[AusNOG] Cisco ASR 1k series throughput licensing

[Jeremy Visser]

On 25/04/15 10:34, James Mcintosh wrote:
> What happens after you reach the maximum licensed throughput of
> 5Gbps? Will it shape all the traffic on the 10Gbps interface to
> 5Gbps?

I can’t speak precisely for the ASR (I have one, but I don’t have fast enough interfaces to test it) but I have also tested a Cisco 1000V virtual machine (which also runs IOS XE) and on that, the licensed throughput is indeed enforced, and not just an “honour system”.