License for 5508 WLC

Dear All,
We have two WLC 5508 in HA mode with 100 supported AP, we need additional 25 ap support license,
the question is I need to buy license for 125 AP or i need to buy license for 25 AP and somehow add it to 100 we have now? is it possible?,

Hi,
You just top-up the licenses, i.e. only buy the extra licenses you need.
I refer you to this document, in here you will find an example explaining how increasing licenses works.
http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/wireless/controller/7-0/configuration/guide/c70/c70ccfg.html#wp1879749
HTH
Mike

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  • Apply Licensing for 5508 HA

    Hi All,
    I have 2 5508, 5508-A has 500 permanent licenses and 5508-B 200 evaluation licenses, I'm setting up location awareness by adding 180 APs
    to 5508-B and then migrating APs on 5508-A to 5508-B and then setting up HA. It is being done this way to avoid disruption to production setup whilst testing, in total I will have 300 APs.
    I just need clarification on a couple of points.
    1. can I apply additional eval licenses to 5508-B so it supports 300 APs
    2. If I apply the HA license to 5508-A, will it push the permanent license count to 5508-B and become standby or will the configuration
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    I have read the High Availability (AP SSO) Deployment Guide, and wonder if I'm making it to complicated in terms of migrating APs
    between controllers and should just work on the production controller, but be careful whilst doing it.
    TIA

    Well I don't know if this migration will be transparent. The license for an HA sku WLC is 500 which is the max, but the real license count depends on the primary WLC. The HA WLC just needs a 50 ap license to perform the HA role. I don't really think you should use eval license for HA as you will have to disable AP SSO in order to add a true license and then enable AP SSO. This might become an issue if when you disable AP SSO, your wireless goes down. HA AP SSO hasn't been very stable and that's why there is always risk in doing what you want to do.
    Like the saying goes... Proceed with caution:)
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  • How can I add the new AP license to HA 5508 WLC?

    Hi,
    My customer has two 5508 WLC in HA mode and these devices have 250 AP license. Customer bought 50 AP and 50 AP license. But I could not add the license to WLC! When I check the Management>Software Activation> tab there are only two options under the tab these are "Licenses" "License Usage". There is no "Command" option in there. Also I tried add on CLI but this error log appeared " !!!! Blocked: Changing License configurations on Secondary unit is blocked !!!! " 
    I think this is possible when disable the HA but is there anybody know this how can I add the new 50 AP license to HA WLC without disable the HA?
    Thanks,
    Burhan

    Hi,
    Thank you for your reply. 
    Yes I know the controllers synchronize with the enabled license and the 250 AP license bundled with two device there is no problem.
    I want to add new 50 AP license in addition 250 AP license. Because customer has 300 AP's.
    As I said, When I check the Management>Software Activation> tab there are only two options under the tab these are "Licenses" "License Usage". There is no "Command" option in there.
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  • 5508 WLC license upgrade ?

    Looks like my 5508 WLC came with base license of 25 ap's and I need to exceed that.
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    Dave

    The part number for the adder license can be found in this doc.
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    Hello Experts
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  • Cisco 5508-WLC using MS NPS as RADIUS Server for EAP-TLS

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  • Cisco IOS XE for 5508 and 2504 WLCs

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    Regards
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    No it will not be.
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  • Is it possible to download an evaluation AP license for the 5508?

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  • Does WCS come with the 5508 WLC?

    Forum
    I am providing a quote to a client for a wireless installation.  I have two 5508 boxes and about 40 AP's on the quote, as well as associated SmartNet.
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  • Tacacs not working for 5508

    Tacacs not working for 3 new 5508 WLC's...working fine for 6 old 4400 WLC's.
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    (wlc03) >show tacacs auth statistics
    Authentication Servers:
    Server Index..................................... 1
    Server Address................................... 10.3.121.21
    Msg Round Trip Time.............................. 0 (msec)
    First Requests................................... 0
    Retry Requests................................... 0
    Accept Responses................................. 0
    Reject Responses................................. 0
    Error Responses.................................. 0
    Restart Responses................................ 0
    Follow Responses................................. 0
    GetData Responses................................ 0
    Encrypt no secret Responses...................... 0
    Challenge Responses.............................. 0
    Malformed Msgs................................... 0
    Bad Authenticator Msgs........................... 0
    Timeout Requests................................. 0
    Unknowntype Msgs................................. 0
    Other Drops...................................... 0
    Server Index..................................... 2
    --More-- or (q)uit
    Server Address................................... 10.3.121.22
    Msg Round Trip Time.............................. 0 (msec)
    First Requests................................... 0
    Retry Requests................................... 0
    Accept Responses................................. 0
    Reject Responses................................. 0
    Error Responses.................................. 0
    Restart Responses................................ 0
    Follow Responses................................. 0
    GetData Responses................................ 0
    Encrypt no secret Responses...................... 0
    Challenge Responses.............................. 0
    Malformed Msgs................................... 0
    Bad Authenticator Msgs........................... 0
    Timeout Requests................................. 0
    Unknowntype Msgs................................. 0
    Other Drops...................................... 0
    (wlc03) >show tacacs summary
    Authentication Servers
    Idx  Server Address    Port    State     Tout
    1    10.3.121.21     49      Enabled   5    
    2    10.3.121.22      49      Enabled   5    
    Authorization Servers
    Idx  Server Address    Port    State     Tout
    1    10.3.121.21      49      Enabled   30   
    2    10.3.121.22     49      Enabled   5    
    Accounting Servers
    Idx  Server Address    Port    State     Tout
    1    10.3.121.21      49      Enabled   5 
    We can ping the TACACS servers...

