Feature Licensing for Universal Hardware

Extreme Networks offers universal hardware products that support more than one Network Operating System (NOS) personality. The universal hardware products share a unified license, which is NOS agnostic.

The Base License, which is included with the purchase of the switch, enables the basic networking capabilities of the device. You can purchase additional licenses separately to enable advanced features on the switch.

Licenses are tied to the switch serial number. After you generate the license through the Extreme Networks Support Portal at https://extremeportal.force.com/ExtrLicenseLanding, you can install the license on the switch manually. You can also use ExtremeCloud IQ to obtain licenses for universal hardware switches.

The following sections detail the different categories of licenses.

Base License

A Base license gives customers the right to use Base software features on the switch.

Licenses for Advanced Features

Licenses enable advanced features not available in the Base License. The following table provides information on the features enabled by each license, if the hardware supports the feature. For information on supported features, see Fabric Engine and VOSS Feature Matrix.

Table 1. Licensed features
Platform MACsec License Premier License

5320 Series

5420 Series

5520 Series

5720 Series

IEEE 802.1AE MACsec

  • DvR Controller (5520 Series and 5720 Series, )

  • Fabric Connect Layer 3 Virtual Services Networks (VSNs)

  • Extreme Integrated Application Hosting, including Fabric IPsec Gateway (5720 Series)

  • Greater than four OSPF active interfaces

  • Greater than two BGP peers

7520 Series

7720 Series

IEEE 802.1AE MACsec (7520-48YE-8CE)

  • DvR Controller

  • Fabric Connect Layer 3 Virtual Services Networks (VSNs)

  • Extreme Integrated Application Hosting, including Fabric IPsec Gateway

  • VXLAN Gateway

  • Greater than four OSPF active interfaces

  • Greater than 16 BGP peers

License Types and Part Numbers

The following table lists the license types and the associated part numbers.

Table 2. License order codes

License Type

Platform

Part Number / Order Code

MACsec License

5320 Series

5420 Series

5520 Series

5720 Series

5000-MACSEC-LIC-P

MACsec License

7520-48YE-8CE 7000-MACSEC-LIC-P

Premier License

5320 Series

5420 Series

5520 Series

5720 Series

5000-PRMR-LIC-P

Premier License

7520 Series

7720 Series

7000-PRMR-LIC-P