Do I need "advanced license" to run MPLS on ME3600X?

Question

Those who have dealt with ME3600X switch, can you tell me if I need to purchase the “Advanced Metro IP Access License” in order to run L2/L3 MPLS VPN? The license is $3995 in addition. It is a big cost for us. More specifically, I want to know if the following commands are supported with the license comes with the switch. No advanced MPLS features like traffic engineering is required at this point.
ip vrf vpnA
rd 100:1
route-target export 100:1
route-target import 100:1
interface Ethernet1/0
ip vrf forwarding vpnA
interface Ethernet1/1
mpls ip
router ospf 1 vrf vpnA
log-adjacency-changes
area 1 sham-link 12.12.100.4 12.12.100.5
redistribute bgp 100 metric-type 1 subnets
network 12.12.128.130 0.0.0.0 area 1
router bgp 100
no synchronization
bgp router-id 12.12.4.4
bgp log-neighbor-changes
neighbor 12.12.5.5 remote-as 100
neighbor 12.12.5.5 update-source Loopback0
no auto-summary
address-family vpnv4
neighbor 12.12.5.5 activate
neighbor 12.12.5.5 send-community both
exit-address-family
address-family ipv4 vrf vpnA
redistribute ospf 1 vrf vpnA match internal external 1 external 2
no synchronization
network 12.12.100.4 mask 255.255.255.255
exit-address-family
mpls ldp router-id Loopback0 force

Answer 1

Hi dear,
according to the information available on CCO over here
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/prod/collateral/switches/ps6568/ps10956/data_sheet_c78-601946.html
you indeed need to get that license in your gear to let it run MPLS.
The commands highlighted in red should work after that.
HTH,
Ivan.