Catalyst 9200 Smart Licensing Question

[jaysoo]

Hi, We bought a few Cat 9200s running (CAT9K_LITE_IOSXE), Version 17.9.4a.

They put out this message : *Aug 19 23:09:46.224: %SMART_LIC-6-REPORTING_REQUIRED: A Usage report acknowledgement will be required in 89 days.

I did some reading on Smart Licensing and get the impression it is no longer enforced, and this can be ignored. Is that correct? These switches cannot connect to anything external, and never will. I disabled everything I could find related to Call-Home, but wanted to be sure the switches won't just up and quit working some day. Thanks.

Edi: Just wanted to add some licensing info:

Technology Package License Information:

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Technology-package Technology-package
Current Type Next reboot
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network-essentials Smart License network-essentials
dna-essentials Subscription Smart License dna-essentials

Smart Licensing Status: Smart Licensing Using Policy

[Leo Laohoo · Accepted solution]

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@jaysoo wrote:
network-essentials

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The switch has "Essentials" license and this is the "lowest" level.  

Ignore the CSL log messages and nothing is going to happen. 

Alternatively, configuring a logging discriminator will cut down CSL spamming the logs with useless messages.  

conf t
logging discriminator DNAC_FO facility drop SMART_LIC
logging buffered discriminator DNAC_FO 40960
logging  console discriminator DNAC_FO
logging  monitor discriminator DNAC_FO
end

[jaysoo]

Great, thanks for the info.