Cisco License IP SLA

[Jeff Mercader]

Hi Experts,

Bought a second hand 1921 router. Been practicing on a home lab. Until i got to IP SLA and Route Maps. It seems it needs a license to use ip sla which i enable and is now eval right to use. what happens after the 8 week period? and how to have permanent license for the datak9 if i wanted to go on buying the license or is there a license just to use ip sla only?

[MHM Cisco World]

I think this old router cisco no more provides license to it.

Sorry 

MHM

[MHM Cisco World]

1- this for if license expired 

https://community.cisco.com/t5/switching/what-will-happen-after-cisco-30days-license-expired/td-p/4486942

2- dont play with time/date we dont know effect to router and since it EoS then it hard to make it work again 

3- try copy ios to flash or tftp in case you want to reinstall image (again avoid this step please)

MHM

[Jeff Mercader]

3- try copy ios to flash or tftp in case you want to reinstall image (again avoid this step please)

reinstall by doing

erase nvram

copy ios>run boot system usbflash:<ios_ver> ?

im not familiar with the commands for #3.

[Flavio Miranda · Accepted solution]

@Jeff Mercader 

 This router is retired, you can not buy and add license to it. At least not coming from Cisco. 

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/collateral/routers/1900-series-integrated-services-routers-isr/eos-eol-notice-c51-740520.html

Since this is a home lab you should be ok working with eval license. 

Router(config)#license boot module c1900 technology-package datak9

I dont believe the feature will stop working after 8 weeks but if it does you can try to run the command again. You can change the router data and time and try to fool the IOS.

 You can also make a IOS backup,  factory reset the router and reinstall the IOS. 

[Jeff Mercader]

Hi Flavio ,

Is this the same as this ?

[Jeff Mercader]

Index 1 Feature: ipbasek9
Period left: Life time
License Type: Permanent
License State: Active, In Use
License Count: Non-Counted
License Priority: Medium
Index 2 Feature: securityk9
Period left: Not Activated
Period Used: 0 minute 0 second
License Type: EvalRightToUse
License State: Active, Not in Use, EULA not accepted
License Count: Non-Counted
License Priority: None
Index 3 Feature: datak9
Period left: 8 weeks 3 days
Period Used: 11 hours 14 minutes
License Type: EvalRightToUse
License State: Active, In Use
License Count: Non-Counted
License Priority: Low

[Flavio Miranda]

@Jeff Mercader 

If you are using that IOS version then yes. 

[Jeff Mercader]

just to be sure this is the version that came in with it.

#sh ver
Cisco IOS Software, C1900 Software (C1900-UNIVERSALK9-M), Version 15.7(3)M9, RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc1)

[Flavio Miranda]

You are good. 

Enjoy you lab. 

[liviu.gheorghe]

What configuration commands for IP SLA did you use on the router that triggered the license message?

Can you provide the outputs of the following commands:

show version

show license all

[Jeff Mercader]

Hi!

its Router(config)#license boot module c1900 technology-package datak9

[Jeff Mercader]

Thanks to all the provided their expertise. I got the answer i needed.