Air Gap Environment / Cat 9300/9600

[fabian.kaltenschnee]

Hi,

a customer bought a bunch of Cat 9300 and 9600 with Version 17.3.3. the Switches are located in an air gap environment. so they will never be connected to the cloud or a CSSM. This environment should run at least 2 years without "touching it".

What happens after 365 days or when the advantage/essential license expires and they cant connect to cloud or CSSM?

Do they stop working?

Thanks in advance

[Leo Laohoo · Accepted solution]

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@fabian.kaltenschnee wrote:

Do they stop working?

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NOTHING will happen. 

New Deployment Method for Smart Licensing

[Arshad Safrulla]

Cisco is not enforcing any license restrictions on 9000 series switches yet. So I am sure it will not hinder the operations of the switch. Meanwhile you can consider using SLR/PLR for licensing.

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/switches/lan/catalyst_slr/b-169-9000-series-SLR-cg/b-169-9000-series-SLR-cg_chapter_00.html