Purpose
The purpose of this document is to explain how license activation works on a Cisco ISR-G2 (19xx/29xx/39xx) router. It will detail how to install the license and verify that it has been actived correctly.
How does Licensing for CME/SRST work?
The CME/SRST feature is accessible only once the uck9 technology-package license has been accepted and the router has been reloaded. If the uck9 technology-package license is not installed or the router not reloaded, no voice related commands will be accepted by the command line. Once the technology-package license is installed, it gives access to the CME/SRST feature set.
To determine the current status of the technology-package license, check the output of the "show version" command. It will provide the state of the technology packages currently active.
Router#show version
<snip>
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Technology Technology-package Technology-package
Current Type Next reboot
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ipbase ipbasek9 Permanent ipbasek9
security None None None
uc None None None
data None None None
The above sample output indicates that the router does not have the uck9 technology-package enabled. For this document, we'll enable the evaluation license for the uck9 package using the license boot module c2951 technology-package uck9 command in global configuration mode (config t).
Router(config)#license boot module c2951 technology-package uck9
PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING TERMS CAREFULLY. INSTALLING THE LICENSE OR
LICENSE KEY PROVIDED FOR ANY CISCO PRODUCT FEATURE OR USING SUCH
PRODUCT FEATURE CONSTITUTES YOUR FULL ACCEPTANCE OF THE FOLLOWING
TERMS. YOU MUST NOT PROCEED FURTHER IF YOU ARE NOT WILLING TO BE BOUND
BY ALL THE TERMS SET FORTH HEREIN.
Use of this product feature requires an additional license from Cisco,
together with an additional payment. You may use this product feature
on an evaluation basis, without payment to Cisco, for 60 days. Your use
of the product, including during the 60 day evaluation period, is
subject to the Cisco end user license agreement
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/general/warranty/English/EU1KEN_.html
If you use the product feature beyond the 60 day evaluation period, you
must submit the appropriate payment to Cisco for the license. After the
60 day evaluation period, your use of the product feature will be
governed solely by the Cisco end user license agreement (link above),
together with any supplements relating to such product feature. The
above applies even if the evaluation license is not automatically
terminated and you do not receive any notice of the expiration of the
evaluation period. It is your responsibility to determine when the
evaluation period is complete and you are required to make payment to
Cisco for your use of the product feature beyond the evaluation period.
Your acceptance of this agreement for the software features on one
product shall be deemed your acceptance with respect to all such
software on all Cisco products you purchase which includes the same
software. (The foregoing notwithstanding, you must purchase a license
for each software feature you use past the 60 days evaluation period,
so that if you enable a software feature on 1000 devices, you must
purchase 1000 licenses for use past the 60 day evaluation period.)
Activation of the software command line interface will be evidence of
your acceptance of this agreement.
ACCEPT? [yes/no]: yes
The above End User License Agreement must be accepted and the router reloaded before the license is actived.
Once the router is reloaded, the output of the show version command will reflect the change in status of the uc technology package.
Router#show version
Technology Package License Information for Module:'c2951'
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Technology Technology-package Technology-package
Current Type Next reboot
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ipbase ipbasek9 Permanent ipbasek9
security None None None
uc uck9 EvalRightToUse uck9
data None None None
The output now shows "EvalRightToUse" as the type for the uc technology. This indicates that the features associated with the UC technology-package are active but the router is using an evaluation license which will expire.
Steps to install the permanent license can be found in the official documentation.
Cisco’s Integrated Services Routers Generation Two Licensing and Packaging
Once the permanent license is installed, the type will change to RightToUse as depicted in the below output.
Router#show version
Technology Package License Information for Module:'c2951'
-----------------------------------------------------------------
Technology Technology-package Technology-package
Current Type Next reboot
------------------------------------------------------------------
ipbase ipbasek9 Permanent ipbasek9
security None None None
uc uck9 RightToUse uck9
data None None None
Activating the CME/SRST License
With only the uck9 package installed, the cme-srst license is not in an active state. No additional licenses need to be installed on the router. The only step needed is to configure the CME/SRST feature and accept the EULA.
