[c-nsp] Licensing question for ASR9000

[Hank Nussbacher]

On 05/12/2025 23:32, Mark Tinka wrote:

>> On 24/10/2025 8:26, Hank Nussbacher via cisco-nsp wrote:
>>
>> Just as a followup, Cisco closed the TAC ticket based on the statement 
>> that we do not have a valid license and therefore we need to pursue 
>> the matter with our Gold partner.  Period.  No response as to why our 
>> existing perpetual license is invalid.  I asked to reopen the ticket 3 
>> days ago and no response has come forward from Cisco.
>>
>> This incident has shown us the path forward for all future networking 
>> purchases.
> 
> The latest trend I am hearing now is that you have to buy a minimum of 3 
> year's worth of support from Cisco for some of their gear before they 
> can validate your order.
> 
> Haven't bought their kit in a while, so uncertain how true this is.
> 
> Mark.

So we were told by our Gold Partner to remove:
call-home
  service active
  contact smart-licensing

and to ignore the errors below and all will be fine:
License Authorizations
======================
Overall status:
   Active: PID:ASR-9906,SN:FOX2620P15G
       Status: NOT INSTALLED
   Standby: PID:ASR-9906,SN:FOX2620P15G
       Status: NOT INSTALLED

Purchased Licenses:
   No Purchase Information Available

Enforcement Status:
   Date: Generated on 2025-11-22T09:42:02

   ADV_ED_100G_SIA_3 (ADV-ED-100G-SIA3):
   Status: OUT OF COMPLIANCE

   ADV_100G_RTU_1 (ADV-SE-100G-RTU-1):
   Status: OUT OF COMPLIANCE

   ESS_100G_RTU_1 (ESS-SE-100G-RTU-1):
   Status: OUT OF COMPLIANCE

   ESS_ED_100G_SIA_3 (ESS-ED-100G-SIA3):
   Status: OUT OF COMPLIANCE

Not sure I like this.  Feel somehow something is off.

Regards,
Hank