[c-nsp] Sup2T / IOS15 licensing questions

[Blake Dunlap]

Well, it's copyright infringement if you knowingly violate the terms of the
software licensing, so treat that as you may as far as any enforcement vs
just buying one license and installing it on many devices.

-Blake


On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 5:12 PM, "Rolf Hanßen" <nsp at rhanssen.de> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> so there is no key or certificate or reference number at all ?
> What prevents customers to buy one "alibi" license for all devices if
> there is no link to the device?
> Does it have any effect at all if you configure/install such a pseudo
> license or not ?
>
> regards
> Rolf
>
> > On 29/08/13 17:45, "Rolf Hanßen" wrote:
> >
> >> How do I see if the correct features were enabled or which type (baseip,
> >> ipservice, advipservice) is installed ?
> >> Maybe somebody with a working and licensed router can compare the output
> >> ?
> >>
> >> What happens if I reboot and the license was wrong (i.e. baseip only),
> >> does the IOS reject commands in that case or is the whole licensing on
> >> 6500/7600just a dummy ?
> >
> > That's not how 6500 works.
> >
> > For 6500, on both sup720 and sup2T IIRC, the feature set is determined
> > by the image you boot. There's no license key for "advanced IP services"
> > - you just boot that image.
> >
> > To see which "feature" is installed/enabled, just look to see which
> > images is booted.
> >
> > The right to use the software comes from having purchased that version
> > of the software with the chassis, or having purchased an upgrade later
> on.
> >
> > See also
> >
> >
> http://www.cisco.com/en/US/prod/collateral/iosswrel/ps8802/ps6970/ps6017/qa_c67-661785.pdf
> >
> > As an example - most of our 6500 purchases came with a line item for:
> >
> > S733ZK9M-12218SXD
> >
> > ...which is the Advanced IP service package, and confers the right to
> > use that image (and smartnet confers the right to upgrade).
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