Managing licenses for NS9600, NS9500, NS7600, NS7500, NS3600, and NS3500 Sensors

The NS9600, NS9500, NS7600, NS7500, NS3600, and NS3500 Sensors require a software license to activate the baseline throughput of 20 Gbps on NS9600 Sensors, 10 Gbps on NS9500 Sensors, 5 Gbps on NS7600 Sensors, 3 Gbps on NS7500 Sensors, 1 Gbps on NS3600 Sensors, and 750 Mbps on NS3500 Sensors.

The license is provided as a .zip or .jar file (for example, CapacityLicense3Gig.jar for a new license and CapacityLicense3to5.jar for an upgrade license). The Manager supports both the formats. The license procured contains the details of the Sensor's throughput. The Manager checks the compliance periodically to check the number of licenses against the Sensor's throughput.

Note

You must first purchase a license to enable traffic inspection in NS9600, NS9500, NS7600, NS7500, NS3600, and NS3500 Sensors. To obtain a license, contact Trellix Sales.

Managing licenses in NS9600, NS7600, and NS3600 Sensors

In case of the NS9600 (standalone and in fail-over pair), NS7600 and NS3600 Sensors (individual and in fail-over pair), a new license with a higher throughput is required to increase the throughput of the Sensor.

If you are using NS9600 stack, you can combine multiple licenses of different capacity to achieve the throughput required and assign them to the stack. For example, the throughput requirement of NS9600 stack (2-node) is 120 Gbps. While assigning licenses, you can import and assign any combination of licenses (20 + 40 + 60 Gbps) or, (60 + 60 Gbps) to achieve the throughput requirement of 120 Gbps. If you are using a NS9600 stack fail-over setup, use the capacity licenses for NS9600 Sensor failover to achieve the required throughput.

Various throughputs available for NS9600, NS7600, and NS3600 Sensors are as follows:

Sensor	Capacity License
NS9600 Standalone NS9600 stack (2-node)	20 Gbps
	40 Gbps
	60 Gbps
NS7600	5 Gbps
	10 Gbps
	15 Gbps
	20 Gbps
NS3600	1 Gbps
	3 Gbps
	5 Gbps

For more information on licenses, see the individual hardware guides available for NS9600, NS7600, and NS3600 Sensors.

Note

Upgrade capacity licenses are not available for NS9600, NS7600, and NS3600 Sensors.

Managing licenses in NS9500 and NS7500 Sensors

In the case of the NS9500 standalone and stack, and NS7500 Sensors, a new license with higher throughput, or upgrade license is required to increase the throughput of the Sensor. Various throughputs available for NS9500 and NS7500 Sensors are as follows:

Sensor	Existing license	*Upgrade license
NS9500 standalone Note You must have a stack Sensors setup to upgrade licenses from Standalone to Stack.	10 Gbps	10 to 20 Gbps 10 to 30 Gbps Standalone to stack: 10 to 40 Gbps 10 to 60 Gbps 10 to 100 Gbps
	20 Gbps	20 to 30 Gbps Standalone to stack: 20 to 40 Gbps 20 to 60 Gbps 20 to 100 Gbps
	30 Gbps	Standalone to stack: 30 to 40 Gbps 30 to 60 Gbps 30 to 100 Gbps
NS9500 stack	40 Gbps	40 to 60 Gbps 40 to 100 Gbps
	60 Gbps	60 to 100 Gbps
	100 Gbps	NA
NS7500	3 Gbps	3 to 5 Gbps 3 to 7.5 Gbps
	5 Gbps	5 to 7.5 Gbps
	7.5 Gbps	NA
*Upgrade capacity licenses are available for perpetual licenses only. Those are not applicable for demo or subscription licenses.

You can add and assign the license from the Licenses page in the Manager. In the Manager, select Manager → <Admin Domain Name> → Setup → Licenses.

Important

You can assign licenses to NS9600 stacked Sensors, or stacked Sensors in fail-over pair only from the Devices → <Admin Domain> → Global → Device Manager page.

The following details are displayed on the System tab:

Option	Definition
Required	Model – Sensor model compatible with the license Capacity – Throughput limit for the license
Assigned To	Name of the Sensor assigned to the license
License Details	Customer – Customer for whom the license file was generated Grant ID – Trellix Grant ID of the corresponding customer Key – License key number of the customer Expiration – Applicable only for demo and subscription licenses : Valid license : Expired license : Expired license running on grace period Note A grace period of 30 days is provided to subscription-based System licenses after they expire. Post grace period, the Sensor continues to inspect traffic, and operates with the existing signature set and configuration. The Manager, however, will not be able to deploy new signature sets or policies to the Sensor until a valid license is assigned. Type – Displays if the license is Perpetual, Subscription, or Evaluation (Demo) type Note It is recommended to install subscription license from Manager version 10.1.7.44 and later.
Added	Time – Date in <mm-dd-yy> format, and time when the license was added By – Name of the user who added the license
Comments	Enables you to add your comment per license file that is imported. Double-click in the Comment field and enter your comment. Click outside this field and your comment is automatically saved.

The following actions can be performed on the System tab:

For more information about Proxy Decryption tab, refer System and Proxy Decryption tab, and for assigning licenses to the Virtual Sensors, refer Managing licenses for Virtual Sensors.