08-03-2017 05:54 AM
I upgraded our PI 3.1 UCS appliance to 3.2 yesterday from 3.1.6. This morning, it told me I had exceeded my license count. As I started investigating, I noticed it added most, if not all, of my 3850 switches as wireless controllers. Can anyone tell me how I can have PI 3.2 not classify those as WLCs and just as switches?
08-04-2017 01:03 AM
https://supportforums.cisco.com/discussion/12606716/disable-3850-integrated-wireless
M.
08-04-2017 06:33 AM
Thanks, but that doesn't really help. Our 3850's are used as Access Layer switches on our floors. We do NOT have them set up as controllers. However, the default mode is Wireless Mobility Agent and that cannot be turned off. We want to monitor the switches as switches, but PI lists them both as Switches and WLC's. After upgrading my PI appliance from 3.1.6, the 3850's are chewing up 299 license tokens which puts me over my limit of 169. I did not see this when I was running 3.1.6. I'm trying to figure out if, by having the 3850's show up as both Switches and WLCs, I'm running into this license issue. Cisco License dept. has been slow responding to me.
08-10-2017 02:44 AM
Regarding the licensing issue:
1. Upgrading pre PI3.1.2 --> post Pi3.1.3 licensing is switched from devices to tokens, but grandfatheres licenses are generated. That means before update, you have i.e 36 free/unused device licenses, afterwards you will have 36 free/unused tokens - the diff tokens for your already managed devices will be filled up by prime with these "grandfathered" licenses.
2. WLCs do not consume any tokens
You can check your token consumption in the licensing dashboard under "Administration"
HTH
08-10-2017 05:45 AM
The way Cisco TAC explained it to me is if you had 2.2 licenses and upgraded from 3.x to 3.2, they would be grandfathered in. If you had 3.0 licenses, they would not be grandfathered in and you have to buy additional tokens to make up the shortfall. We had 3.0 licenses.
08-16-2017 02:34 AM
Okay, no grandfathering in this case, but there should not be a shortfall since WLCs do not consume any tokens.
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