The following script contains the CLI commands to activate the DNA Advantage License on Catalyst 8300 routers.
Let’s verify the license prior to the activation of the DNA advantage license.
Router#show license usage License Authorization: Status: Not Applicable Router US Export Lic. for DNA (DNA_HSEC): Description: U.S. Export Restriction Compliance license for DNA based Routers Count: 0 Status: NOT IN USE Export status: RESTRICTED - ALLOWED Enforcement type: EXPORT RESTRICTED License type: Invalid Router#
Let’s activate now the DNA advantage license on the router and reload the router for the activation to take effect.
Router#config term Enter configuration commands, one per line. End with CNTL/Z. Router(config)#license boot level network-advantage addon dna-advantage % use 'write' command to make license boot config take effect on next boot Router(config)#end Router# Router#wr Building configuration... *May 20 18:56:53.443: %SYS-5-CONFIG_I: Configured from console by console[OK] Router# *May 20 18:56:59.060: %SYS-6-PRIVCFG_ENCRYPT_SUCCESS: Successfully encrypted private config file Router#reload Proceed with reload? [confirm] *May 20 18:57:08.908: %SYS-5-RELOAD: Reload requested by console. Reload Reason: Reload Command.May 20 18:57:16.691: %PMANTACTION: R0/0: pvp: Process manager is exiting: process exit with reload chassis code Initializing Hardware ... <truncated>
Wait until the router comes back online and check the license status again.
Router#show license usage License Authorization: Status: Not Applicable network-advantage_10M (ESR_P_10M_A): Description: network-advantage_10M Count: 1 Version: 1.0 Status: IN USE Export status: NOT RESTRICTED Feature Name: network-advantage_10M Feature Description: network-advantage_10M Enforcement type: NOT ENFORCED License type: Perpetual dna-advantage_10M (DNA_P_10M_A): Description: dna-advantage_10M Count: 1 Version: 1.0 Status: IN USE Export status: NOT RESTRICTED Feature Name: dna-advantage_10M Feature Description: dna-advantage_10M Enforcement type: NOT ENFORCED License type: Subscription Router US Export Lic. for DNA (DNA_HSEC): Description: U.S. Export Restriction Compliance license for DNA based Routers Count: 0 Status: NOT IN USE Export status: RESTRICTED - ALLOWED Enforcement type: EXPORT RESTRICTED License type: Invalid Router#
Now, the Network Advantage and DNA Advantage licenses are active. Make sure you also configure Cisco Smart Licensing.
I hope this post was informative to you. Any questions, please let me know.
Thank you.
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Hi Alirio,
Thanks for the great post.
I’m pretty new to Smart licensing and looking at the “show license usage” output, I see that the licenses are being suffixed with “_10M” which I assume is 10 Mbps throughput. Is this expected and how can I achieve higher throughput ?
Yes, there are license upgrades that unlock higher throughputs.