[c-nsp] Re-licensing secondhand Cisco equipment

[Chris Marget]

On Thu, Jan 9, 2014 at 5:55 PM, John Elliot <johnelliot67 at hotmail.com>wrote:

>
> So, just to clarify - You can purchase refurb/secondhand Cisco kit and
> then purchase a smartnet contract for software access/updates(And also
> hardware replacement)?
>
> But you cant purchase (legally) refurb/secondhand kit and use it with the
> software running on it?
>

That's my reading of
this<http://www.cisco.com/en/US/prod/hw_sw_relicensing_program.html>
:

   1. The embedded Cisco software that runs on the hardware—as well as
      Cisco standalone software—is not transferable. If you purchase used or
      secondary-market Cisco equipment, you must acquire a new license
from Cisco
      before the software can be used.


The text above suggests that it's possible to acquire a new license, but I
haven't figured out how to do it yet.

/chris