My Network Lab: November 2021

I studied for my second Cloud certification and took the AWS Cloud Practitioner exam (CLF-C01) exam last month. You can take the free AWS Cloud Practitioner online course using the new AWS Skill Builder portal.

There's a separate AWS CertMetrics portal where you can schedule for the exam, view your score report and download your PDF certificate and digital badge. I took the CLF-C01 online exam via Pearson OnVUE (due to COVID-19) and the cost is around $100 USD (as of this writing). You can check the AWS Certification FAQ for more info.

Below is how the AWS digital certificate (PDF) and badge looks like.

Before creating an AWS Free Tier account, you'll need a mobile phone and credit/debit card.

Go to Amazon AWS website > click Get Started for Free

Click Create a Free Account.

Type the email address (to be used for login) > type a password (twice to confirm) > type an AWS account name > click Continue.

A complex password with minimum of 8 characters is recommended.

Select the AWS Plan > fill up the Contact Information fields > select: I have read and agree to the terms of the AWS Customer Agreement > click Continue.

In this case I chose the Personal since this is for my own lab.

Fill up the Billing Information (Credit or Debit card number) > select your Billing address > click Verify and Continue.

Note that AWS will not charge for usage below the Free Tier limits and will temporarily hold a $1 USD/EUR for 3-5 days as verification.

Select Text message (SMS) or Voice call to confirm identity > select Country or region code > type mobile number > type the captcha code > select send SMS (default).

Type the SMS code received in your mobile phone > click Continue.

Select a support plan. In this case I chose Basic support - Free > click Complete sign up.

The AWS account registration is complete. Click Go to the AWS Management Console to get started.

Select your role and interest in AWS > click Submit.

Select Root user > type email address > click Next.

Type the captcha code > click Submit.

The AWS Management Console will open using the default region us-east-2 (Ohio, USA).

It's important to re-host or request from Cisco TAC License team the appropriate licenses when you do a Return Material Authorization (RMA) for a Cisco ASR1K router. The RMA unit sent to me had an ipbase and there's no valid license found. I would need to activate the Advanced Enterprise adventerprise in order to run advanced BGP commands.

Issue a show license udi and give the serial number info to TAC.

ASR1K#show license udi
SlotID PID SN UDI
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* ASR1001-X JAD23101234 ASR1001-X:JAD23101234

ASR1K#show version

Cisco IOS XE Software, Version 16.09.03

Cisco IOS Software [Fuji], ASR1000 Software (X86_64_LINUX_IOSD-UNIVERSALK9-M), Version 16.9.3, RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc2)

Technical Support: http://www.cisco.com/techsupport

Compiled Wed 20-Mar-19 08:02 by mcpre

licensed under the GNU General Public License ("GPL") Version 2.0. The

software code licensed under GPL Version 2.0 is free software that comes

with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. You can redistribute and/or modify such

GPL code under the terms of GPL Version 2.0. For more details, see the

documentation or "License Notice" file accompanying the IOS-XE software,

or the applicable URL provided on the flyer accompanying the IOS-XE

software.

ROM: IOS-XE ROMMON

ASR1K uptime is 33 minutes

Uptime for this control processor is 35 minutes

System returned to ROM by Reload Command

System image file is "bootflash:asr1001x-universalk9.16.09.03.SPA.bin"

Last reload reason: Reload Command

This product contains cryptographic features and is subject to United

States and local country laws governing import, export, transfer and

use. Delivery of Cisco cryptographic products does not imply

third-party authority to import, export, distribute or use encryption.

Importers, exporters, distributors and users are responsible for

compliance with U.S. and local country laws. By using this product you

agree to comply with applicable laws and regulations. If you are unable

to comply with U.S. and local laws, return this product immediately.

A summary of U.S. laws governing Cisco cryptographic products may be found at:

http://www.cisco.com/wwl/export/crypto/tool/stqrg.html

If you require further assistance please contact us by sending email to

export@cisco.com.

License Type: Default. No valid license found.

License Level: ipbase

Next reload license Level: ipbase

The current throughput level is 2500000 kbps

Smart Licensing Status: Smart Licensing is DISABLED

cisco ASR1001-X (1NG) processor (revision 1NG) with 3853454K/6147K bytes of memory.

Processor board ID FXS22505678

6 Gigabit Ethernet interfaces

2 Ten Gigabit Ethernet interfaces

32768K bytes of non-volatile configuration memory.

8388608K bytes of physical memory.

6594559K bytes of eUSB flash at bootflash:.

1974239K bytes of USB flash at usb1:.

0K bytes of WebUI ODM Files at webui:.

Configuration register is 0x2102

Below are the SKU or part number for ASR 1000 series license.

SLASR1-IPB: Cisco ASR 1000 IP Base license
SLASR1-AIS: Cisco ASR 1000 Advanced IP Services license
SLASR1-AES: Cisco ASR 1000 Advanced Enterprise Services license

Transfer the license file to the ASR1K bootflash and install using the license install bootflash:<LICENSE.lic> privileged EXEC command. There's no need to reload the ASR1K router in this case.

ASR1K#license install bootflash:JAD23101234_20201103060139515.lic

Installing licenses from "bootflash:JAD23101234_20201103060139515.lic"

Installing...Feature:adventerprise...Successful:Supported

1/1 licenses were successfully installed

0/1 licenses were existing licenses

0/1 licenses were failed to install

ASR1K#

*Nov 3 07:05:03.260: %LICENSE-6-INSTALL: Feature adventerprise 1.0 was installed in this device. UDI=ASR1001-X:JAD23101234; StoreIndex=0:Primary License Storage