Session use and feature use licenses are software mechanisms that provide session limit controls and enable
special features within the system. These electronic licenses are stored in the system's configuration file that
is loaded as part of the system software each time the system is powered on or restarted.
• Session use licenses limit the number of concurrent sessions that a system is capable of supporting per
• Feature use licenses enable specific features/functionality within the system and are distributed based
Installing New License Keys
Use the instructions below to install a new license key.
Cutting and Pasting the Key
If you have a copy of the license, use the following configuration to cut and paste just the license key part:
Step 1 From the Exec mode, enter the following:
configure
license key license
exit
license is the license key string. The license can be an alphanumeric string of 1 through 1023 characters that is case
sensitive. Copy the license key as shown in the example below, including the "\ (double-quote slash). Please note: this
is not a functional license.
"\
VER=1|C1M=000-0000-00|C1S=03290231803|C2M=11-1111-11-1|C2S=\
STCB21M82003R80411A4|DOI=0000000000|DOE=00000000|ISS=1|NUM=13459|0000000000000|
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host_name show license information
#
With no license key installed, the session use licenses for PDSN, HA, GGSN, and L2TP LNS are limited
to 10,000 sessions.
service type and are acquired on an as-needed basis. This allows carriers to pay only for what they are
using and easily increase capacity as their subscriber base grows.
on the total number of sessions supported by the system.
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