[c-nsp] Sup2T / IOS15 licensing questions

["Rolf Hanßen"]

Hello,

ok, beside the technical stuff: How do you guys "manage" the licenses if
there is no number/certificate/key ?
Let's say a fired ex-employee tells Cisco you have no license for 5 of
your ten boxes upgraded last year and they do not ignore him.
How do you show them you have valid licenses ?

I guess at least anybody who upgraded from Sup720 to Sup2T bought
Supervisor and license separately and not bundled as part of a filled
chassis.

kind regards
Rolf

> On 08/29/2013 11:12 PM, "Rolf Hanßen" wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> so there is no key or certificate or reference number at all ?
>
> There is no electronic licensing, that's correct. I suppose it's
> possible Cisco keep a record of device serial numbers and whether an IOS
> license was purchased at the time, and if so what, but the devices
> certainly don't.
>
>> What prevents customers to buy one "alibi" license for all devices if
>> there is no link to the device?
>
> As Blake says: the law.
>
>> Does it have any effect at all if you configure/install such a pseudo
>> license or not ?
>
> TBH I didn't even know there were licensing CLI commands on the box, and
> I suspect they do nothing.
>
> I don't even know if you need the license you've paid for. You should
> speak to your reseller and Cisco account manager to clarify things.
>