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WiNG version 4.0 Licensing_Overview

Wednesday, February 12, 2014 7:13 AM

  Overview

WiNG version 4.0 includes a rich suite of features which are included with each RF Switch at no additional charge as well as licensed features which can be purchased and enabled as needed for the customer’s specific applications and needs.
When an RF Switch is purchased it includes a base license which provides core switching, routing, mobility, security and management features as well as support for a specific number of Access Ports and Adaptive Access Points.
By optionally purchasing and installing licenses, customers can increase the number of Access Ports and Adaptive Access Points supported by an RF Switch as well as enable advanced security features and integrated locationing applications.
WiNG 4.0 includes support for the following optional licenses:
1)     AP Licenses – Determines the number of AP100, AP300, AP4131 Access Ports and AP5131, AP5181 and AP7131 Adaptive Access Points each RF Switch can support. The RFS 6000 can support up to 48 AP licenses and the RFS7000 can support up to 256 AP licenses.
2)     AAP Licenses – Determines the number of AP5131, AP5181 and AP7131 Adaptive Access Points each RF Switch can support. The RFS 6000 can support up to 256 AAP licenses and the RFS7000 can support up to 1,024 AAP licenses. The AAP licenses are not applicable to the AP100, AP300 or AP4131.
3)     Advanced Security License – Enables the role based firewall and increases the number of supported IPSec VPN tunnels from 100 à 1,024 on the RFS6000 and 600 à 2,048 on the RFS 7000. One license is required per RFS6000 and RFS7000.
4)     Locationing Applications License – Enables the integrated RTLS engine for locationing of wireless clients and active RFID tags, enables support for external RFID readers and Gen2 tags and allows locationing using 3rd party applications via the ALE API interface. This license is not required for client locationing with RFMS 3.x.



Figure 1.1 – WiNG 4.0 Licenses
This document provides an overview of the WiNG 4.0 licensing options as well as details on how to acquire and install licenses on an RF Switch.

 Access Port Licenses:

Access Port (AP) licenses can be installed on an RFS6000 and RFS7000 switch and determines the number of Access Ports (APs) and Adaptive Access Points (AAPs) each switch can support. The maximum number of APs/AAPs licenses each RF Switch can support is hardware dependent and cannot exceed 48 for an RFS6000 and 256 for an RFS7000. The AP licenses can be used to support both APs and AAPs, however the reverse is not true with the AAP licenses which can only be used to support AAPs.
Motorola RF Switches can be purchased with a bundled base AP license to suite the specific customers AP/AAP capacity needs:
·         An RFS6000 can be purchased with a base AP license of 0, 8, 24 and 48 APs with AP license upgrades available in increments of 8.
·         An RFS7000 can be purchased with a base AP license of 0, 64, 128 and 256 APs with AP license upgrades available in increments of 16.
The AP licensing is flexible and granular allowing customers to purchase the exact number of AP licenses required to meet their initial deployment and redundancy needs. By providing small incremental AP license upgrades as well as zero AP licensed RF Switches, Motorola can provide a cost-effective switch managed Wireless LAN solution for customers without forcing customers to purchase excessive AP capacity or duplicate licensing on redundant switches.
Figure 1.1.1 – AP Licenses

AP licenses can be utilized by individual stand-alone RF Switches or aggregated and pooled between multiple RF Switches in a resilient cluster. Each AP license is tied to a specific RF Switches serial number which determines the AP/AAP capacity of the individual RF Switch. When deployed in a resilient cluster, the AP licenses for each RF Switch is pooled and shared between RF Switches in the cluster allowing RF Switches with available AP capacity to support APs/AAPs in the event of an RF Switch failure.
Table 1.1.1 shows the maximum number of AP licenses that can be installed per RFS6000 and RFS7000 switch as well each RF switches maximum AP/AAP capacity when using the AP license:
RF Switch Model
AP License Increments
Maximum APs + AAPs
RFS6000
0 – 48 (Increments of 8)
48
RFS7000
0 – 256 (Increments of 16)
256
Table 1.1.1 – AP Licenses

Adaptive Access Point Licenses:

AAP licenses can be installed on an RFS6000 or RFS7000 switch to determine the number of AP5131, AP5181 and AP7131 Adaptive Access Points (AAPs) each RF Switch can support. Note however that unlike AP licenses, AAP licenses cannot be used to support Access Ports (APs).
RF Switch Model
AAP Licenses
Maximum AAPs
RFS6000
0 – 256
256
RFS7000
0 – 1,024
1,024
Table 1.1.2.1 – AAP Licenses

