C9300: "license smart register <token_id>" command not found

[schulcz]

Hi Guys,

I would like to register my new C9300 switches to my CSSM On-Prem, however I ran into a problem. I made smart licensing configuration by Cisco documents (17.3.x Configuration Guide (C9300) -> Chapter: Configuring Smart Licensing), all configuration is done except the last step is to issue the license smart register <token_id> command, but none can be found, see below:

C9300#license smart reg
C9300#license smart ?
  authorization  Authorization
  clear          Clear
  export         Get or return an export authorization key
  factory        Execute Smart Licensing Factory commands
  import         Import authcode, policies, trustcode etc
  save           Save
  sync           Sync with CSLU/CSSM.
  trust          Establish trust between PI and CSLU/CSSM.

C9300#

Software version:

C9300#show ver | i Software
Cisco IOS XE Software, Version 17.03.02a
Cisco IOS Software [Amsterdam], Catalyst L3 Switch Software (CAT9K_IOSXE), Version 17.3.2a, RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc5)
C9300#

I have already registered several C9200 devices in this CSSM On-Prem system with the above method, I was able to issue the appropriate command for that:

C9200#lic smart ?
  clear       Clear
  deregister  deregister this device
  export      Get or return an export authorization key
  factory     Execute Smart Licensing Factory commands
  register    register token id
  renew       Smart License renew
  send        license smart send

C9200#lic smart reg
C9200#lic smart register ?
  idtoken  id token

C9200#show ver | i Software
Cisco IOS XE Software, Version 16.12.04
Cisco IOS Software [Gibraltar], Catalyst L3 Switch Software (CAT9K_LITE_IOSXE), Version 16.12.4, RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc5)
C9200#show ver | i C9200
cisco C9200L-48T-4G (ARM64) processor with 521022K/3071K bytes of memory.
Model Number                       : C9200L-48T-4G
*    1 52    C9200L-48T-4G      16.12.4           CAT9K_LITE_IOSXE      INSTALL

C9200#show license status | i Status
  Status: DISABLED
  Status: REGISTERED
  Status: AUTHORIZED on Feb 25 19:05:22 2021 CET
C9200#

Any advice please?

[Leo L · Accepted solution]

New Deployment Method for Smart Licensing

[schulcz]

Thanks, I'll try that.

[Eric Hansen]

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[paul driver]

Cheers Leo
Excellent link +5

[bart.smit]

When I follow the indicated post 'New Deployment Method for Smart Licensing' I end up on another post with lots of videos and links to other posts.

Would be great if the real solution would be written down here instead of referring to other stuff in this myriad of smart licensing.