Yes, anyone holding an IP address. We mentioned that, especially on the wireless network, there may be 2,500 devices holding an IP address, but only 1,500 authenticated. That's a serious chunk and well exceeds ten percent and for that reason alone we selected a 3,500 user license instead of 2,500. I don't know what the difference is as far as cost, but as a customer we would be much better served if the license was counted for authenticated (logged in), not just anyone that happens to be have wireless turned on. For the same reason I have 2,850 IP addresses allocated to service around 2,000 devices. At peak usage it's very common to see available IP addresses in the DHCP pool dip under 100, while only having 1,800 to 2,000 users authenticated. It wasn't that long ago when 1,000 IP addresses was more than adequate, but now that the kitchen sink comes with a wireless interface. I'm not sure where that needs to be fixed? :(
From: Cisco Clean Access Users and Administrators [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kyle Evans Sent: Monday, December 08, 2008 09:48 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: CAS License Limits Hi Howard, The engineer didn't happen to talk about whether the limit was on logged in users or truly active users did he? We usually have many more logged in users than truly active users, and bad license enforcement would be a great annoyance for us. Thanks, Kyle Speight, Howard wrote: I didn't sign a non-disclosure, but according to the engineer attending our meeting about upgrading to 4.5, yes it is a hard limit. There is a fudge factor of about 10%, but after that, clients will not be able to authenticate. You need to do your math when upgrading. You can always upgrade to the next level providing the highest level wasn't selected to begin with... From: Cisco Clean Access Users and Administrators [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Todd Joyce Sent: Saturday, December 06, 2008 18:12 To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Subject: Re: CAS License Limits Not sure. I know it is not an unlimited user license like our converted perfigo license. We had to purchase the amount of users we thought we were going to have. Sales person is the best to ask todd On Fri, Dec 5, 2008 at 5:25 PM, Caines, Max <[EMAIL PROTECTED]<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: Hi Todd Are you saying that at 4.5 it becomes a hard limit? Regards Max Caines University of Wolverhampton, UK ________________________________ From: Cisco Clean Access Users and Administrators on behalf of Todd Joyce Sent: Fri 05/12/2008 1:43 PM To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Subject: Re: [CLEANACCESS] CAS License Limits It is a suggested limit on versions before 4.5 rather than a hard limit. We run over the number all the time with no problems. Todd Joyce Radford University [EMAIL PROTECTED]<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> On Thu, Dec 4, 2008 at 6:49 PM, Richter, Ryan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: We're approaching the 1500 user license limit on one CAS. We are working on a solution to take users off of that CAS so we don't reach the cap. (And with all of our CAS's licenses combined, we're still using well under our total allotted.) But I'm curious as to what exactly would happen with this CAS if we hit that limit? Would users start being denied access when they try to login? Thanks, Ryan Richter ResNet & Lab Services Student Computing California State University, Chico -- Todd Joyce [EMAIL PROTECTED]<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Pain is the precursor of change -- Scanned by iCritical. -- Todd Joyce [EMAIL PROTECTED]<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Pain is the precursor of change
