How to activate SL on Stacking Catalyst9K ?

[yk-kawabata]

Hi there

What are the steps to activate smart licenses on the Cat9K in the stack ?
my understanding is that one license is required for each Cat9K that makes up the stack.
Plus, If a Cat9K in the stack is broken, how do I activate the license to incorporate another device into the stack ?

[Leo Laohoo]

Configuring Smart Licensing

[yk-kawabata]

This document seems not describing about stacking.　I don't know what I have to activate a license individually before incorporating it into the stack or not. And how I deactivate the license when a device is broken in the stack.

[Leo Laohoo]

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@yk-kawabata wrote:

This document seems not describing about stacking.

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There is no difference.  

Whether the entire stack is loaded with IP Base or IP Services, legacy licensing regime looks at the entire stack as a single unit.  CSL is the same thing.  The difference with legacy licensing and CSL is that CSL calls back to the "mother ship" and reports all the members of the stack.  If you add another member to the stack, CSL will send the new member back.  

[pkumari4 · Accepted solution]

Hello,

For the stack switch to install the smart licensing you need to generate the id token separately for all the switches.Kindly use the below given steps:

In order to register the switch with the licensing server, you need to make sure that the licensing server, DNS server (TCP/UDP port 53) and NTP server (UDP port 123) are reachable from the switch.

In other words, basic IP connectivity has to be ensured to the mentioned servers. Please also make sure to allow HTTPS TCP port 443, which is required to access https://tools.cisco.com/.

The set of commands (example) should be sufficient when it comes to registering a switch with the licensing server – either external or local (Smart Software Manager satellite).

conf t
  service call-home
  service internal  == > Needed with 16.8.1a software
  ip domain-lookup
  ip domain-lookup vrf Mgmt-vrf
  ip name-server vrf Mgmt-vrf <IP address – DNS server>       = > use if the server is reachable via VRF
  ip name-server <IP address – DNS server>
  ntp server vrf Mgmt-vrf calo-ntp-1.cisco.com (use your NTP server)
  ntp server calo-ntp-1.cisco.com (use your NTP server)
  ip http client source-interface Gi0/0
  !
  call-home
    contact-email-addr sch-smart-licensing@cisco.com
    profile "CiscoTAC-1"
      active
      reporting smart-call-home-data
      reporting smart-licensing-data
      destination transport-method http
      no destination transport-method email
      destination address http    https://tools.cisco.com/its/service/oddce/services/DDCEService
  !
  license smart enable

license smart register idtoken <paste your token here>

Here is how to generate the Token:

1. Go to www.software.cisco.com<https://csone--c.na69.visual.force.com/apex/www.software.cisco.com>; and log into your Smart Account.

2. Under the Padlock icon, click Smart Software Licensing.

3. Go to the Inventory Tab -> General

4. Click the New Token... button

5. Enter a brief description of the token (optional)

6. Finish the token generation.

7. Go to your device and use the following commands: "license smart enable" "license smart id token ....." <- paste the token string in place of the dots

8. Your device should now be connected to the Licensing Portal

9. Repeat steps 4-8 for every new device.

When you are splitting the stack then your license will be there on each switch, so no need to perform anything.

Regards,

Priyanka