Description
Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Tier-Based Licenses
The DCN (ACI+NX-OS) Essentials, Advantage, and add-on licenses are supported for Cisco Nexus 9300 platform switches beginning with Cisco NX-OS Release 9.2(3). Beginning with Cisco NX-OS Release 7.0(3)I7(7) and 9.3(2), the ACI Premier licenses are supported for Cisco Nexus 9300 platform switches. These licenses support license migration from Cisco NX-OS to ACI. Any attempt to install these licenses for a prior release will fail.
When you downgrade from Cisco NX-OS Release 9.2(3) to an earlier release, the features that use the DCN (ACI+NX-OS) Essentials, Advantage, and add-on licenses continue to work in honor mode in the downgraded version. In addition, the output of the show license usage command continues to include entries for these unsupported licenses.
The -XM licenses apply to modular switches; the -GF licenses apply to switches with less than 3.6 Tbps; the -XF licenses apply to switches with more than 3.6 Tbps and less than 6.4 Tbps; and the -XF2 licenses apply to switches with more than 6.4 Tbps.
License Package |
Features Included* |
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Essentials |
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Advantage |
All features included in the Essentials package plus the following features:
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Premier |
All features included in the Essentials and Advantage packages plus support for the Cisco Network Insights Advisor, Cisco Network Insights for Resources, and Cisco Network Assurance Engine. |
NDB add-on license |
Nexus Data Broker |
Security add-on license |
MACsec, Secure VXLAN EVPN Multi-Site using CloudSec2 |
Storage add-on license |
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SyncE add-on license |
Synchronous Ethernet (SyncE) support |
License |
1G Fixed Platforms (GF) |
10G/25G/40G/100G Fixed Platforms (XF) |
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Essentials package |
ACI-ES-GF |
ACI-ES-XF |
ACI-ES-XF2 |
Advantage package |
ACI-AD-GF |
ACI-AD-XF <<YOU ARE PURCHASING THIS LICENSE |
ACI-AD-XF2 |
Add-On Licenses |
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Security |
Not supported |
ACI-SEC-XF |
ACI-SEC-XF2 |
Storage (FC NPV, FCoE NPV, and SAN switching) |
Not supported |
ACI-STRG 12 |
Not supported |