Feature-Based Licenses for the Cisco Nexus 5000, Nexus 5500 and Nexus 5600 Series

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Feature-based licenses make features available to the entire physical device.

Therefore, you only require one copy of the license for a device.

A license only supports the listed features. Licenses may be specific to a particular hardware platform.

Any feature that is not included in a license package is bundled with the Cisco NX-OS software and is provided at no extra charge to you.

The following table lists the feature-based license packages for the Cisco Nexus 5600 Series switches.

Table 10 Feature-Based Licenses for the Cisco Nexus 5600 Series

Feature License	Product ID	Feature Name
FabricPath Services Package ENHANCED_LAYER2_PKG	N5672-EL2-SSK9 N56128-EL2-SSK9 N5696-EL2-SSK9 N5624Q-EL2-SSK9 N5648Q-EL2-SSK9	FabricPath
FCoE NPV Package FCOE_NPV_PKG	N56-FNPV-SSK9	FCoE NPV
Layer 3 Base Services Package LAN_BASE_SERVICES_PKG ¹¹	N56-BAS1K9	Layer 3 Base Services Package Unlimited static routes and maximum of 256 dynamic routes Static Routes RIPv2 OSPFv2 and OSPFv3 EIGRP Stub HSRP ¹² VRRP¹³ IGMP v2/v3 PIMv2 (sparse mode) VRF Lite Routed ACL NAT
Layer 3 Enterprise Services Package LAN_ENTERPRISE_SERVICES_PKG¹⁴¹⁵	N56-LAN1K9	Layer 3 Enterprise Services Package The N56-LAN1K9 license includes the following features in addition to the ones under the N56-BAS1K9 license. BGP PBR Full EIGRP PIMv2 (all modes) L3 IS-IS¹⁶ uRPF MSDP Sampled NetFlow VxLAN Flood and Learn¹⁷ VxLAN EVPN¹⁸ Intelligent Traffic Director (ITD)
Network Services Package NETWORK_SERVICES_PKG	N56-SERVICES1K9¹⁹	Remote Integrated Services Engine (RISE ) Intelligent Traffic Director (ITD)
Storage Protocols Services Package FC_FEATURES_PKG ENTERPRISE_PKG	N56-16p-SSK9 N56-12P-SSK9²⁰ N5672-72P-SSK9 N56128-128P-SSK9 N56-20P-SSK9 ²¹ N56-12Q-SSK9 N56-4Q-SSK9 N56-48Q-SSK9	Native Fibre Channel FCoE NPV FC Port Security Fabric Binding Fibre Channel Security Protocol (FC-SP) Authentication
VM-FEX Package	N56-VMFEX9	VM-FEX

¹¹ The LAN_BASE_SERVICES_PKG gives unlimited static routes and a maximum of 256 dynamic routes across all the protocols.
¹² Although this feature can be enabled and configured in the CLI without this license, it will not function until the license is installed.
¹³ Although this feature can be enabled and configured in the CLI without this license, it will not function until the license is installed.
¹⁴ The LAN_BASE_SERVICES_PKG license should be installed in order to use the LAN_ENTERPRISE_SERVICES_PKG license.
¹⁵ Routes above 256 for all the protocols included in the LAN_ENTERPRISE_SERVICES_PKG license.
¹⁶ L3 IS-IS will be available starting with the Cisco NX-OS Release 7.0(1)N1(1).
¹⁷ VXLAN Flood and Learn is supported from Cisco NX-OS Release 7.1(0)N1(1) and requires the LAN_BASE_SERVICES_PKG license and the ENHANCED_LAYER2_PKG license. From Cisco NX-OS Release 7.2(1)N1(1), VXLAN Flood and Learn will require the LAN_BASE_SERVICES_PKG license and the LAN_ENTERPRISE_SERVICES_PKG license only.
¹⁸ VXLAN EVPN is supported from Cisco NX-OS Release 7.3(0)N1(1) and will require the LAN_BASE_SERVICES_PKG license and the LAN_ENTERPRISE_SERVICES_PKG license.
¹⁹ N56-SERVICES1K9 is available from Cisco NX-OS Release 7.2(0)N1(1). To use RISE and ITD features with Cisco NX-OS Release 7.1(1)N1(1), use the ENHANCED_LAYER2_PKG license.
²⁰ This license is applicable to Cisco Nexus 5672UP-16G only.
²¹ This license is applicable to Cisco Nexus 5696 20 Port UP LEM only.

The prefix of the Product ID number indicates the platform for which the license applies. For example, N5548 indicates that the license is for the Cisco Nexus 5548 switch only, and N5K indicates that the license is for all Cisco Nexus 5000 Series switches.

The following table lists the feature-based license packages for the Cisco Nexus 5000 Series and Cisco 5500 Series Platform.

Table 11 Feature-Based Licenses for the Cisco Nexus 5000 and Nexus 5500 Series

Feature License	Product ID	Features
FabricPath Services Package ENHANCED_LAYER2_PKG	N5548-EL2-SSK9 N5596-EL2-SSK9	FabricPath
FCoE NPV Package FCOE_NPV_PKG	N5010-FNPV-SSK9 N5020-FNPV-SSK9 N5548-FNPV–SSK9 N5596-FNPV-SSK9	FCoE NPV
Layer 3 Base Services Package LAN_BASE_SERVICES_PKG ²²	N55-BAS1K9	Layer 3 Base Services Package Unlimited static routes and a maximum of 256 dynamic routes Static Routes RIPv2 OSPFv2 and OSPFv3 EIGRP Stub HSRP ²³ VRRP ²⁴ IGMP v2/v3 PIMv2 (sparse mode) VRF Lite Routed ACL
Layer 3 Enterprise Services Package LAN_ENTERPRISE_SERVICES_PKG ²⁵²⁶	N55-LAN1K9	Layer 3 Enterprise Services Package N55-LAN1K9 includes the following features in addition to the ones under the N55-BAS1K9 license BGP PBR PIMv2 (all modes) Full EIGRP uRPF MSDP Intelligent Traffic Director (ITD)
Network Services Package NETWORK_SERVICES_PKG	N55-SERVICES1K9 ²⁷	Remote Integrated Services Engine (RISE) Intelligent Traffic Director (ITD)
Storage Protocols Services Package FC_FEATURES_PKG ENTERPRISE_PKG	N5010-SSK9 N5020-SSK9 N55-8P-SSK9 N55-48P-SSK9	Native Fibre Channel FCoE NPV FC Port Security Fabric Binding Fibre Channel Security Protocol (FC-SP) Authentication
VM-FEX Package	N55-VMFEXK9	VM-FEX

²² The LAN_BASE_SERVICES_PKG gives unlimited static routes and a maximum of 256 dynamic routes across all the protocols.
²³ Although this feature can be enabled and configured in the CLI without this license, it will not function until the license is installed.
²⁴ Although this feature can be enabled and configured in the CLI without this license, it will not function until the license is installed.
²⁵ The LAN_BASE_SERVICES_PKG license should be installed to use the LAN_ENTERPRISE_SERVICES_PKG license.
²⁶ Routes above 256 for all the protocols are included in the LAN_ENTERPRISE_SERVICES_PKG license.
²⁷ N55-SERVICES1K9 is available from Cisco NX-OS Release 7.2(0)N1(1). To use RISE and ITD features with the Cisco NX-OS Release 7.1(1)N1(1), use the ENHANCED_LAYER2_PKG license.

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