AAP licenses may be purchased and installed in increments of 16,128 and 256 for the RFS6000 and 64, 512 and 1,024 for the RFS7000 allowing for mixed AP and AAP deployments or pure AAP only deployments:
·         Mixed AP/AAP Deployments – In mixed deployments AAP licenses can be used to increase AAP capacity beyond the limits imposed by the AP license. Customers can purchase and install a maximum of 48 AP licenses and 208 AAP licenses on an RFS6000 and 256 AP licenses and 768 AAP licenses on an RFS7000.
·         Pure AAP Deployments – In pure AAP deployments AAP licenses can be used to license the RF Switch to support a specific number of AAPs. Customers can purchase and install a maximum of 256 AAP licenses on an RFS6000 and 1,024 AAP licenses on an RFS7000.
AAP licenses can be utilized by individual stand-alone RF Switches or aggregated and pooled between multiple RF Switches in a resilient cluster. Each AAP license is tied to a specific RF Switches serial number which determines the AAP capacity of the individual RF Switch. When deployed in a resilient cluster, the AAP licenses for each RF Switch is pooled and shared between RF Switches in the cluster allowing RF Switches with available AAP capacity to support AAPs in the event of an RF Switch failure.
Table 1.1.2 shows the maximum number of AP/AAP licenses that can be installed per RFS6000 and RFS7000 switch as well each RF switches maximum AP/AAP capacity when using the AP and AAP licenses:
RF Switch Model
AP Licenses
AAP Licenses
Maximum  APs + AAPs
RFS6000
0 – 48
0 – 256
256
RFS7000
0 – 256
0 – 1,024
1,024
Table 1.1.2.2 – Mixed AP and AAP Licenses

Advanced Security Licenses:

The advanced security license which can be installed on an RFS6000 or RFS7000 switch to enable the following advanced security features:
·         Role Based Firewall – Allows firewall rules to be dynamically applied to users based on a wireless clients AP association, group membership, associated ESSID and authentication or encryption used.
·         Increased IPSec VPN Tunnels – Increases the number of IPSec VPN tunnels from 100 à 1,024 for the RFS6000 and 600 à 2,048 for the RFS7000. This scaling is intended for AAP deployments when IPSec is required to encrypt traffic between AAPs and the RF Switch. The advanced security license ensures that adequate IPSec tunnels are available on the RF Switch to support the increased number of AAPs supported with the AAP licenses.

The advanced security license is only required to enable the role based firewall or to scale the number of IPSec VPN tunnels on an RF Switch. The advanced security license is not required to enable existing security features such as the integrated stateful inspection firewall, VPN, NAT or WIDS etc.

One advanced security license is required per RF Switch to enabled the role based firewall or provide IPSec VPN Tunnel scaling. When clustering is deployed an advanced security license will be required for each RF Switch in the cluster supporting role based firewall rules or requiring VPN tunnel scaling. The advanced security license cannot be pooled or shared between RF Switches in the cluster.
If no advanced security license is present on an RF Switch, the role based firewall will not function and IPSec VPN scaling will not be provided. While administrators can still configure the role based firewall rules, a warning message will be displayed stating an advance security license is required.
When no advanced security license is installed, all wireless clients associating with the RF Switch will be placed into a default role which allows all traffic to pass. The wireless client’s traffic will not be subject to any configured role based firewall rules; however the client’s traffic will still be subject to any applicable L2, L3 and Wireless filtering rules applied to the RF Switch.

Locationing Applications License:

The locationing applications license advanced can be installed on an RFS6000 or RFS7000 switch to enable the following locationing features when working with 3rd party location applications:
·         Integrated RTLS Engine – Allows the RF Switch to locate wireless clients and active Wi-Fi tags.
·         RFID Support – Provides RFID reader support including reader management and Gen2 tag updates.
·         ALE Support – Enables Application Level Event (ALE) support for sending location updates to third-party applications.

One locationing applications license is required per RF Switch to support locationing with 3rd party applications. When clustering is deployed a locationing applications license will be required for each RF Switch in the cluster supporting locationing services. The locationing applications license cannot be pooled or shared between RF Switches in the cluster.
If no locationing applications license is present on an RF Switch, the advanced RTLS features will not function with 3rd party applications. The RF Switch will still however provide client locationing information to RFMS as well as support Geofensing and external RTLS engines from AeroScout, Ekahau and Newbury. Additionally administrators will be able to configure the advanced RTLS services for third party applications but a warning message will be displayed stating that a locationing applications license is required.

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