[c-nsp] Sup2T / IOS15 licensing questions

[Nikolay Shopik]

Isn't paperback license exist for this exact reason, as opposite to
e-delivery?

On 30/08/13 12:30, "Rolf Hanßen" wrote:
> Hello Blake,
> 
> the question was more the other direction:
> How do I prove/verify I have a valid license if I receive nothing that
> says "here is your Cisco license #xxxxxx for IOS Advanced IP Services on
> Sup2T" ?
> I now payed around 8k Dollar and only have a CD (Windows says its ever A
> CDRW) with a Cisco logo + the image name / version printed on it and the
> dealers invoice that I bought 1x "license".
> For that price I want to be sure that it is not just a CD made by some
> guys in China with a good CD printer.
> 
> kind regards
> Rolf
> 
>> 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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