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CUBE Licensing

Different Cisco IOS® Software images are available for the various platforms that support Cisco UnifiedBorder Element (CUBE) and Cisco Gatekeeper functions. These Cisco IOS Software feature sets containdifferent levels of features. In addition to the software image, a feature license is required to turn on thedesired function. Both the CUBE and Cisco Gatekeeper are licensed features.

Purchasing the appropriate software image is, in many cases, sufficient to deploy Cisco router features. Inother cases, a feature license in addition to the software image is required. All features on platforms with auniversal software image require a license.

• Information About CUBE Licensing, page 1

• CUBE Licensing FAQs, page 7

Information About CUBE LicensingThe Cisco ® 800, 2900, 3900, and 3900E Series Integrated Services Router platforms have a universal CiscoIOS Software image. On these platforms all features are contained in the single software image, and thefeatures that are available for use are determined only by the license(s) purchased. The following are theCUBE deployment use cases:

• Migration from TDM to SIP CUBE.

• CUBE in Contact Center

• CUBE is used as a protocol-interworking device with third party.

Unified Communications BundlesCisco® Integrated Services Router Unified Communications Bundles simplify the deployment of a unifiedcommunications (UC) solution by packaging a number of needed components in a single part number to makeit easy to quote and order. Two types of UC bundles are offered for the Cisco 1861, 2800, and 3800 Seriesrouters: Voice and Voice + Security.

Voice-only UC bundles include:

• The Integrated Services Router

Cisco Unified Border Element Configuration Guide 1

• Cisco IOS® Software based Routing

• Cisco Unified Communications Manager Express for call processing

• Cisco Unity® Express hardware module and licenses for voicemail, integratedmessaging, and interactivevoice response.

• Digital signal processors (DSPs) for conferencing and connecting to a public switched telephone network(PSTN)

• Phone licenses to deploy Cisco IP phones

• Cisco Unified CallConnector Personal clients for Microsoft Windows desktop integration. This clientis offered free of charge as an introductory offer only.

Voice + Security UC bundles also include security features like VPN, Cisco Intrusion Detection System, andCisco IOS Firewall in addition to all the components in the voice-only UC bundles.

CUBE feature license(s) is included in all Cisco ISR UC bundles.Note

Cisco Unified Border Element License TypesTwo types of Cisco Unified Border Element licenses are available:

• Pay-as-You-Grow (or session count) license—This type of license covers the right to use the feature aswell as the maximum session count allowed. An example is the FL-CUBE-25 license, which allows upto 25 sessions. This license is designed to allow a specific number of sessions (or calls) on a platform.Purchase only as many sessions as are required in your deployment. You can add more licenses later asyour needs expand, thus offering pay-as-you-grow benefits. Session licenses are stackable. These licensesare available on select platforms as shown in Table 1 in the section CUBE Licenses, and are availableon all software images. Examples include the FL-CUBE-4 and FL-CUBEE-100 licenses.

• Platform (or flat) license—This type of license covers the right to use the feature up to the maximumsession count supported on the chosen platform. An example is the FL-INTVVSRV-2811 license, whichallows the maximum number of sessions the Cisco 2811 platform supports. These licenses are availableon select platforms as given in Table 1 in the section CUBE Licenses. Examples include theFL-INTVVSRV-2801 and FL-GK-3945 licenses.

CUBE LicensesThe Cisco Unified Border Element licenses available are listed in the table below.

CUBE redundancy can be deployed in two ways:

• CUBE regular redundancy—Two CUBE platforms (ISR-G2 or ASR1K) are positioned in a same localnetwork and are configured in an ACTIVE/STANDBY pairing. The CUBE-RED license allowstransferring of the license from the Active to the Standby machine in the event of a failure.

• CUBE dual redundancy—CUBE in High Availability configuration in two independent Data Centerswith a CUBEActive/Standby pair (ISR-G2 or ASR1K) in each. The CUBE-RED license allows transfernot only within one redundant pair from Active to Standby, but also from one pair to the other.

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CUBE LicensingCisco Unified Border Element License Types

For Active/Standby redundant configurations, use the “Redundant-Platform” licenses.