    >show memory statistics
    System Memory Statistics:
    Total System Memory............: 1028820992 bytes
    Used System Memory.............: 458424320 bytes
    Free System Memory.............: 570396672 bytes
    Bytes allocated from RTOS......: 21939008 bytes
    Chunks Free....................: 29 bytes
    Number of mmapped regions......: 45
    Total space in mmapped regions.: 212779008 bytes
    Total allocated space..........: 12015112 bytes
    Total non-inuse space..........: 9923896 bytes
    Top-most releasable space......: 133800 bytes
    Total allocated (incl mmap)....: 234718016 bytes
    Total used (incl mmap).........: 224794120 bytes
    Total free (incl mmap).........: 9923896 bytes
    show buffers
    Pool[00]: 16 byte chunks
        chunks in pool:    50000
        chunks in use:     19030
        bytes in use:      304480
        bytes requested:   90479 (214001 overhead bytes)
    Pool[01]: 64 byte chunks
        chunks in pool:    40000
        chunks in use:     14519
        bytes in use:      929216
        bytes requested:   566395 (362821 overhead bytes)
    Pool[02]: 128 byte chunks
        chunks in pool:    20000
        chunks in use:     7726
        bytes in use:      988928
        bytes requested:   672853 (316075 overhead bytes)
    Pool[03]: 256 byte chunks
        chunks in pool:    4000
        chunks in use:     808
        bytes in use:      206848
        bytes requested:   154777 (52071 overhead bytes)
    Pool[04]: 1024 byte chunks
    --More-- or (q)uit
        chunks in pool:    15300
        chunks in use:     11645
        bytes in use:      11924480
        bytes requested:   4945714 (6978766 overhead bytes)
    Pool[05]: 2048 byte chunks
        chunks in pool:    1000
        chunks in use:     189
        bytes in use:      387072
        bytes requested:   355272 (31800 overhead bytes)
    Pool[06]: 4096 byte chunks
        chunks in pool:    1000
        chunks in use:     36
        bytes in use:      147456
        bytes requested:   102479 (44977 overhead bytes)
    Raw Pool:
        chunks in use:     186
        bytes requested:   156052303
    show process memory
    Name               Priority       BytesInUse  BlocksInUse    Reaper
    cslStoreManager    (240/  7)              0            0      (  0/  0)%
    System Reset Task  (240/  7)              0            0      (  0/  0)%
    reaperWatcher      (  3/ 96)              0            0      (  0/  0)%   I
    osapiReaper        ( 10/ 94)              0            0      (  0/  0)%   I
    TempStatus         (240/  7)            424            1      (  0/  0)%   I
    pktDebugSocketTask (255/  1)              0            0      (  0/  0)%
    LICENSE AGENT      (240/  7)           2228           85      (  0/  0)%   I
    emWeb              (  7/ 95)        1235795        20743      (  0/  0)%   T 300
    webJavaTask        (240/  7)              0            0      (  0/  0)%
    fmcHsTask          (100/ 60)              0            0      (  0/  0)%
    apstatEngineTask   (240/  7)              0            0      (  0/  0)%
    rrcEngineTask      (240/  7)              0            0      (  0/  0)%
    spectrumDataTask   (255/  1)        1614480           12      (  0/  0)%
    spectrumNMSPTask   (255/  1)          28808            3      (  0/  0)%
    wipsTask           (240/  7)              0            0      (  0/  0)%
    tsmTask            (255/  1)              0            0      (  0/  0)%
    cids-cl Task       (240/  7)              0            0      (  0/  0)%
    ethoipSocketTask   (  7/ 95)              0            0      (  0/  0)%
    ethoipOsapiMsgRcv  (240/  7)              0            0      (  0/  0)%
    --More-- or (q)uit
    envCtrollerStatus  (240/  7)              0            0      (  0/  0)%
    rfidTask           (240/  7)              0            0      (  0/  0)%
    idsTrackEventTask  (239/  8)              0            0      (  0/  0)%
    DHCP Server        (240/  7)              0            0      (  0/  0)%
    bcastReceiveTask   (240/  7)              0            0      (  0/  0)%
    ProcessLoggingTask (240/  7)              0            0      (  0/  0)%
    CDP Main           (240/  7)           3100           13      (  0/  0)%
    sntpMainTask       (240/  7)              0            0      (  0/  0)%
    sntpReceiveTask    (240/  7)              0            0      (  0/  0)%
    cdpSocketTask      (240/  7)              0            0      (  0/  0)%
    grouping Task      (255/  1)              0            0      (  0/  0)%
    dot11a             (255/  1)             63            3      (  0/  0)%
    rrm Socket Task    (  1/ 97)          35024            1      (  0/  0)%
    rrm Socket Task    (255/  1)          35024            1      (  0/  0)%
    dot11a             (255/  1)              0            0      (  0/  0)%
    grouping Task      (255/  1)              0            0      (  0/  0)%
