Licensing - IMG 1010

The IMG 1010 and various components require a license to be operated or enabled. The licenses are generated by Dialogic and distributed with the software supplied with the IMG 1010. Each license will unlock different functionality and the licenses are sold in different increments to address each customers needs. The license needs to be transferred to the /opt/dialogic/common/license directory on the GCEMS server.

 

File Format

The license file supplied contains a unique name which is derived from the serial number of the I/O board of the IMG 1010. The format of the file includes the eight digit serial number first (NNNNNNNN) followed by a timestamp (YYYYMMDDhhmmss).

NNNNNNNN_YYYYMMDDhhmmss.cfg

If the license is renamed or altered, it will become unusable.

 

Downloading a new License

  1. FTP the license file into the /opt/dialogic/common directory on the GCEMS server. Remove or rename the existing licenses within the directory.

  2. In ClientView, right-click the Physical IMG object and select New Licensing Info.

  3. The IMG License Info pane appears. Click the Download Node License button. The license loaded will now get sent to the IMG 1010.

  4. Verify that within the IMG License Info pane object, that the new license is displayed.

Note: The license is downloaded to the IMG 1010 based on the serial number. If a license other than the license intended for this machine is sent to the IMG 1010, the license will not download. It has to be specifically created for this machine's serial number.

 

Note: Do not rename or alter the license file in any way; it will become unusable if altered.

 

Viewing License Info

You can view the current license status on a Physical IMG using the License Info pane.

 

Evaluation License:

Evaluation licenses expire after a specified number of days. If using an Evaluation License, the License Expiration Info field indicates the date/time that the license will expire, as shown below. If you are not using an Evaluation License, the field will say "Does not expire".

A warning pop-up screen will appear in ClientView when there are 72 hours remaining on the license and an EventView alarm is generated when it has expired.

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License Validation Failure

If for some reason the license isn't valid for the IMG 1010, the icon shown below will appear in the ClientView tree after creating a Physical Node.

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A license validation has failed. Verify you have the required license and that it is configured on the IMG. See Downloading a New License and the License Info pane.

 

 

Licensed Components

Below are a list of licenses that can be created for the IMG 1010. Information on each is provided. Table 1 below shows the increments that each license can be purchased.

Note: If licensing remote CIC's, each remote node must have an SS7_ISUP port license that equals the number of CIC's you want to configure on that remote node.

Note: If configuring SS7 Redundancy, both the Active IMG and its Peer/Redundant node must have an SS7 Base license. This will allow for the configuration of stacks and links on the Peer/Redundant node

License Description
SYSTEM_SOFTWARE System Software License is needed on all IMG 1010's and is specific to the software build. A basic System Software License includes as a default 1024 DSP Resources
SS7_BASE The SS7 base license will need to be loaded if SS7 is going to be used.
SS7_TCAP_TRANSACTION One TCAP license is created for IMG 1010. TCAP is either enabled or disabled.
SS7_LINK Up to 64 links can be licensed. They are licensed in 2 link pairs.
SS7_ISUP_PORT  (CIC's) Up to 768 Ports can be licensed on the IMG 1010. See Table 1 Below.
SS7_M3UA_APP_SERVER_STACK Up to (4) M3UA Application Server stack licenses per IMG 1010. Licenses are created per stack. (1,2,3, or 4 M3UA AS licenses)
SS7_M3UA_SIG_GATEWAY_STACK Up to (4) M3UA Signaling Gateway stack licenses per IMG 1010. Licenses are created per stack. (1,2,3, or 4 M3UA SG licenses)
SS7_M3UA_SIGTRAN_LINK Up to 64 St-links or associations can be licensed. Licenses are created in 2 step increments. (2,4,6,.....64)
ISDN_PORT Up to 768 ports can be licensed for ISDN B channels. See Table 1 below.
TDM_PORT There are a total of 768 TDM ports on the IMG 1010. (24 E1 and 32 T1) Table 1 below displays the increments that the licenses are created.
VoIP_PORT There are a total of 1024 VoIP Ports. If the IMG 1010 has two VoIP modules installed, channels are assigned to each module in groups of 32. For example, if the IMG 1010 is licensed for 96 channels, 64 will be on the first module and 32 will be on the second module. The Maximum number of licenses that can be configured is 768 unless the IMG 1010 is being used for transcoding. In this case there are 1056 licenses available.
AMR_CODEC The IMG supports the AMR codec license. See Table 1 below.
EVRC_CODEC The IMG supports the EVRC codec license. See Table 1 below.
CAS_PORT Up to 768 ports can be licensed for CAS. By default when ordering TDM port licenses you are automatically given the same number of CAS licenses with no extra charge. See Table 1 below.
DSP_RESOURCE_POINTS The IMG 1010 initially comes licensed with 1024 Resource Points. Licenses are then created in 1024 port increments. 1024, 2048, 3072, 4096, 5120.
SECURE_COMMUNICATION The secure communication license adds the ability to configure TLS and then SRTP for secure SIP communication. With this license, both SIP signaling and SIP RTP will be encrypted.
SWITCHKIT®_NODE The Switchkit®_Node license will allow GCEMS to communicate with the IMG 1010

 

Licensing Increments

Table 1: below displays the increments in which the port/span licenses are created.

SS7 ISUP Ports CAS VoIP Ports ISDN EVRC AMR
32 32 32 32 32 32
64 64 64 64 64 64
128 128 128 128 128 128
160 160 160 160 160 160
192 192 192 192 192 192
224 224 224 224 224 224
256 256 256 256 256 256
288 288 288 288 288 288
320 320 320 320 320 320
352 352 352 352 352 352
384 384 384 384 384 384
416 416 416 416 416 416
448 448 448 448 448 448
480 480 480 480 480 480
512 512 512 512 512 512
544 544 544 544 544 544
576 576 576 576 576 576
608 608 608 608 608 608
640 640 640 640 640 640
672 672 672 672 672 672
704 704 704 704   704
736 736 736 736   736
768 768 768 768   768 (Profile 8)
    800     800 (Profile 8)
    832     832 (Profile 8)
    864     864 (Profile 8)
    896     896 (Profile 8)
    928     928 (Profile 8)
    960     960 (Profile 8)
    992      
    1024