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Software Licenses for Northstar Controller

Northstar Controller supports subscription licenses.

Go through the following tables:

Table 1: Northstar Controller SKU Definition

SKU

SKU Character Description

S-NSC-1/10/100-S1/A1/P1-C1/C2/C3/C4-1/3/5

S—Software

NSC—Product name: NorthStar Controller

1/10/100—Licenses metrics for 1, 10, or 100 devices

S1/A1/P1—Standard 1, Advanced 1, or Premium 1 software subscription

C1/C2/C3/C4—Device class

1/3/5—Subscription term: 1 year, 3 years, or 5 years

Table 2: NorthStar Controller Software Licenses

Features with Licenses

Northstar Controller

Use Case for Premium (includes advanced features): Advanced transport engineering

Egress peering engineering

Premium

Ingress peering engineering

Premium

Multilayer packet-optical support

Premium

Network slicing management

Premium

Use Case for Advanced (includes standard features): LSP provisioning

Auto-bandwidth LSPs (NorthStar managed)

Advanced

Diverse LSPs

Advanced

High availability

Advanced

LSP optimization (bandwidth and delay)

Advanced

LSP provisioning (RSVP and SR)

Advanced

LSP templates

Advanced

Maintenance events

Advanced

P2MP LSP provisioning

Advanced

Standby and secondary LSPs

Advanced

Symmetric pair groups

Advanced

TE++ LSPs

Advanced

Time-based LSP scheduling

Advanced

Use Case for Standard: Network visualization and monitoring

Collection using Paragon Insights

Standard

cRPD support

Standard

Delay visualization

Standard

Demand visualization (LDP FEC and flow based)

Standard

Dynamic topology acquisition

Standard

Flow collection

Standard

Interface statistics visualization

Standard

JTI telemetry collection

Standard

LSP reporting, statistics visualization (RSVP and SR)

Standard

P2MP LSP visualization

Standard

SNMP based collection

Standard

Topology visualization

Standard

Table 3: NorthStar Controller License SKUs

Northstar Controller

SKU

Premium

S-NSC-100-P1-C1-1/3/5

S-NSC-10-P1-C2-1/3/5

S-NSC-1-P1-C3-1/3/5

S-NSC-1-P1-C4-1/3/5

Advanced

S-NSC-100-A1-C1-1/3/5

S-NSC-10-A1-C2-1/3/5

S-NSC-1-A1-C3-1/3/5

S-NSC-1-A1-C4-1/3/5

Standard

S-NSC-100-S1-C1-1/3/5

S-NSC-10-S1-C2-1/3/5

S-NSC-1-S1-C3-1/3/5

S-NSC-1-S1-C4-1/3/5