Cisco Cisco Prime Infrastructure 1.4 Data Sheet
New in Cisco Prime Infrastructure 3.0
Licensing Changes
Licenses to run Cisco Prime
™ Infrastructure 3.x (PI 3.x) and the Cisco
®
APIC-EM (solution apps
– for instance, the Cisco IWAN app)
are now offered under one Cisco Enterprise Management 3.x License
APIC-EM solution app licenses are right to use (RTU). Therefore, no license files are involved.
APIC-EM controller software and basic apps and services (for example, PnP, PKI, topology, inventory) are offered free of charge
PI 3.0 lifecycle and assurance licenses are now combined into a single management license.
These licenses are offered on a per-device basis (as in PI 1.x, 2.x) and are NOT node-locked.
They are available in single-device increments (no more PAKs of 25, 50, etc.).
PI 3.x licenses are now linked to the category or sub-category of network devices (as in Cisco ONE
™ Software)
Examples include L-MGMT3x-LFAS-AP, L-MGMT3x-LFAS-3K, etc.
Customers deploying Prime Infrastructure for the first time should purchase a Cisco Enterprise Management 3.x License as
described in this document.
described in this document.
Customers with a valid services contract on earlier versions of Prime Infrastructure (PI 2.x, 1.x, NCS 1.x etc.) can upgrade to PI 3.x at
no additional cost.
no additional cost.
Customers without a valid services contract or with expired services contracts can purchase PI 1.x and 2.x to 3.x upgrade licenses
and then upgrade the PI 1.x or 2.x instance to a PI 3.x instance, as described in this document.
and then upgrade the PI 1.x or 2.x instance to a PI 3.x instance, as described in this document.
LMS 4.2 licenses are no longer bundled with PI 3.0; customers who need to add LMS licenses can purchase PI 2.2 Licenses.
Customers who want to simultaneously deploy PI 3.0 and LMS 4.2 can purchase PI 2.2 licenses with a services contract and get LMS
4.2 Licenses. They can then upgrade or install PI 3.0 at no additional cost and use PI 2.2 licenses.
4.2 Licenses. They can then upgrade or install PI 3.0 at no additional cost and use PI 2.2 licenses.