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You need a valid license from

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SBCs.

There are four Available licensing offers available include: Node-Locked Licensing (NLL), True Forward subscription, Multiyear Domain Locked (MDL), and True Forwarding (TF)subscription and Network-Wide Licensing.

Each SBC license provides a base set of capabilities to which additional features and capacity can be added and enabled as required.

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Licensing ModelsDescription
Node-Locked Licensing

Node-Locked

Licensing – This deprecated license model replaced by the

Licensing is the traditional and most common method of licensing on SBC. All sessions and features are locked to a specific SBC node, identified through its hardware serial number or Virtual Machine Universal Unique Identifier (UUID).  

Network-Wide Licensing – This is a model. Ribbon provided a network-wide licensing (NWL) option for customers who do not want licensing capacity to be defined on each node level. Instead, they purchased a total number of sessions and a feature set intended to meet the requirements of their entire network. Note that NWL used the same underlying node-locked licenses, but additional ‘burst’ licenses were installed to allow flexibility in capacity.

Domain Locked Licensing

– Domain Locked Licensing

(DL) is offered to SBC SWe cloud and CNe deployments where SBC instances may be brought up and down dynamically based on traffic. In this model, a domain license is bound to the domain through public/private key-pairing, and it defines the features and capacity allowed for all nodes within the domain. When a new SBC node is brought up, it can leverage licenses from the domain pool.

  • True Forward Subscription
Licensing
  • – This licensing method relies upon the
Domain Locked
  • DL Licensing infrastructure for successful operation.
Domain Locked
  • DL Licensing supplies critical services for a successful subscription deployment, namely:
    • For a defined term (1 year, 3 year, other) using a “Take anywhere” flexibility for on-premises and public cloud.
    • Centralized subscription licensing management;
    • Recognition of licensed product(s) feature(s) successful delivery;
    • Accounting for licensed product(s) feature(s) successful delivery through supplementary quotes for events such as True Forward Growth.
Subscriptions-based license for a defined term (1 year, 3 year other), “Take anywhere” flexibility for on-premises and public cloud
  • Licenses shared among nodes
  • NWDL – Network Wide Domain Locked - Perpetual
    • Multiyear Domain Locked (MDL) – Subscription, 5-year term, with license tracking and true up,
    On
    • on-premises only
    , licenses shared among node, EMS, and RAMP management, not
      • Shared among nodes
      • Managed by RAMP
      • Not supported on CNF deployments
    MDL – Multiyear Domain Locked - Subscription, 5-year term,
    • Network Wide Domain Locked (NWDL) – Perpetual with license tracking and true up,
    On
    • on-premises only
    , licenses shared among node, RAMP management, not
      • Shared among nodes
      • Managed by EMS and RAMP
      • Not supported on CNF deployments

    Domain Locked Licensing require customers to agree to share license usage data with

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    Info

    For details about terms and conditions about

    DLL

    Domain Locked Licensing, contact your Ribbon sales representative.

    Network-Wide Licensing

    This is a deprecated license model replaced by the Domain Locked Licensing model.

    Ribbon provided a network-wide licensing (NWL) option for customers who did not want licensing capacity to be defined on each node level. Instead, they purchased a total number of sessions and a feature set intended to meet the requirements of their entire network.

    Note that NWL used the same underlying node-locked licenses, but additional ‘burst’ licenses were installed to allow flexibility in capacity.


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    Ribbon Product License Offers

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    Offer

    Commercial Model

    Features & Flexibility

    Availability

    Node Locked (NLL)

    Perpetual; maintenance quoted separately

    • On-premises only
    • Licenses fixed to node
    • EMS & RAMP management
    • Available
    • EMS support ends Q2 2024

    Subscription (True Forward (Subscription)

    Subscription, 1-year, 3-year, or other term; maintenance included

    • “Take anywhere” flexibility for on-premises & public cloud
    • Licenses shared among nodes
    • RAMP management
    • Instance migration and CNF

    Available

    NWDL – Network Wide MDL - Multiyear Domain Locked (Subscription)

    Subscription, 5-year term, Perpetual with license tracking and true up; maintenance quoted separately

    • On-premises only
    • Bridge between existing perpetual offers and True Forward Subscription
    • Licenses shared among nodes
    • EMS & RAMP management
    • No instance migration or CNF

    Available

  • EMS support ends Q2 2024
  • MDL – Multiyear NWDL – Network Wide Domain Locked

    Subscription, 5-year term, Perpetual with license tracking and true up; maintenance quoted separately

    • On-premises only
    • Bridge between existing perpetual offers and True Forward Subscription
    • Licenses shared among nodes
    • EMS & RAMP management
    • No instance migration or CNF
    • Available
    • EMS support ends Q2 2024



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