So are you saying that the distributor has not installed any license at all as they are pretty adamant that they have and the Cisco EULA seems to suggest that a RTU license is valid as long as you do actually purchase a license
From: Blake Dunlap [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 28 November 2012 16:50 To: Brian Turnbow Cc: Steve McCrory; cisco-nsp NSP Subject: Re: [c-nsp] ISR G2 Licenses - Permanent vs Right To Use Right to use means they just turned on eval mode and let it go to honor mode. If they had installed an actual license, it would show perm. On Wed, Nov 28, 2012 at 6:42 AM, Brian Turnbow <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Group, > > > We've had a complaint from a customer that their security license on a > 1941K9 is showing as Right To Use when they are expecting it to show > Permanent: > > > > Index 2 Feature: securityk9 > > Period left: Life time > > License Type: RightToUse > > License State: Active, In Use > > License Count: Non-Counted > > License Priority: Low > > > > We've had this checked with our distributor who shipped us the router pre- > installed with the required license and they are happy that Right To Use is > correct. They even raised it with Cisco and they came back quoting the > Wassenaar Arrangement. > >From what I've understood in the grand scheme of things... security can come in two forms 1) bundled security router (direct from cisco) 2) ip base router + right to use security license (temporary or perpetual) In the first case you get Index 2 Feature: securityk9 Period left: Life time License Type: Permanent License State: Active, In Use License Count: Non-Counted License Priority: Medium In the second case what you have. Since the distributor "preinstalled the license" it seems to be an ipbase router with perpetual right to use security. Brian > > > Can someone clear up the difference between the two terms as the Cisco > literature on the subject is confusing and our customer is like a dog with > a bone over this. > > > > Thanks > > > > Steven > > > > Steven McCrory > > Network Specialist > > > > GCI Com > > Unit 2 > > Modwen Road > > Salford > > M5 3EZ > > > > Office: 0844 443 3537 > > Fax: 0844 443 3540 > > www.gcicom.net > <https://mail.ipi-group.co.uk/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.gcico > m.net/> > > > > > > > > > > > > Steve McCrory > Senior Network Engineer > > GCI Com > Cedar Court Office Park > Denby Dale Road > Calder Grove > Wakefield > WF4 3QZ > > Office: 0844 443 3537 > Fax: 0844 443 3540 > http://www.gcicom.net/ > _______________________________________________ > cisco-nsp mailing list [email protected] > https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp > archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/ --- This e-mail is intended only for the addressee named above. As this e-mail may contain confidential or privileged information, if you are not the named addressee, you are not authorized to retain, read, copy or disseminate this message or any part of it. Please consider your environmental responsibility before printing this e-mail. _______________________________________________ cisco-nsp mailing list [email protected] https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/ Steve McCrory Senior Network Engineer GCI Com Cedar Court Office Park Denby Dale Road Calder Grove Wakefield WF4 3QZ Office: 0844 443 3537 Fax: 0844 443 3540 http://www.gcicom.net/ _______________________________________________ cisco-nsp mailing list [email protected] https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/
