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Use the Required License table to define characteristics for licensed features that specify which and how many licenses the SBC will request from the Site License Server (SLS) when the SBC is operating in a network wide license deployment with the license mode configured as Network.

Services enabled by a counted license can be configured with a Min Count and a Max Count value. When these values are equal, the 

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 requests and retains that number of licenses at the 
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 irrespective of demand for the license. When the values for these fields are different, the 
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 maintains the number of licenses configured in Min Count irrespective of demand, and it never requests more licenses than the configured Max Count value.

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This configuration only applies if your SBC was configured in network license mode in a prior release. If you need assistance in setting your license mode, contact Ribbon Technical Support.

window to to restrict specific node instances to a subset of a domain's licensed capacity, if needed. Entries in the Required License List are optional and only apply when using network-wide domain licensing (NWDL), that is, when operating in domain license mode. When present, the entries specify limits on the license capacity allowed for the node. By default, no limits are configured; the absence of entries in the Required License List indicates that the node is entitled to use the entire capacity assigned to the SBC cluster by its NWDL license.

If you choose to specify any restrictions then you must configure appropriate limits for all counted features and also include entries for any on/off features you want to enable. If the Required License List contains a limit for any feature, any other features that are not included in the table are treated as having a license count of 0 and are effectively disabled. If you are using the full-capacity licensing option enabled by the SBC-CAPACITY-D license key, then any Max Count values you specify in Required License entries are ignored.

To view the list of configured required

licenses

license entries, on the SBC main screen navigate to Administration > System Administration > License Management > Network License Settings > Required License or
All > System > Required License

.

The Required License window

is displayed

opens.

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 The Required License window consists of two tables:

  • License Info List - A table that displays detailed information on the network domain licenses used by on the SBC. 

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The parameters displayed in the
License Info List
window and their descriptions are given in the table below:
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ParameterDescription
Feature NameThe name of a license feature.
License IDLicense ID.
Expiration DateLicense expiration date.
Usage LimitUsage limit for the licensed feature.
In UseThe number of instances of the license being currently used by the SBC.
 

Required License List - A table

that displays information on the network licenses required for proper functioning of certain features of the SBC. For information on the parameters displayed in this table, see Required License - Field Description. Apart from viewing the required licenses, the Required License List table is equipped with options for editing and copying existing license parameters, as well as creating new required license parameters.
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listing any configured Required License entries.

To Create a Required License Entry

To create a new required license

configuration

entry:

 

  1. Click New Required License

 on the Required License List table

  1. . The Create New Required License window

is displayed

  1. opens.

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  2. Select

a feature

  1. the license key name for the licensed feature for which you want to specify a limit from the Feature Name list

. Make necessary changes in the fields to configure the license requirements for the selected feature. For more information on the fields, see Required License - Field Description.

  1. . Refer to NWDL Feature License Keys.

  2. In Max Count, enter the number of uses of the licensed feature allowed for the node (2–1000000, or unlimited), within what is allowed for the domain. The default is unlimited.
  3. Click Save.
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If you specify a limit for any feature, you must include an entry for every other feature you want to enable, including features that are not counted (on/off features) or counted features that you do not want to limit (unlimited). 

  • Click Save to save the changes, or Cancel to cancel the changes.
    • After successful creation, a confirmation message is displayed. Click OK to complete the process.

    To Edit a Required License Entry

    To edit a the required license configurationentry for a feature:

    1. Click the radio button adjacent to the license's feature name in the Required License List table. The Edit Selected Required License window is displayedopens.

    2. Make necessary changes in the fields. For more information on the fields, see Required License - Field Description.
    3. Click Save to save the changes, or Cancel to cancel the changes.
    4. After successful update, a confirmation message is displayed. Click OK to complete the process.
    5. Change the value in Max Count as necessary. 
    6. Click Save.

    To Copy a Required License Entry

    To copy an existing required license configurationentry to apply it to another feature:

    1. Click the radio button adjacent to the license's feature name in the Required License List table.

    2. Click Copy Required License on the Required License List table. The Copy Selected Required License window is displayedopens.

    3. Make necessary changes in the fields. For more information on the fields, see Required License - Field Description.
    4. Click Save to save the changes, or Cancel to cancel the changes.
    5. After successful update, a confirmation message is displayed. Click OK to complete the process.

     

    The fields displayed in the Edit, Copy and Create windows are are:

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    FieldDescription
    Feature Name

    The name of the feature for which a license is required. Select the feature's name from the drop-down list adjacent to the field. The drop-down list displays the following options:

    • SRTP
    • SBC-LI
    • ENCRYPT
    • SBC-RTU
    • DSP-EVRC
    • DSP-G722
    • POL-BASE
    • VDSP-RTU
    • DSP-AMRNB
    • DSP-AMRWB
    • SBC-SIP-I
    • SBC-VIDEO
    • SBC-4X1GMP
    • SBC-SIP323
    • SBC-SIPREC
    • SBC-1X10GMP
    • SBC-MRF-RTU
    • SBC-NICEREC
    • SBC-POL-RTU
    • SBC-PSX-RTU
    • SBC-POL-E911
    • SBC-POL-ENUM
    • SWE-INSTANCE
    Min Count

    Use this parameter to specify the minimum number (1–256000) of licenses the SBC will request from the SLS to retain at the SBC (regardless of demand) when the associated license is first configured. (Default = 1)

    When the Min Count is set to the default value of "1", one license is requested from the SLS and retained at the SBC to verify the availability of the feature license. When Min Count is configured for a service that is already active, the SBC immediately requests the additional licenses required to reach the configured minimum count. If the licenses that are present at the SBC have already surpassed the configured minimum, the SBC does not make any additional license requests.

    If a configured minimum count is not available at the SLS, the alarm sonusSbxMinimumLicenseCountThresholdNotReached is raised to indicate the SBC is running below the configured minimum count for the associated license.

    Max Count

    Use this parameter to specify the maximum number of licenses (2–1000000, or "unlimited") the SBC can request from the SLS. (Default = "unlimited")

    If the system is utilizing licenses and the Max Count is reconfigured to a value less than the licenses already in use, the SBC does not reject existing sessions using the license, and throttles new attempts requiring the license to the newly configured limit. 

    If the SBC is operating above the configured threshold, the alarm sonusSbxMaximumLicenseCountThresholdExceeded is raised. This condition restricts further use of the licensed feature until the number of licenses at the SBC drop below the configured maximum.

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     Min Count and Max Count are not configurable for services controlled by instance licenses. These services are enabled system wide when a single token of the feature license is present at the system.
    1. Select the name of the licensed feature for which you want to specify a limit from the Feature Name list. 
    2. Change the value in Max Count as necessary. 
    3. Click Save.

    To Delete a Required License

    To delete a the required license entry for a feature:

    1. Click CClick the radio button adjacent to the license's feature name in the Required License List table.

    2. Click the X (Delete icon) at the right end of the row containing the required license in the Required License List table.

    3. Confirm the deletion when prompted.

    4. After successful deletion, a confirmation message is displayed. Click OK to complete the process.
     



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