CCME IP Phone Licences issue

[farias]

Hi:

I need to install a gateway CCME (we have the licence CCME for the gateway 2900), but for time deadlines I don´t have the licences for the Phones. We order it but the licences arrive to the country 4 weeks ahead and the installation must be the nex week. My question is:

Is possible install the gateways CCME and the phones, if I don´t have the CCME phone licences???

Obviously when the licences arrive we regularize licences in the CCME.

Thanks,

Fco. Arias Reyes

[Rob Huffman · Accepted solution]

Hi Arias,

Yes, you would be good to go here.

Even with the newest ISR-G2 CME licensing scheme, Phone Licenses are Paper based RTU licenses (Right to Use).

Right  to Use Feature licenses are not enforced. The "legal" expectation is  that a license will be purchased for each  phone but this is still strictly "honor" based

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Prerequisites for Configuring Cisco Unified CME

Base Cisco Unified CME feature license and phone user licenses that entitle you to use Cisco Unified CME are **purchased.

From this CME doc;

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/voice_ip_comm/cucme/admin/configuration/guide/cmeover.html#wp2286954

ISR 29xx, 39xx

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/prod/collateral/routers/ps10616/white_paper_c11_556985_ps10537_Products_White_Paper.html#wp9001359

Cheers!
Rob

"Always movin' ahead and never lookin' back" - Springsteen

[paolo bevilacqua · Accepted solution]

As often asked and as you would have found searching before asking:

Cisco CME does not enforce phone licenses. These are just paper.