Hi folks,
How many licenses is required for a stacked switch with four Cisco 3750?.
Thanks for answer.
Lutin
Greetings Lutin
Network Configuration Manager (NCM) is licensed per node. A node is essentially a target of a configuration file. Four Cisco Catalyst 3750 series switches would be four nodes.
In this case, since his switches are stacked, that should only count as one license.
That may be true. The authoritative answer, however, would come from a conversation with an NCM sales rep. :-)
However, it's likely a moot point..... unless the network otherwise has 47-51 nodes. The minimum license for NCM is a DL50. Whether the stack is considered one node, or four, it's likely an academic question at best, unless considering the stack as one node keeps the total network node count under 50 nodes.
Also, I would recommend always licensing devices individually, even if they are being aggregated as individual nodes. You never know when it may become appropriate, or necessary, to unstack those switches and need individual node licenses .. although, again, we're talking about a difference of 3 nodes, not likely an issue in any network environment.
LGarvin wrote:... it's likely an academic question at best ...
LGarvin wrote:
... it's likely an academic question at best ...
Let's not get academics involved here I don't think this has to be that complicated -- if it logically appears as one node, then that's what it is. When you "stack" switches they become one logical node. If you were to unstack those switches, then you would have 4 individual switches, at which point you would have to account for them as 4 individual devices. Same thing with a VSS pair -- they operate as one node, unless taken out of VSS.
