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Software Licenses for ACX Series

ACX Series Routers support subscription and perpetual licenses.

Go through the following tables:

Table 1: ACX Series SKUs Definition

SKU

SKU Character Description

S-ACX-100GE/400GE-A/A1/P/P1-P/1/3/5

S-EACX-400G/100G-A/A1/P/P1-1/3/5/P

S—Software

ACX—Product name: ACX

400G/100G—Bandwidth

100GE/400GE—Bandwidth

A/A1—Advanced license Model

P/P1—Premium license Model

1/3/5—Subscription term: 1 year, 3 years, or 5 years

P—Perpetual

Table 2: ACX Series Software Licenses Use Case and Scale Information

ACX Series

Use Case

Scale

Premium

Metro and Service Edge

32+ VRFs and 2+ million FIBs

Advanced

Metro Service over MPLS or SR

32 VRFs and up to 2 million FIBs

Standard

Basic Layer 2 only. Layer 3 (with IGP only) for management connectivity

Default Layer 2 scale and 8 queues per port

Table 3: ACX Series Software Licenses for Metro

Features with License

ACX710

ACX5448, ACX5448-D/M

ACX7100-32C/48L

ACX7024, ACX7024X

ACX7509

ACX7348

Pseudowire Headend Termination (PWHT) and all available features* in the router other than those requiring standalone licenses with full platform scale of FIB and VPNs

Premium

Premium

Premium

Premium

Premium

Premium

All Layer 2 features* (ERPS, LAG, MCLAG, Q-in-Q, Layer 2 filters, Layer 2 QoS, Ethernet OAM, VXLAN, CFM, IRB)

Advanced

Advanced

Advanced

Advanced

Advanced

Advanced

Layer 2 VPN (PWE, VPLS, E-VPN)

Advanced

Advanced

Advanced

Advanced

Advanced

Advanced

Layer 3 VPN

Advanced

Advanced

Advanced

Advanced

Advanced

Advanced

Timing (SYNCE and PTP)

Advanced

Advanced

Advanced

Advanced

Advanced

Advanced

H-QoS

Advanced

Advanced

Advanced

Advanced

Advanced

Advanced

Telemetry

Advanced

Advanced

Advanced

Advanced

Advanced

Advanced

RFC2544

Advanced

Advanced

Advanced

Advanced

Advanced

Advanced

LFM

Advanced

Advanced

Advanced

Advanced

Advanced

Advanced

CFM

Advanced

Advanced

Advanced

Advanced

Advanced

Advanced

Layer 2 or Layer 3 Filters (CIR/EIR/storm control)

Advanced

Advanced

Advanced

Advanced

Advanced

Advanced

All routing protocols for IPv4 and IPv6 (OSPF, BGP, LDP, ISIS, RIP, PCEP, EVPN)

Advanced

Advanced

Advanced

Advanced

Advanced

Advanced

Timing features (PTP and SYNCE)

Advanced

Advanced

Advanced

Advanced

Advanced

Advanced

Segment Routing

Advanced

Advanced

Advanced

Advanced

Advanced

Advanced

SR-TE

Advanced

Advanced

Advanced

Advanced

Advanced

Advanced

SRv6

Advanced

Advanced

Advanced

Advanced

Advanced

Advanced

Layer 2 (basic VLAN)

Standard

Standard

Standard

Standard

Standard

Standard

Perpetual

MACsec (100-Gigabit MACsec, 400-Gigabit MACsec)

Not supported

Not supported

Perpetual

Support only on ACX7100-32C

Not supported

Perpetual

Perpetual

Software License for ACX Series Routers for Data Center

Table 4: ACX Series Software Licenses for Data Center

Features with License

ACX7100 Series

Use Case for Advanced 2 (includes Advanced 1 features): Data Center EVPN-VXLAN fabric

CFM

Advanced 2

EVPN-VXLAN

Advanced 2

Layer 3 multicast

Advanced 2

OAM

Advanced 2

PTP

Advanced 2

Q-in-Q

Advanced 2

Virtual Chassis

Advanced 2

Use Case for Advanced 1 (includes Standard features): Data Center IP fabric

BGP

Advanced 1

FBF

Advanced 1

GRE

Advanced 1

IS-IS

Advanced 1

JTI

Advanced 1

OSFP

Advanced 1

ROCEv2

Advanced 1

sFlow

Advanced 1

VRF Advanced 1
VRRP Advanced 1

Use Case for Standard: Basic Layer 2 switching or basic Layer 3 forwarding

BFD Standard
Layer 2 (xSTP, 802.1Q, LAG) Standard
Layer 2 and Layer 3 filters Standard
Layer 2 and Layer 3 QoS Standard
Layer 3 static Standard
MC-LAG Standard
SNMP Standard
Table 5: ACX Series License SKUs

ACX Series Device

Standard

Advanced

Premium

MACsec Licenses

ACX710

ACX710DC

S-ACX-100GE-A1- P/A-1*3/5

S-ACX-100GE-P1-P, P-1*/3/5

NA

ACX5448, ACX5448- D, ACX5448-M

ACX5448-AC-AFI, AFO, DC-AFI, AFO ACX5448-D-AC- AFO, DC-AFO, AC- AFI, DC-AFI ACX5448-M-AC- AFO, DC-AFO, AC- AFI, DC-AFI

S-ACX-400GE-A1-P, A-1*/3/5

S-ACX-400GE-P1-P, P-1*/3/5

NA

ACX7100-32C

ACX7100-32C-AC- AO, DC-AO

S-EACX-400G-A-1/3/5, A1-P

S-EACX-100G-A-1 /3/5, A1-P

Data Center - Advanced 1

S-ACXCLDDC32C-A1-1/3/5/P

Data Center - Advanced 2

S-ACXCLDDC32C-A2-1/3/5/P

S-EACX-400G-P-1/3/5, P1-P

S-EACX-100G-P-1/3/5, P1-P

S-ACXEVO100GMSEC-P

S-ACXEVO400GMSEC-P

ACX7100-48L

ACX7024

ACX7348

ACX7100-48L-AC-AI, AC-AO, DC-AI, DC- AO

S-EACX-400G-A-1/3/5, A1-P

S-EACX-100G-A-1/3/5, A1-P

Data Center - Advanced 1

S-ACXCLDDC48L-A1-1/3/5/P

Data Center - Advanced 2

S-ACXCLDDC48L-A2-1/3/5/P

S-EACX-400G-P-1/3/5, P1-P

S-EACX-100G-P-1/3/5, P1-P

S-ACXEVO100GMSEC-P

S-ACXEVO400GMSEC-P

Support only on ACX7100-48L and ACX7348

*1 year subscription term is for renewal only.

Legacy Licensing for ACX Series Routers

Table 6: Legacy ACX Series License SKUs
Features with License ACX5448-D and ACX5448-M Scale SKUs
IP, MPLS, timing, CoS, E-OAM, telemetry, RFC2544

Advanced

32 Layer 3 VPN and 8 NG- MVPN

S-ACX-400G-A-1/3/5

All advanced software subscription license features with full-scale.

Premium

Full-scale

S-ACX-400G-P-1/3/5