Redundancy licenses cost about 30% more than Single-Use licenses.Note

Table 1: CUBE License Choices per Platform

License TypeRedundancy Licenses (1SKU for Active/StandbyPair)

Single-Use LicensesPlatform

PlatformN/AFL-NANOCUBECisco 881, 886, 887, 888,892F, SPIAD

Pay-as-You-Grow

Pay-as-You -Grow

Pay-as-You -Grow

FL-CUBEE-5-RED

FL-CUBEE-25-RED

FL-CUBEE-100-RED

FL-CUBEE-5

FL-CUBEE-25

FL-CUBEE-100

Cisco 2901, 2911, and 2921Integrated Services Routers

Pay-as-You-Grow

Pay-as-You -Grow

Pay-as-You -Grow

Pay-as-You -Grow

FL-CUBEE-5-RED

FL-CUBEE-25-RED

FL-CUBEE-100-RED

FL-CUBEE-500-RED

FL-CUBEE-5

FL-CUBEE-25

FL-CUBEE-100

FL-CUBEE-500

Cisco 2951 and 3925Integrated Services Routers

Pay-as-You -Grow

Pay-as-You -Grow

Pay-as-You -Grow

Pay-as-You -Grow

Pay-as-You -Grow

FL-CUBEE-5-RED

FL-CUBEE-25-RED

FL-CUBEE-100-RED

FL-CUBEE-500-RED

FL-CUBEE-1000-RED

FL-CUBEE-5

FL-CUBEE-25

FL-CUBEE-100

FL-CUBEE-500

FL-CUBEE-1000

Cisco 3945, 3925E, and3945E Integrated ServicesRouters

Pay-as-You -Grow

Pay-as-You -Grow

Pay-as-You -Grow

Pay-as-You -Grow

FLASR1-CUBEE-100R

FLASR1-CUBEE-500R

FLASR1-CUBEE-1KR

FLASR1-CUBEE-4KR

FLASR1-CUBEE-16KR

FLASR1-CUBEE-100P

FLASR1-CUBEE-500P

FLASR1-CUBEE-1KP

FLASR1-CUBEE-4KP

FLASR1-CUBEE-16KP

Cisco ASR 1000 SeriesAggregation ServicesRouters

Pay-as-You -Grow

Pay-as-You -Grow

Pay-as-You -Grow

Platform

Platform

Platform

Platform

N/AFL-CUBE-4

FL-CUBE-25

FL-CUBE-100

FL-INTVVSRV-2801

FL-INTVVSRV-2811

FL-INTVVSRV-2821

FL-INTVVSRV-2851

Cisco 2800 SeriesIntegrated Services Routers


CUBE LicensingCUBE Licenses

License TypeRedundancy Licenses (1SKU for Active/StandbyPair)

Single-Use LicensesPlatform

Pay-as-You -Grow

Pay-as-You -Grow

Pay-as-You -Grow

Platform

Platform

N/AFL-CUBE-4

FL-CUBE-25

FL-CUBE-100

FL-INTVVSRV-3825

FL-INTVVSRV-3845

Cisco 3800 SeriesIntegrated Services Routers

PlatformN/AFL-INTVVSRV-5XCisco AS5350XM andAS5400XM UniversalGateways

Pay-as-You -GrowN/AFL-CUBE-4Cisco 880 Series IntegratedServices Routers

Pay-as-You -GrowFL-CUBE-4Cisco IAD880 IntegratedAccess Devices

Pay-as-You -GrowFL-CUBE-4Cisco 1861 IntegratedServices Router

Pay-as-You -Grow

Pay-as-You -Grow

FL-CUBE-4

FL-CUBE-25

Cisco IAD2430 IntegratedAccess Device

Licensing Requirements for Customer Deployment Scenarios

Two Active CUBEs and No Redundancy

• Scenario—Two active CUBEs, no redundancy (that is no call preservation on failure of box), and noload balancing.

• Expectation—Expecting 500 sessions across each location.

• Licensing Requirement—Two FL-CUBEE-500.


