Cisco Nexus 9k licenses for NX-OS
We have a VXLAN-EVPN multisite fabric running on Nexus 9K hardware. The swithes run NX-OS and the fabric was provisioned by Ansible. No ACI. No Cisco Nexus Dashboard.
License usage reported by the switches running NX-OS 10.4(6):
# spine# show license summary
License Usage:
License Entitlement tag Count Status
LAN license for Nexus 9... (LAN\_ENTERPRISE\_SERVICES\_PKG) 1 IN USE
# leaf# show license summary
License Usage:
License Entitlement tag Count Status
LAN license for Nexus 9... (LAN\_ENTERPRISE\_SERVICES\_PKG) 1 IN USE
# border-leaf# show license summary
License Usage:
License Entitlement tag Count Status
FAB License for Nexus 9... (VPN\_FABRIC) 1 IN USE
LAN license for Nexus 9... (LAN\_ENTERPRISE\_SERVICES\_PKG) 1 IN USE
ACI Security Add-On Lic... (SECURITY\_PKG) 1 IN USE
According to the "Cisco NX-OS Licensing Options Guide", these are Feature-Based Licenses (End of Sale).
The fabric has been running for years, and support and subscription entitlements are now up for renewal. In order to stay compliant, we have been told to purchase the DCN Essentials (leaf/spine), DCN Advantage (border-leaf) and Security add-on license (border-leaf) subscriptions, which align with Table 2 in the tier based licenses model. However, I'm having a hard time understanding what we initial bought (feature-based licenses) and what we are actually "renewing". Is there no difference between NX-OS and ACI in terms of licenses anymore, and do I even have to renew these EOL feature based licenses to stay compliant?
There is also a license navigator for Cisco Nexus, which in this case seems to point towards perpetual NX-OS advantage licenses. However, we are told that this isn't really being sold anymore.