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3850-X smart evaluation license expires impact

kashifglobal12
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Dear All,

 

I have cisco 3850-x switch which currently have smart evaluation license but when the license expire does this effect any operation on the switch?

 

Your swift response will be appreciated.

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Leo Laohoo
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Post the complete output to the following commands:
1. sh version; and
2. sh license feat

=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~= PuTTY log 2020.03.26 22:29:54 =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=
show version
Cisco IOS XE Software, Version 16.09.02
Cisco IOS Software [Fuji], Catalyst L3 Switch Software (CAT3K_CAA-UNIVERSALK9-M), Version 16.9.2, RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc4)
Technical Support: http://www.cisco.com/techsupport
Copyright (c) 1986-2018 by Cisco Systems, Inc.
Compiled Mon 05-Nov-18 18:24 by mcpre


Cisco IOS-XE software, Copyright (c) 2005-2018 by cisco Systems, Inc.
All rights reserved. Certain components of Cisco IOS-XE software are
licensed under the GNU General Public License ("GPL") Version 2.0. The
software code licensed under GPL Version 2.0 is free software that comes
with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. You can redistribute and/or modify such
GPL code under the terms of GPL Version 2.0. For more details, see the
documentation or "License Notice" file accompanying the IOS-XE software,
or the applicable URL provided on the flyer accompanying the IOS-XE
software.


ROM: IOS-XE ROMMON
BOOTLDR: CAT3K_CAA Boot Loader (CAT3K_CAA-HBOOT-M) Version 3.58, RELEASE SOFTWARE (P)

Sharptel-L3-SW1 uptime is 7 weeks, 5 days, 5 hours, 53 minutes
Uptime for this control processor is 7 weeks, 5 days, 5 hours, 56 minutes
System returned to ROM by Power Failure or Unknown at 13:09:26 UTC Fri Jan 31 2020
System restarted at 11:36:26 UTC Sat Feb 1 2020
System image file is "flash:packages.conf"
Last reload reason: Power Failure or Unknown



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Technology Package License Information:

------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Technology-package Technology-package
Current Type Next reboot
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ipbasek9 Smart License ipbasek9
dna-advantage Subscription Smart License dna-advantage


Smart Licensing Status: UNREGISTERED/EVAL MODE

cisco WS-C3850-24T (MIPS) processor (revision AC0) with 833123K/6147K bytes of memory.
Processor board ID FCW2250FLPY
13 Virtual Ethernet interfaces
28 Gigabit Ethernet interfaces
4 Ten Gigabit Ethernet interfaces
2048K bytes of non-volatile configuration memory.
4194304K bytes of physical memory.
250456K bytes of Crash Files at crashinfo:.
1609272K bytes of Flash at flash:.
0K bytes of WebUI ODM Files at webui:.

Base Ethernet MAC Address : 54:86:bc:85:e7:80
Motherboard Assembly Number : 73-16297-05
Motherboard Serial Number : FOC23107EE5
Model Revision Number : AC0
Motherboard Revision Number : B0
Model Number : WS-C3850-24T
System Serial Number : FCW2250FLPY


Switch Ports Model SW Version SW Image Mode
------ ----- ----- ---------- ---------- ----
* 1 32 WS-C3850-24T 16.9.2 CAT3K_CAA-UNIVERSALK9 INSTALL


Configuration register is 0x102

Sharptel-L3-SW1#


@kashifglobal12 wrote:
ipbasek9 Smart License ipbasek9

Ok, so the switch is running 16.9.X and this means Cisco Smart License (CSL). 


@kashifglobal12 wrote:
Smart Licensing Status: UNREGISTERED/EVAL MODE

This means Smart License is not configured and/or the switch has not contacted the CSL server to verify the token. 
Configuring Smart Licensing

But what will happen if the evaluation just expires without configuring the smart license... Unable to find that.


@Joris Syen wrote:

But what will happen if the evaluation just expires without configuring the smart license... Unable to find that.


For now, nothing happens.  

The logs simply gets spammed reminding about expired licenses.

Joris Syen
Level 1
Level 1

Same issue here, have a switch in production that came out of the box, smart contract is not activated and evaluation mode expires in few days. Did your switch features such as ACL's or routing turned off after the evaluation ended? I cannot find this and activating is not simple in my environment since it needs internet access for that and it is already in production.

Turns out it just keeps working after the evaluation ended, no issue even after reboots

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