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 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.
Premium licenses for ICX 7650 CB units
ICX 7650 devices operating as CB units require premium licenses to support Layer 3 premium features. Each ICX 7650 unit in a CB stack must have a Layer 3 premium license installed.
MACsec licenses for ICX 7650 CB units
MACsec is supported on ICX 7650 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.
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.