Cisco Prime and IP Phones

Within Cisco Prime Infrastructure IP phones are not counted with regards to licensing. This is because Cisco Prime Infrastructure does not manage IP phones. Here is a link which details the devices which can be managed with Prime Infrastructure: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps12239/products_device_support_tables_list.html.

I am told there is a limited amount of management which can be done to IP phones within Prime infrastructure if you know what you are doing but for a comprehensive UC management solution see below:

In order to manage IP phones, you will need to have Cisco Prime Collaboration, which does count the IP phones for licenses. For more information regarding Prime Collaboration licensing, please refer to http://www.cisco.com/en/US/prod/collateral/netmgtsw/ps6491/ps12363/guide_c07-728239.html.

WCS Unsupported Access Points - 1600/2600/3600

WCS has pretty much reached the end of it's development cycle. It's not currently EOL (March 2013) but the capabilities have been built into Prime Infrastructure and this is where the development and research will go.

WCS does not support the newest 1600/2600/3600 access points, this is because these access points support features (Clean Air, Client Link 2.0) which WCS does not and there is very little development in it going forward.

(CWNCM) Cisco Works Network Compliance Manager HA Licensing

In order to have high availability in a CWNCM environment you need both core licenses and high availability (HA) licenses. This is true for both the core software and also the node licenses.

So for example, if you want to manage 600 nodes and have HA servers you would need the Core and HA software license as well as 600 node and 600 HA node licenses:

CWNCM-1.7-CORE-K9
CWNCM-1.7-HA-K9
CWNCM-1X-INC100
CWNCM-1X-INC500
CWNCM-1X-HAINC100
CWNCM-1X-HAINC500

CiscoWorks Network Compliance Manager 1.7

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/prod/collateral/netmgtsw/ps6911/ps6923/product_bulletin_c25-658608.html

Installation and Upgrade Guide for CiscoWorks Network Compliance Manager 1.7

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/net_mgmt/ciscoworks_network_compliance_manager/1_7/install/guide/ncm_17_instal.pdf

Please note CWNCM is now end of life, but I'm keeping note of this just in case... The recommended replacement is either Cisco Prime or to buy HPs Network Automation, CWNCM is an OEM of HPs network Automation product.
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/partner/prod/collateral/netmgtsw/ps6911/ps6923/end_of_life_notice_c51-716755.html

NCS Wireless device licenses

Based on the documents below, WLC do not take up licenses in NCS.

WLCs do not count against NCS license count.

Cisco Prime NCS 1.1 Deployment Guide

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps10315/products_tech_note09186a0080bba943.shtml

For example a deployment comprising of 280 AP's and 6 WLC, just purchase licenses enough to cover the 280 access points. You can either go with 1 instance of the 100 Base license 'R-PI-1.1-100-K9' then choose under Add On option, 2 instances of the 100 Add On licenses to come up with 300 licenses, or go with the 500 user license 'R-PI-1.1-500-K9' to have room for more devices as your network expands.

Other devices which do not take up NCS license count would be: WLCs, Autonomous APs,  and MSE's. These devices are not licensed but they need to be counted on the 'scalability' of the appliance.

WCS / Prime NCS Location tracking perimeter

WCS doesn't have the feature to locate wireless devices as well as set up a perimeter. For location tracking you need to use the Mobility Service Engine (MSE).

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/prod/collateral/wireless/ps9733/ps9742/data_sheet_c07-473865.html

Prime Infrastructure is exactly the same the MSE is still required for location tracking:

The latest version of Prime Infrastructure, which is 1.3 (28/03/2013), still requires MSE for location services. Refer to the links below for the components of a Cisco Context-Aware Mobility Solution.

“The Location Analytics Service analyzes wireless device location information in a particular network. The Location Analytics Service uses the data provided by the Cisco Mobility Services Engine (MSE) to calculate the location of Wi-Fi devices in the Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN).”

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/wireless/prime_infrastructure/1.3/configuration/guide/mse.html#wp1672289

Q. Which WLC and Prime infrastructure versions do I need for Advanced Location Services?

A. You need 7.2 release or above on your WLAN controller and software version 1.3 or above for Prime infrastructure.

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/prod/collateral/wireless/ps9733/ps9742/qa_c67-726505.html