[cisco-voip] CCM 6x licensing: which MAC to use for license when fault tolerance enabled

[Wes Sisk]

I believe it will still be eth0 same as if failover were not enabled.  I 
am awaiting confirmation from the licensing team.

/Wes

On Saturday, February 07, 2009 12:54:19 AM, FrogOnDSCP46EF 
<ciscoboy2006 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi guys,
>
> Cisco DOC says, you shud bind ETH0 MAC in CCM for getting license 
> (feature or DLUs).
>
> Situation1: Only using ETH0 (No fault-tolerance configured)
> ------------------------------------------
>
> If server's ETH0 physical mac (when it was shipped) is EE:EE:EE:EE , 
> the license will be generated using first ETH0 address.
>
> I have tested this and works.
>
>
> Situation2: (when fault tolerance is enabled)
> -=--------------------------------------------------------------
> Eth0 physical mac : EE:EE:EE:EE
> Eth1 physical mac : FF:FF:FF:FF
>
> When fault tolerance enabled, the mac on all interface becomes same:
> i.e
> eth0: CC:CC:CC:CC<----------this has changed from EE:EE:EE:EE
> eth1: CC:CC:CC:CC <------this has changed from FF:FF:FF:FF
> bond0: CC:CC:CC:CC <---------this is created once fault tolderance is 
> enabled.
>
> So in this situation, for licensing purpose - which MAC address should 
> be bonded to make licensing work? and why?
>
> CC:CC:CC:CC  or  EE:EE:EE:EE        ???????????
>
> I have the gut feeling, that EE:EE:EE:EE (the original hysical hard 
> coded one) MAC shud use for licensing purpose....
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> frog
>
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