The
previous cisco licensing is divided into three following feature sets:
A.
LAN Base: It is primarily a
Layer 2 feature set which offers enterprise access layer 2 switching features. It
doesn’t provide any l3 functionality.
B.
IP Base: It provides the
enterprise access layer 3 switching features in addition to all LAN base
features. It doesn’t provide the advance layer3 features.
C.
IP Services: - It is an advance
enterprise layer 3 switching features including EIGRP, OSPF, BGP, PIM and IPV6
routing protocols. It also supports all the IP base features.
The
Cisco Catalyst 9000 does not use the above feature set and has its own package
types. All Cisco Catalyst 9000 hardware has two software options i.e.
Essentials and Advantage. Each software option includes two components, as
show:
License Level
|
Network Stack offer (Perpetual and embedded)
|
Cisco DNA Software Subscription offer (Term
based)
|
-E
|
Network Essentials
|
Cisco DNA Essentials (3, 5, or 7 years)
|
-A
|
Network Advantage
|
Cisco DNA Advantage (3, 5, or 7 years)
|
The
Network Stack license is perpetual and embedded in the hardware by default and
it is aligned with the hardware PID(-E/-A).
The
Cisco DNA license is term-based and preselected by default to the 5-year term
but can be changed to 3- or 7-year terms. Minimum of 3-year term DNA license is
mandatory.
Customers
will be able to upgrade the Network Stack and Cisco DNA license levels for
example, -E to -A license upgrade.
Here
is the comparison between three-tier packaging and Catalyst 9K new two-tier
packaging.
Below
features are included in the advantage and essential packages: