This is what I've understood it to be so far...
The phone(s) are available in two flavours:
79xx with Call Manager Single User License
79xx without Call Manager Single User License
These optional licenses (which can also be purchase separately, and are approx �10/$15) are to upgrade the number of users on the Cisco Call Manager Platform.
If you think about it, a number of other brands of PBX utilise the Cisco 79xx's, and Cisco does sell them with the aim of using them in non-Call Manager situations (otherwise, they'd have just stuck to SCCP, and never release MGCP or SIP firmware), so a cheaper version without the legality of Call Manager Licensing was produced. Not much saving? Well, depends how many you buy! And of course, how much more you spent for the extra licenses with the Call Manager itself (you don't want to double-spend when you're buying a $15,000 PBX).
The firmware is a different issue. To legally get the firmware, you must have a support contract. Where I am hazey, is whether any support contract between you and Cisco that gives you access to the TAC counts, or whether you need a TAC contract for every device you plan to load the firmware onto. Either way, with Cisco, if you can't get something without paying for it, then you can count on it being illegal if you don't!
I'll know on Monday, when I speak to my Cisco Rep next.
Best, Ad.
On 3 Jan 2004, at 2:02 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Message: 4 From: "Josh Edwards" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sat, 03 Jan 2004 01:48:38 +0000 Subject: [Asterisk-Users] Cisco SIP license? Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In order to use a cisco phone and the SIP image, do you need a license, or
just the firmware.
Is this like saying that you can get music, all you need is something like
kazza? Or if you get the phone and the image are you legit?
What does it take to get the lic?
Josh
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