What is trust-based licenses?

[dalakshm]

When reading an ISR G2 router article I came across this term - "trust-based licenses"

I would like to understand how exactly does this licensing work.

Furthermore, I would like to understand more about licensing that CISCO follows for its IOS/XE software. Any explanation on this would be great or at least a pointer to it would also suffice.

Thanks in advance

[luis_cordova]

Hi @dalakshm ,

I leave you a couple of links for more information:

https://blog.router-switch.com/2016/10/license-and-warranty-for-cisco-catalyst-3850/

https://www.cisco.com/cdc_content_elements/flash/netman/clmtutorial_final/CiscoLicenseManager30Tutorial.htm

Regards

[dalakshm]

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@luis_cordova wrote:

https://blog.router-switch.com/2016/10/license-and-warranty-for-cisco-catalyst-3850/

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Thanks Luis, that link helped in understanding about trust based license.

However, I had heard that trust based licensing is something CISCO followed earlier and it is different now. Correct me if I am wrong.

So would like to understand the current licensing model as well. Do you have any pointer for that?

Note: The second link that you shared mainly speaks about Licensing Manager. Not really about - what are the different types of licensing available.