topic Re: Licensing of 5420 in ExtremeSwitching (EXOS/Switch Engine)

Licensing of 5420

kevariste — Wed, 06 Mar 2024 16:38:36 GMT

Good evening,
I hope my message finds you well.
We have acquired Extreme Networks switches 5420 series that came with ExtremeXOS and we want to migrate them to ExtemeVOSS.
Our main concern is whether Extreme Networks licenses are linked to the serial number or the operating system, in other words, are ExtremeXOS licenses valid for ExtremeVOSS?

Thank you for helping us understand.

Re: Licensing of 5420

Stefan_K_ — Thu, 07 Mar 2024 20:13:46 GMT

What licenses are you talking about? Pilot licenses? Premier licenses?

Premier license is for EXOS only, not for VOSS. Edit: I was wrong here! Premier licenses also exits for VOSS.
Pilot licenses are not bound to any specific device.

Re: Licensing of 5420

EXTR_Paul — Thu, 07 Mar 2024 14:14:22 GMT

the 5000 series premier feature licenses is linked to the switch. Not the OS.

So if you want the advanced features in VOSS/FabricEngine or EXOS/SwitchEngine its the same license file.

Just a heads up that license file is removed from the switch when you perform the OS change. So you either need to keep that license backed up somewhere, or fetch it again from the license portal.

Re: Licensing of 5420

EXTR_Paul — Thu, 07 Mar 2024 14:19:57 GMT

that is not true.

The same 5000 series premier licenses is required for VOSS/FabricEngine if you want to use L3VSNS, more than 4 OSPF peers, more than 2 BGP peers, Application host and the VxLAN gateway.

Re: Licensing of 5420

Stefan_K_ — Thu, 07 Mar 2024 20:13:11 GMT

Oh, that's certainly good to know!