CH A P T E R 3 Managing ACE Software Licenses This chapter describes how to manage the software licenses for your Cisco 4700 Series Application Control Engine (ACE) appliance.
Chapter 3 Managing ACE Software Licenses Available ACE Licenses Available ACE Licenses By default, the ACE supports the following features and capabilities: • Performance: 1 gigabit per second (Gbps) appliance throughput • Virtualization: 1 admin context and 5 user contexts • Secure Sockets Layer (SSL): 1000 transactions per second (TPS) • Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) compression: 100 megabits per second (Mbps) You can increase the performance and operating capabilities of your ACE product
Chapter 3 Managing ACE Software Licenses Available ACE Licenses Table 3-1 ACE Licensing Bundles License Model Description ACE-4710-2F-K9 This license bundle includes the following items: ACE-4710-1F-K9 • ACE 4710 appliance • 2 Gbps throughput license • 7500 SSL transactions per second (TPS) license • 1 Gbps compression license • 5 virtual contexts license (default) • Application acceleration license (50 connections) This license bundle includes the following items: • ACE 4710 appliance
Chapter 3 Managing ACE Software Licenses Available ACE Licenses Table 3-2 ACE Licensing Options Feature License Model Description Performance Throughput ACE-AP-01-LIC (default) 1-Gbps throughput. ACE-AP-02-LIC 2-Gbps throughput. ACE-AP-04-LIC 4-Gbps throughput. ACE-AP-02-UP1 Upgrade from 1-Gbps to 2-Gbps throughput. ACE-AP-04-UP1 Upgrade from 1-Gbps to 4-Gbps throughput. ACE-AP-04-UP2 Upgrade from 2-Gbps to 4-Gbps throughput. Default 1 admin/5 user contexts.
Chapter 3 Managing ACE Software Licenses Available ACE Licenses Table 3-2 ACE Licensing Options Feature License Model Description Application Acceleration Feature Pack License ACE-AP-OPT-LIC-K9 Application acceleration and optimization. By default, the ACE performs up to 50 concurrent connections. With the application acceleration and optimization software feature pack installed, the ACE can provide greater than 50 concurrent connections.
Chapter 3 Managing ACE Software Licenses Ordering an Upgrade License and Generating a Key Ordering an Upgrade License and Generating a Key This section describes the process that you use to order an upgrade license and to generate a license key for your ACE. To order an upgrade license, perform the following steps: Step 1 Order one of the licenses from the list in Table 3-2 using any of the available Cisco ordering tools on cisco.com.
Chapter 3 Managing ACE Software Licenses Copying a License File to the ACE Copying a License File to the ACE When you receive the software license key e-mail from Cisco Systems, you must copy the attached license file to a network server. Then use the copy command in Exec mode from the Admin context to copy the file from the network server to disk0: on the ACE. For detailed information on the copying files from a remote server, see Chapter 4, Managing the ACE Software.
Chapter 3 Managing ACE Software Licenses Installing a New or Upgrade License File Installing a New or Upgrade License File After you copy a demo or permanent license file to the ACE for a new or upgrade installation, you can install it. All license installations except one have no adverse impact to an operating ACE. No reboot is required and existing connections are not interrrupted.
Chapter 3 Managing ACE Software Licenses Replacing a Demo License with a Permanent License Replacing a Demo License with a Permanent License The ACE demo license is valid for only 60 days. Four weeks before the license expires, the ACE generates warning syslog messages once a day. During the final week, a warning syslog message occurs once an hour. Before this period ends, you must update the demo license with a permanent license.
Chapter 3 Managing ACE Software Licenses Removing a License Removing a License To remove an installed license, use the license uninstall command in Exec mode from the Admin context. The syntax for this command is: license uninstall license_filename The license_filename argument specifies the filename of the license file that you want to remove. Enter the license filename as an unquoted text string with no spaces.
Chapter 3 Managing ACE Software Licenses Removing a License Removing an Appliance Performance Throughput License To remove a performance throughput license, use the license uninstall command in Exec mode from the Admin context. Table 3-4 lists the currently installed performance throughput, the type of license on the ACE, and the remaining number of context after the license is removed.
Chapter 3 Managing ACE Software Licenses Removing a License Removing a Virtualization Context License The number of virtual contexts and type of licenses currently installed on the ACE determines which license you can remove. Table 3-4 lists the currently installed contexts, the type of license on the ACE, and the remaining number of context after the license is removed.
Chapter 3 Managing ACE Software Licenses Removing a License The ACE displays the following messages and prompt: Clearing license ACE-AP-VIRT-020.lic: SERVER this_host ANY VENDOR cisco INCREMENT ACE-AP-VIRT-020 cisco 1.0 permanent 1 \ VENDOR_STRING=1 HOSTID=ANY \ NOTICE="200511031513158241 \ " SIGN=86A13B1EA2F2 INCREMENT ACE-AP-VIRT-020 cisco 1.
Chapter 3 Managing ACE Software Licenses Removing a License Note You can also manually recreate the user contexts in the running configuration that is currently on the ACE. If you do, go to Step 7 Step 6 Retrieve the modified Admin running configuration from the remote server. For example, to copy the R-CONFIG-ADM Admin running configuration from the TFTP server, enter: host1/Admin# copy tftp://192.168.1.
Chapter 3 Managing ACE Software Licenses Removing a License Removing an HTTP Compression Performance License To remove an ACE HTTP compression performance license, use the license uninstall command in Exec mode from the Admin context. The current compression capability and type of compression licenses currently installed on the ACE determines which license you can remove.
Chapter 3 Managing ACE Software Licenses Backing Up a License File Removing the Application Acceleration Software Feature Pack License To remove the application acceleration software feature pack, use the license uninstall command in Exec mode from the Admin context. With the application acceleration software feature pack installed, the ACE can support approximately 1,000 concurrent connections under typical usage scenarios.
Chapter 3 Managing ACE Software Licenses Backing Up a License File If you accidently remove or lose the license on the ACE, you can untar the backup file and reinstall it. To untar the license, use the untar command in Exec mode. The syntax for this command is: untar disk0:[path/]filename.tar The [path/]filename.tar argument is the filename of the .tar backup license file. For example, to untar the mylicenses.tar file on disk0:, enter: host1/Admin# untar disk0:mylicenses.
Chapter 3 Managing ACE Software Licenses Displaying License Configurations and Statistics Displaying License Configurations and Statistics This section describes the show commands that you can use to display license information about your ACE. To display license information, use the show license command in Exec mode from the Admin context.
Chapter 3 Managing ACE Software Licenses Displaying License Configurations and Statistics Table 3-6 describes the fields in the show license status command output. Table 3-6 Field Descriptions for the show license status Command Output Field Description Licensed Feature List including the ACE virtualized contexts, the SSL transactions per second, and the appliance throughout performance feature.
Chapter 3 Managing ACE Software Licenses Displaying License Configurations and Statistics Cisco 4700 Series Application Control Engine Appliance Administration Guide 3-20 OL-16198-01
