Cisco ASR920 Advanced Metro IP Access SL for 500 Nodes | Licensing — ASR920-A-500=

Scale metro access capacity with licensing built for 500 nodes. Cisco ASR920 Advanced Metro IP Access SL gives infrastructure teams a defined entitlement for expanding access services without overbuying capacity they do not need. It is designed for organizations that need predictable licensing tied to metro network growth, service segmentation, and operational planning. For teams managing distributed access environments, the value is control. This license helps standardize deployment scope across sites while keeping procurement aligned to actual node counts. That matters when you are extending services across branch, campus edge, or carrier metro footprints and need a clean licensing model that supports planning, budgeting, and lifecycle management. Cisco’s ASR920 family is built for access aggregation and metro transport use cases, and this 500-node license fits that model by providing a capacity tier that can be matched to current demand. It is a practical choice when you need to expand deliberately, maintain consistency across deployments, and avoid the cost and complexity of oversized licensing tiers. Ideal For Expanding metro access services across a 500-node footprint Standardizing licensing for distributed enterprise edge sites Planning capacity for carrier metro access deployments Aligning procurement with staged network growth Why This Product 1 Sized for 500 nodes rather than oversized enterprise tiers 2 Supports metro access planning with a fixed capacity entitlement 3 Fits Cisco ASR920 deployments without hardware replacement 4 Helps control licensing spend in staged network rollouts