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Software Modules That You Can License
For software modules, you must provide the chassis serial number from the CSP backplane. After the software module is enabled, it is available to all system hardware. The exception is SCCP/TCAP, which is licensed for each active SS7 card or redundant card pair.
You can license the following software modules:
To enable SCCP/TCAP you must purchase a license for each active SS7 card.
For each CSP chassis, if the number of SS7 cards or card pairs configured to run the SCCP/TCAP stack exceeds the number licensed, the SS7 Stack Configure message (0x005C) is NACKed with the response status value Software Module Still Locked (0x007F).
To enable TUP on the SS7 card, you must purchase one license per chassis.
To enable ISUP on the SS7 card, you must purchase one license per chassis.
To enable IUP on the SS7 card, you must purchase one license per chassis.
The following is the message sequence to configure licensing for SS7 User Parts:
1. Product License Download (0x0079)
2. Product License Download ACK (0x0079)
3. SS7 Signaling Stack Configure (0x005C)
4. SS7 Signaling Stack Configure ACK (0x005C)
You can purchase licenses for up to 10,000 CICs, in 2,000 CIC increments.
Beginning with Release 8.2.2 CI, Excel licenses IN and Wireless protocol stacks on the host. You cannot use IN without TCAP, so you must also purchase a TCAP license to enable SCCP/TCAP.
As mentioned above, to enable SCCP/TCAP on the SS7 card, you must download one license per active SS7 card, even if the CSP was previously licensed for SCCP/TCAP. The IN/Wireless Codec license keys and the SCCP/TCAP licenses are generated together and must be used together.
Wireless keys and SCCP/TCAP licenses require the following information:
• Host ID
• Chassis ID
• Number of Active SS7 cards
• Specific IN and Wireless protocols (one or more of the following: GSMMAP, CAMEL, ANSI-41, WIN, INAP)
For each CSP chassis, if the number of SS7 cards or card pairs configured to run the SCCP/TCAP stack exceeds the number licensed, the SS7 Stack Configure message (0x005C) is NACKed with the response status value Software Module Still Locked (0x007F).
To enable SIP on the Matrix Controller card, you must purchase one license per chassis.
To use the Call Agent feature, you must configure virtual IP channels in the CSP.
The licensing of virtual channels, based on the CSP chassis serial number, can be from an initial 2,000 channels up to a maximum of 10,000 channels at 2,000 channel increments. To enable more than 2,000 virtual channels you require at least two licenses, one to enable the initial virtual 2,000 channels, and a second license to incrementally increase to greater than 2,000 virtual channels.
Refer to Virtual IP Channels in the Developer’s Guide: Internet Protocols for more information.
You also must license SIP software to use the Call Agent feature.
The RFC 2833 Parser is a separately licensed feature that is bundled with the Call Agent feature.
To enable QSIG/PSS1 Basic Call Signaling, you must purchase one
license per chassis.
To enable ISDN LAPD you must purchase one license per chassis.
To enable V5.2 you must purchase one license per chassis.
Resource Points on the DSP-2 Card
The DSP Series 2 card uses a pooling scheme for dynamically allocating resources, through Resource Points. Resource Point licensing provides the DSP Series 2 with flexibility, scalability, and redundancy. The total available Resource Points used for Tone Reception, Conferencing, and File Playback/Record are managed as a resource pool.
When you insert the card in the chassis, the Resource Points are reported to the Matrix Controller card and added to the pool. Each function type has associated licensing per channel, measured in Resource Points.
Refer to DSP Resource Points for more information.
SwitchKit licenses are available for single-node and multi-node CSP configurations. Both types of licenses are matched to the chassis IDs of each node in the CSP. SwitchKit applications can connect to any LLC that is running with a valid software license. Independent software licenses are not required for SwitchKit applications.
Refer to SwitchKit Software Licensing in the SwitchKit Installation and Maintenance Guide.