Информационное Руководство для Cisco Cisco Flex 7510 Wireless Controller

 

 

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Wireless Access Point Right to Use (RTU) 
Licensing for Cisco 8500 and Flex7500 Wireless 
LAN Controllers 

Q.  What is Right to Use (RTU) licensing? 

A.  A Right to Use license scheme is an honor-based model for licensing. Licenses are not tied to an unique 

device identifier (UDI), product ID, or serial number. 

Q.  How is RTU licensing enabled? 

A.  Wireless access point licenses can be enabled through the command-line interface (CLI) with acceptance of 

an End Use License Agreement (EULA) for RTU. 

Just as they do today, customers place an order for a controller with embedded access point count license or 

a separate access point count adder license. For the access point count adder license, they will receive an e-

license or paper license after payment. There is no license PAK or SWIFT, avoiding the need to access the 

Cisco.com portal or additional external license tools. 

Q.  What are the benefits and restrictions with RTU licensing? 

A.  A RTU license scheme simplifies enabling access point adder licenses in the field by eliminating the need for 

an additional step or additional tools or access to Cisco.com for PAKs or RMA transfer. 

You may remove an adder license from one controller and transfer the license to another controller in the 

same product family. For example: An adder license such as LIC-CT7500-100A may be transferred (partially 

or in full) from a Cisco

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 Flex 7500 Series Wireless Controller only to another Flex 7500 controller. 

NOTE: Licenses embedded in the controller at time of shipment are not transferrable. 

Q.  Which wireless controller products will have RTU licensing and when? 

A.  This document is applicable to the Flex 7500 series and Cisco 8500 series Wireless LAN Controller. Cisco 

Wireless Software Release 7.3 enables RTU licenses for the Flex 7500 series and Cisco 8500 series Wireless 

LAN Controller. 

The 5760 Wireless Controller and the Catalyst 3850 also support RTU based AP count licensing. 

Please see the RTU FAQ linked below for more information on these platforms: 

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Other wireless controller platforms such as the CT5508, WiSM2, CT2500 will continue to use the node-locked 

licensing model where the AP count licenses are tied to the hardware.