    dot11b             (255/  1)            105            5      (  0/  0)%
    rrm Socket Task    (255/  1)          35024            1      (  0/  0)%
    dot11b             (255/  1)              0            0      (  0/  0)%
    rrm Socket Task    (255/  1)          35024            1      (  0/  0)%
    apfPmkCacheTimer   (240/  7)              0            0      (  0/  0)%
    Apf Guest          (240/  7)              0            0      (  0/  0)%
    RLDP Schedule Task (240/  7)              0            0      (  0/  0)%
    --More-- or (q)uit
    apfMsConnTask_5    (175/ 32)              0            0      (  0/  0)%
    apfMsConnTask_4    (175/ 32)              0            0      (  0/  0)%
    apfMsConnTask_6    (175/ 32)              0            0      (  0/  0)%
    apfMsConnTask_7    (175/ 32)              0            0      (  0/  0)%
    apfMsConnTask_3    (175/ 32)              0            0      (  0/  0)%
    apfMsConnTask_2    (175/ 32)              0            0      (  0/  0)%
    apfLbsTask         (240/  7)              0            0      (  0/  0)%
    apfMsConnTask_0    (175/ 32)              0            0      (  0/  0)%
    apfMsConnTask_1    (175/ 32)              0            0      (  0/  0)%
    apfProbeThread     (200/ 22)              0            0      (  0/  0)%
    apfOrphanSocketTas (240/  7)              0            0      (  0/  0)%
    apfRogueDetectorTh (175/ 32)              0            0      (  0/  0)%
    apfRogueTask       (240/  7)              0            0      (  0/  0)%
    apfOpenDtlSocket   (175/ 32)              0            0      (  0/  0)%
    apfRLDP            (175/ 32)            424            1      (  0/  0)%
    apfRLDPRecv        (175/ 32)              0            0      (  0/  0)%
    apfReceiveTask     (175/ 32)              0            0      (  0/  0)%
    mmMfpTask          (175/ 32)              0            0      (  0/  0)%
    mmMobility         (240/  7)           1272            3      (  0/  0)%
    mmSSHPeerRegister  (240/  7)              0            0      (  0/  0)%
    mmListen           (180/ 30)          99920          227      (  0/  0)%
    tplusTransportThre (201/ 22)              0            0      (  0/  0)%
    radiusCoASupportTr (201/ 22)              0            0      (  0/  0)%
    --More-- or (q)uit
    EAP Framework      (240/  7)              0            0      (  0/  0)%
    aaaQueueReader     (225/ 13)           3518           12      (  0/  0)%
    radiusRFC3576Trans (201/ 22)              0            0      (  0/  0)%
    radiusTransportThr (201/ 22)              0            0      (  0/  0)%
    pemReceiveTask     (240/  7)              0            0      (  0/  0)%
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    ccxRmTask          (230/ 11)              0            0      (  0/  0)%
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    dot1xSocketTask    (240/  7)              0            0      (  0/  0)%
    Dot1x_NW_MsgTask_7 (240/  7)              0            0      (  0/  0)%
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    locpTxServerTask   (220/ 15)            408            2      (  0/  0)%
    locpRxServerTask   (200/ 22)         428043         1961      (  0/  0)%
    capwapSocketTask   ( 72/ 70)         303104          148      (  0/  0)%
    --More-- or (q)uit
    spamApTask6        (118/ 53)          25929           63      (  0/  0)%
    spamApTask7        ( 53/ 78)          24233           59      (  0/  0)%
    spamApTask5        (118/ 53)          23445           61      (  0/  0)%
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    spamApTask3        (118/ 53)          19569           48      (  0/  0)%
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    sshpmReceiveTask   (175/ 32)           6697           66      (  0/  0)%
    sshpmMainTask      (100/ 60)         208440          358      (  0/  0)%
    mfpKeyRefreshTask  (255/  1)              0            0      (  0/  0)%
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    mfpTrapForwardTask (255/  1)              0            0      (  0/  0)%
    clientTroubleShoot (100/ 60)        2841248            4      (  0/  0)%
    --More-- or (q)uit
    loggerMainTask     (200/ 22)              0            0      (  0/  0)%
    debugMainTask      (200/ 22)              0            0      (  0/  0)%
    dot3ad_lac_task    (240/  7)          32901            3      (  0/  0)%
    gccp_t             (240/  7)           5864            5      (  0/  0)%
    dot1dTimer         (240/  7)              0            0      (  0/  0)%   T 300
    dot1dRecv          (250/  3)              0            0      (  0/  0)%
    uart_session       (240/  7)              0            0      (  0/  0)%
    StatsTask          (240/  7)              0            0      (  0/  0)%
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