Campus Fabric Licensing

No licenses are required for Campus Fabric (802.1br, or SPX); however, ICX 7150 and ICX 7250 devices used as PE units require licenses to bring up ports at 10 Gbps, including SPX links. In addition, ICX 7650 or ICX 7850 devices used as CB units require a Layer 3 premium license to enable Layer 3 premium features and a MacSec license to enable the MACSec feature.

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Note: All ICX devices support trust-based licensing through Self Authenticated Upgrade (SAU). Installation is simplified, and related commands differ from previous license installation commands. For details on licensing, refer to the RUCKUS FastIron Software Licensing Guide.

Premium Licenses for ICX 7650 or ICX 7850 CB Units

ICX 7650 or ICX 7850 devices operating as CB units require premium licenses to support Layer 3 premium features. Each ICX 7650 or ICX 7850 unit in a CB stack must have a Layer 3 premium license installed.

MACsec Licenses for ICX 7650 or ICX 7850 CB Units

MACsec is supported on ICX 7650 and ICX 7850 CB units if a valid feature license is installed.

License Inheritance

If a premium license is enabled on a device in the CB, all ICX 7450, ICX 7250, or ICX 7150 devices attached to the CB and operating as PE units inherit premium license features.

ICX 7150 and ICX 7250 Licenses

ICX 7150 and ICX 7250 Module 2 links run 1 Gbps by default without a license. To connect to a CB over a 10-Gbps SPX link, an ICX 7150 or ICX 7250 must have a 10-Gbps license installed.

Note: ICX 7150-48ZP models ship with two 10-Gbps links; however, additional 10-Gbps ports require a license.
Note: ICX 7150-C08P models do not have any 10-Gbps-capable ports.

Two-port or eight-port 10-Gbps licenses can be pre-loaded on ICX 7250 or ICX 7150 devices, or you can install SAU licenses as described in the RUCKUS FastIron Software Licensing Guide. If the licenses are not pre-loaded on ICX 7250 or ICX 7150 units connected to a Campus Fabric domain, the devices may form 1-Gbps SPX links that must be converted to 10-Gbps SPX links using the following procedure.

Parent topic: Planning Considerations for a Campus Fabric Domain