[cisco-voip] Phone Licencing

[Tim Smith]

CH1 was just a nice little bundle they made to simplify ordering.
It included the phone, and licence.

If you ordered and you have received a paper license then all should be
well.
You probably ordered a CP-79XX something and a SW-CCM-UL something.

All of this is out the window if you are purchasing from a non reputable
partner / distributor - that may have just photocopied the certificate :)

Hence why Cisco introduced licensing in v5.x and up as Scott said. Before
that - it is all paper :) if you have an actual Cisco SO number, then you
used to be able to find out your licensing that way, or go through the your
partner / distributor to find out.

If you are considering upgrading with DMA you can carry licensing across,
without having to chase the paper.

Cheers,

Tim


On Thu, Oct 2, 2008 at 4:34 PM, Sam Hall <SamHall at wiseman-dairies.co.uk>wrote:

>
> Hi
>
> If I want to check whether a Cisco phone has a licence or not, this article
> mentions that CH1 should be appended to the phone model number:
>
>
> http://www.voip-info.org/wiki/view/Exposing+the+Cisco+Call+Manager+License+Scam
>
> Had a look at one of the phones I recently purchased, I know they are
> licenced as a) I requested them to be b) they have a paper licence in the
> box; this batch of newly purchased phones doesnt have CH1 on the label nor
> do any of any of the phones in our office.
>
> This link suggests there isnt a way for the version of CM we are running
> i.e 4.2:
>
> http://www.tek-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?qid=1498570&page=1
>
> The phone web gui doenst give any clues, CM 4.2 "Help" isnt very helpful
> etc...
>
> Does anyone have any other ways of telling if a phone is licenced or not?
>
> Thanks
>
>
> Sam
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