CUBE LicensingLicensing Requirements for Customer Deployment Scenarios

Geographic Redundancy

• Scenario—Two active CUBEs, no redundancy, no call preservation on failure of box, but there is loadbalancing.

• Expectation—Expecting 500 sessions across each location, and in case one location fails, expecting thenew 500 calls to failover to the other location.

• Licensing Requirement—Two FL-CUBEE-500-RED.

• If a box fails in this scenario, the calls on it are lost. The load balancing algorithm ensures that the nextcall is sent to the non-failed location.

In this scenario, you can also pool the CUBE licenses—one FL-CUBEE-1000-RED can be used.Note

Layer 2 Box-to-Box Redundancy with Call Preservation

• Scenario—L2 box-to-box redundancy with call preservation.

• Expectation—Expecting 500 sessions across an active CUBE.

• Licensing Requirement—One FL-CUBEE-500-RED.

If the standby CUBE is at a different location, L2 box-to-box redundancy is not supported acrossgeographical data centers. Typically, it is two boxes in the same rack.

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Box-to-Box Redundancy and Load Balancing Across Locations

• Scenarios Covered—Box-to-Box and Redundancy (call preservation on failure within location) and loadbalancing/redundancy across locations.

◦If R1 or R3 goes down, R2 or R4 respectively will take over.

◦If Location 1 (both R1 and R2) becomes unavailable, RED license allows newer calls to flow toLocation 2. RED license allows transfer not only within one redundant pair fromActive to Standby,allowing call preservation, but also from one pair to the other, that is from one Data Center to theother for new calls. In that case, Location 2 will handle 1000 sessions. This is called dualredundancy.

• Expectation—Expecting 500 sessions per location.

• Licensing Requirement—Two FL-CUBEE-500-RED, one per Active/Standby pair. In total, youwill have one 1000-RED.

In-box Hardware and Software Redundancy

• Licensing Requirement—RED license is not required in this scenario; regular Single-Use CUBE licensecovers all in-box redundancies.



CUBE Licensing FAQs

Is CUBE Licensing enforced?Q.

No, CUBE is a paper-based honor license (no file to install) that allows you to run the CUBE RTU(Right-to-Use) feature set after you have the UCK9 license installed.

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Can CUBE licenses be transferred?Q.

A. • No, CUBE licensing is not transferable between chassis at this time.

• FL-CUBEE-XX licenses can be bought for any ISR-G2 platform, but cannot be transferred betweenplatforms.

• FL-CUBEE-XX licenses are only for ISR-G2 (that is, you buy FL-CUBEE-5—it applies to a singleISR G2 that you buy it for, which could be a 2901, 2911, 3925, and so on, but only a single platform.)

Are CUBE licenses incremental?Q.

Yes, CUBE licenses can be added together to provide an aggregate session count. This way, customerscan start with a smaller number of sessions and grow their system over time as call volume increases. For

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example, a customer may buy a FL-CUBEE-5 license to start with allowing a total of 5 sessions, and lateradd 2 more FL-CUBE-5 licenses for a total of 15 sessions.

What constitutes a session?Q.

A session is a single audio or a video call across the CUBE, regardless of call legs. Some vendors considerone call as two sessions.

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Does a call recording solution require additional licensing?Q.

No, sessions created between CUBE and the Call Recording server such as MediaSense® do not requireadditional licenses and are not counted against the CUBE licensing limit. However, consider the platformcapacity numbers.

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Can a customer migrate from a Single-Use to a RED license?Q.

No, currently there are no migration SKUs, that is, if the customer previously purchased a Single-Uselicense, it cannot be converted into a RED license in future.

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Does CUBE Phone Proxy require licensing?Q.

Yes, licenses will be required for the CUBE Phone Proxy feature just like it is required for trunk-sideconnections. Licenses will be required for the number of simultaneous off-hook phones, that is the numberof phones trying to make calls concurrently.

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For what platforms is NanoCUBE licensing supported?Q.

NanoCUBE licensing (SKU : FL-NANOCUBE) is a single license that allows you to go up to the maximumcapacity of the platform. NanoCUBE is available on the platforms: 86X, 88X, and 89X; 2901/2911 is onlyfor service providers.

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