Cisco 8540 Wireless Controller upgrade SKU

Perpetual Licensing

The Cisco 8540 Wireless Controller provides right-to-use (with End-User License Agreement [EULA] acceptance) license enablement for faster time to deployment, with flexibility to add additional access points (up to 6000 access points) as business needs grow.

• Additional access point capacity licenses can be added over time.
• Right-to-use licensing (with EULA acceptance) for faster and easier license enablement.
• Starting with the 8.2 release, the Cisco 8540 Wireless Controller also provides an option to enable licensing using Cisco Smart Software Licensing, designed for easy monitoring and consumption of licenses.
• Manage license deployments with real-time visibility to ownership and consumption.
• Pools license entitlements in a single account. Licenses can be moved freely through the network–wherever they are needed.

New Term-Based Licensing

With the Cisco DNA architecture, we are also introducing term-based software packages: Cisco DNA Essentials, Cisco DNA Advantage, and Cisco ONE Advantage. In addition to on-box capabilities, the Cisco DNA packages unlock additional functionality in Cisco DNA Center, enabling controller-based software-defined automation in your network.

License consumption is further simplified with the following three package combinations. Cisco Embedded Support is included in all the three packages.

Essentials: Term-based (3, 5, or 7 years per access point) Cisco DNA Essentials package, term-based access point license, and term-based Cisco Prime Lifecycle and Assurance infrastructure licenses.

Advantage: Term-based (3, 5, or 7 years per access point) Cisco DNA Advantage package. It also includes everything in the Cisco DNA Essentials package.

Cisco ONE Advantage: Term-based (3, 5, or 7 years per access point) Cisco DNA Advantage package (includes Cisco DNA Essentials package), Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) Base, ISE Plus and Cisco Connected Mobile Experiences (CMX) Base.

You can continue to deploy your network using perpetual licensing or the new term-based packages. The term based licensing provides you with additional benefit of using the same Cisco DNA license on any Cisco WLAN controllers and with any Aironet access point.