Viewing the output of show license detail cme-srst indicates that there is no configuration present and the EULA has not been accepted.
Router#show license detail cme-srst
Index: 5 Feature: cme-srst Version: 1.0
License Type: EvalRightToUse
License State: Not in Use, EULA not accepted
Evaluation total period: 8 weeks 4 days
Evaluation period left: 8 weeks 4 days
Period used: 0 minute 0 second
License Count: 0/0 (In-use/Violation)
License Priority: None
Store Index: 7
Store Name: Built-In License Storage
Configuring the CME/SRST Feature and Accepting the EULA
This section assumes that there is no CME or SRST configuration present on the router but as stated above, the uck9 feature license has been installed. It will cover how to activate the CME/SRST feature license.
Step 1:
Go to global configuration mode. Issue the config t command.
Step 2:
Issue the telephony-service command.
Step 3:
Issue the max-dn <dn> and max-ephone <ephone> commands. Once the last command is entered, you'll be prompted to accept the EULA.
Router(config-telephony)#ip source 10.1.1.1
Router(config-telephony)#max-dn 10
Router(config-telephony)#max-ephone 10
PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING TERMS CAREFULLY. INSTALLING THE LICENSE OR
LICENSE KEY PROVIDED FOR ANY CISCO PRODUCT FEATURE OR USING SUCH
PRODUCT FEATURE CONSTITUTES YOUR FULL ACCEPTANCE OF THE FOLLOWING
TERMS. YOU MUST NOT PROCEED FURTHER IF YOU ARE NOT WILLING TO BE BOUND
BY ALL THE TERMS SET FORTH HEREIN.
Use of this product feature requires an additional license from Cisco,
together with an additional payment. You may use this product feature
on an evaluation basis, without payment to Cisco, for 60 days. Your use
of the product, including during the 60 day evaluation period, is
subject to the Cisco end user license agreement
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/general/warranty/English/EU1KEN_.html
If you use the product feature beyond the 60 day evaluation period, you
must submit the appropriate payment to Cisco for the license. After the
60 day evaluation period, your use of the product feature will be
governed solely by the Cisco end user license agreement (link above),
together with any supplements relating to such product feature. Thes
above applies even if the evaluation license is not automatically
terminated and you do not receive any notice of the expiration of the
evaluation period. It is your responsibility to determine when the
evaluation period is complete and you are required to make payment to
Cisco for your use of the product feature beyond the evaluation period.
Your acceptance of this agreement for the software features on one
product shall be deemed your acceptance with respect to all such
software on all Cisco products you purchase which includes the same
software. (The foregoing notwithstanding, you must purchase a license
for each software feature you use past the 60 days evaluation period,
so that if you enable a software feature on 1000 devices, you must
purchase 1000 licenses for use past the 60 day evaluation period.)
Activation of the software command line interface will be evidence of
your acceptance of this agreement.
ACCEPT? [yes/no]: yes
Verifying License Status
Once the feature has been configured and the EULA accepted, check the status of the license with the show license detail cme-srst command.
The output should show the License State as Active, In Use.
Router#show license detail cme-srst
Index: 5 Feature: cme-srst Version: 1.0
License Type: EvalRightToUse
License State: Active, In Use
Evaluation total period: 8 weeks 4 days
Evaluation period left: 8 weeks 3 days
Period used: 0 minute 42 seconds
Transition date: Oct 29 2012 19:38:17
License Count: 10/0 (In-use/Violation)
License Priority: Low
Store Index: 7
Store Name: Built-In License Storage
If the output indicates that the EULA has not been accepted, issue the license accept end user agreement command. This will show the EULA and provide the option to accept it.
Note that even after accepting the EULA, the License Type says EvalRightToUse and output shows an Evaluation period. This is because the evaluation is ACTIVE for 60 days. After 60 days i.e. on "Transition date" this will change to RightToUse.
