Ruckus ICX 7650 PREM License

Summary

Ruckus ICX 7650 uses Self-Authenticated Upgrade (SAU) feature to enable license features.

Question

How do we enable PREM license on ICX 7650?

Customer Environment

Enabling PREM license on Ruckus ICX 7650 switch

Workaround

Please contact Ruckus Customer Support for further assistance. 

Resolution

The ICX 7650 support Premium Layer 3 features. Enabling the PREM license on the switch gives you access to the following features:

  • OSPFv2
  • OSPFv3
  • VRRP
  • VRRPv3
  • VRRP-E
  • GRE
  • PBR
  • PIM-SM, PIM-SSM, PIM-DM
  • PIM Passive
  • BGP, BGP4+ (IPv6)
  • VRF (IPv4, IPv6)

The ICX 7650 uses Self-Authenticated Upgrade (SAU) licensing feature that allows you to upgrade or downgrade to a licensed feature set with a single command

NOTE: The SAU license install command replaces other licensing commands for installing or deleting a licensed feature. More importantly, you no longer need to install a license file using TFTP or SCP, or delete a license using the license delete command.

What is the license part number for ICX 7650 PREM license?
ICX7650-PREM-LIC

What are the steps to enable the ICX 7650 PREM license?
Pre-requisites to perform the PREM license enabling: A purchase order has to be placed with Ruckus order management as needed. Once the order is processed, you will be provided with a  unit number and the purchased license name

NOTE: The following steps to enable the license is valid from version 08.0.7 and above.

Steps to Enable the PREM feature/license

Enter the show license installed command to check the if licenses are already installed on the device.

Eg: ICX7650-48ZP Router# show license installed
      Unit License Name L3 Prem PoD Speed Ports MACsec SerialNo(L3/ICX7150) SerialNo(PoD/MACsec)
      1 l3-prem NA NA NA NA No  

1. Enter the license install perpetual command, followed by the unit number and the purchased license name. 
device# license install perpetual 1 l3-prem
(Here, "1" is the unit number)

2. Enter "y" to Accept the End User License Agreement (EULA), or "n" to Cancel

3. Confirm the license installation with the show license installed command

4. Enter the "show version" command for additional details to verify that the license is installed correctly

Steps to Disable the PREM feature/license

Note: Enter the show license installed command to check if the licenses are already installed on the device

1. Enter the license install perpetual command, followed by the unit number and the purchased license name
device# license delete perpetual 1 l3-prem
(Here, "1" is the unit number)

2. By selecting 'y' current license will be downgraded. All licensed configurations will be lost after reload
Continue?(enter 'y' to continue, 'n' to cancel): y
License downgrade successful. Reboot may be required for licensed features to be automatically disabled. If you did not intend to perform a license downgrade, you can use the license install command to upgrade the license.

3. Confirm the license deletion with the show license installed command     

Article Number:
000007762

Updated:
May 14, 2021 08:13 AM (almost 3 years ago)

Tags:
Configuration, Support License Activation, Ruckus ICX Switches, Ruckus Support Services

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