Cisco S-A9K-IVRF-LIC= Infrastructure VRF License | Smart Enabled — S-A9K-IVRF-LIC=

Create cleaner routing boundaries in Cisco A9K environments with an Infrastructure VRF license that supports up to 8 VRFs. This license is designed for teams that need to separate traffic domains without adding unnecessary hardware complexity, making it a practical fit for service-provider edge and enterprise infrastructure designs. VRF-based segmentation helps isolate customers, applications, or business units on shared routing platforms while preserving administrative control. That matters when uptime, policy separation, and predictable forwarding behavior are part of the operating model. Smart Enabled licensing also supports Cisco’s software entitlement workflow, which helps keep procurement and activation aligned. For organizations standardizing on Cisco routing platforms, this license is a targeted way to extend infrastructure capability without overbuying. It is the kind of purchase that makes sense when the network design is already defined and the goal is to unlock the exact feature set needed for production deployment. Ideal For Service-provider edge routing with isolated customer VRFs Enterprise backbone segmentation across business units or applications Shared routing platform deployments requiring policy separation Cisco A9K feature enablement for controlled network expansion Why This Product 1 Supports up to 8 VRFs for segmented routing 2 Smart Enabled entitlement simplifies activation 3 More targeted than broad platform bundles 4 Built for Cisco A9K infrastructure environments