Cisco ASR 5500 Installation Guide

To add one or more UDPC/UDPC2 to an ASR 5500 chassis where the numbered of allowed UDPC/UDPC2s
has been reached, you must update the chassis license to increase the number of supported cards. See Updating
A Chassis License for Universal Cards, on page 153.
Universal cards and non-universal cards have the same capacity and can backup each other for redundancy.
For example, a UMIO can be the standby of an MIO and will transition to active when the active MIO fails.
Tasks running on a DPC or DPC2 can be migrated to a standby UDPC or UDPC2 and vice versa.
Different combinations of licenses for universal cards and non-universal cards are supported in an ASR 5500
chassis. Some combinations may cause the system to be only partially operational or entirely non-operational.
License types include:
• Non-Universal – support for universal cards is not enabled. Non-universal licenses include those issued
before universal cards became available.
• Universal – support for UMIO or UDPC/UDPC2 is enabled.
• Mix – support for both universal and non-universal cards exists.
• None – the particular license type is missing from the system. No license is the same as having a universal
license.
• Any – For MIO or DPC, this is all combinations of the above four license types: Non-Universal, Universal,
Mix and None. For a chassis license this is either Universal, Non-Universal or None.
License changes or card changes may cause the system to change from one combination to another combination.
The default chassis license supports universal cards. A chassis with no license will support universal cards
without a limit for the maximum number of UDPC/UDPC2s.
StarOS License Support Matrices
The tables below describes system behavior based on license type, universal card type mix, and StarOS
universal card support.
Table 25: License Support Matrix for StarOS Version with Universal Card Support
System BehaviorDPC/UDPC or
DPC2/UDPC2
MIO/UMIOChassis
All cards are recognized and boot. The
system will not be able to enable
services when there is no license.
AnyAnyUniversal, None
All cards recognized and boot.Non-UniversalNon-UniversalNon-Universal
UDPC/UDPC2s will fail to boot.Non-Universal,
Universal or None
Non-UniversalNon-Universal
UMIO will be operational but its
license will be marked as invalid or
rejected. The system will not be able to
enable services due to no license.
AnyUniversalNon-Universal
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Chassis Universal License Requirements
StarOS License Support Matrices

Cisco ASR 5500 Specifications

General

Brand	Cisco
Model	ASR 5500
Category	Network Router
Language	English