[c-nsp] Upgrading IOS to crypto image

[Jose Madrid]

I think you can upgrade the IOS to include SSH without contractual issues.
 When it comes to routing protocols thats a different story.  I am not 100%
but that is my $.02

On Mon, Jan 3, 2011 at 11:17 AM, <Christopher.Marget at usc-bt.com> wrote:

> Greetings,
>
> Let's say that I've got some Catalysts that were ordered without a k9
> (crypto) software image.  These switches are under SmartNet support, and are
> installed in a crypto-okay country.  I'm happy with the current feature set
> and version, except that I want to enable SSH.
>
> If the crypto image had been ordered with the switch, the price would have
> been the same.  They were just ordered wrong.  Years ago.
>
> So, I want to go from (say) 12.2(54)IPBASE to 12.2(54)IPBASEK9.
>
> I have access to the correct software, but want to do everything right
> contract-wise.
>
> Do I need to talk to Cisco about this?  Pay them anything?  Update the
> support contracts?
>
> I've googled around, and found some discussions on the topic, but nothing
> conclusive.
>
> My thinking is that 'K9' doesn't constitute a "feature set", but I'm not
> completely sure.  A citation would be great, because there's some
> disagreement around the office.  I realize that I should be directing this
> question at a Cisco account manager, but that's complicated right now for
> dumb reasons.
>
> Thank you!
>
> /chris
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