9800 License status

[ahmad.syed]

Hi Team,

As of now , we have not enabled smart license in our newly installed 9800-L controller but still i am seeing in output as enabled. 

As per document of cisco, its mention if you not installed or add smart licenseing , it will come up as evaluation license with a period of 90 days. But on my WLC, we are not seeing evaluation license any where. Please suggest , which license we are on and how its working . below is output of command "show license all"

sh license all
Smart Licensing Status
======================

Smart Licensing is ENABLED

Export Authorization Key:
Features Authorized:
<none>

Utility:
Status: DISABLED

Smart Licensing Using Policy:
Status: ENABLED

Data Privacy:
Sending Hostname: yes
Callhome hostname privacy: DISABLED
Smart Licensing hostname privacy: DISABLED
Version privacy: DISABLED

Transport:
Type: cslu
Cslu address: <empty>
Proxy:
Not Configured

Miscellaneous:
Custom Id: <empty>

Policy:
Policy in use: Merged from multiple sources.
Reporting ACK required: yes (CISCO default)
Unenforced/Non-Export Perpetual Attributes:
First report requirement (days): 365 (CISCO default)
Reporting frequency (days): 0 (CISCO default)
Report on change (days): 90 (CISCO default)
Unenforced/Non-Export Subscription Attributes:
First report requirement (days): 90 (CISCO default)
Reporting frequency (days): 90 (CISCO default)
Report on change (days): 90 (CISCO default)
Enforced (Perpetual/Subscription) License Attributes:
First report requirement (days): 0 (CISCO default)
Reporting frequency (days): 0 (CISCO default)
Report on change (days): 0 (CISCO default)
Export (Perpetual/Subscription) License Attributes:
First report requirement (days): 0 (CISCO default)
Reporting frequency (days): 0 (CISCO default)
Report on change (days): 0 (CISCO default)

Usage Reporting:
Last ACK received: <none>
Next ACK deadline: <none>
Reporting push interval: 0 (no reporting)
Next ACK push check: <none>
Next report push: <none>
Last report push: <none>
Last report file write: <none>

Trust Code Installed: <none>

License Usage
=============

air-network-advantage (DNA_NWStack):
Description: air-network-advantage
Count: 2
Version: 1.0
Status: IN USE
Export status: NOT RESTRICTED
Feature Name: air-network-advantage
Feature Description: air-network-advantage
Enforcement type: NOT ENFORCED
License type: Perpetual

air-dna-advantage (AIR-DNA-A):
Description: air-dna-advantage
Count: 2
Version: 1.0
Status: IN USE
Export status: NOT RESTRICTED
Feature Name: air-dna-advantage
Feature Description: air-dna-advantage
Enforcement type: NOT ENFORCED
License type: Perpetual

Product Information
===================
UDI: PID:C9800-L-F-K9,SN:FCLXXXXXX

HA UDI List:
Active:PID:C9800-L-F-K9,SN:FCLXXXXXX
Standby:PID:C9800-L-F-K9,SN:FCLXXXXXX

Agent Version
=============
Smart Agent for Licensing: 5.0.9_rel/68

License Authorizations
======================
Overall status:
Active: PID:C9800-L-F-K9,SN:FCLXXXXXX
Status: NOT INSTALLED
Standby: PID:C9800-L-F-K9,SN:FCLXXXXXX
Status: NOT INSTALLED

Purchased Licenses:
No Purchase Information Available

[balaji.bandi · Accepted solution]

For any device from cisco and above 16.9 IOS XE onwards default is smart License,

If the device is already loaded with the License and shipped you are not required to worry about it.

License type: Perpetual   - this means the License is already in there.

But good to have the device communicating with the smart License server, so you will not get any warning message device not being able to communicate with the License server or compliance issues.

here is the guide :

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/wireless/controller/9800/17-3/config-guide/b_wl_17_3_cg/m-sl-using-policy.html

[Rasika Nayanajith · Accepted solution]

With SLUP(Smart Licensing Using Policy) 17.3.2 onward, there is no evaluation mode exists. Refer below

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/docs/wireless/catalyst-9800-series-wireless-controllers/217348-configure-troubleshoot-catalyst-9800-w.html 

Traditional Licensing vs SLUP

Smart Licensing Using Policy has been introduced to the Catalyst 9800 with the code version 17.3.2. The initial 17.3.2 release misses SLUP configuration menu in the WLC webUI, which was introduced with the 17.3.3 release. The SLUP is different from traditional smart licensing in couple of ways:

• WLC now communicates with CSSM using smartreceiver.cisco.com domain, instead of the old tools.cisco.com
• Instead of "Registering", the WLC now "Establishes Trust" with the CSSM or On-Prem SSM
• CLI commands have been slightly altered
• There is no Smart Licensing Reservation (SLR) anymore. Instead you can periodically report your usage manually
• There is no evaluation mode anymore. The WLC continues to function at full capacity even without license. The system is honor based and you are supposed to report your license usage periodically (automatically or manually in case of airgapped networks)

HTH
Rasika
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