Let me just mention that with Aruba, licenses transfer to new hardware without any issue No need to repurchase or “negotiate a transfer”.
Bruce Osborne Wireless Engineer IT Network Services - Wireless (434) 592-4229 LIBERTY UNIVERSITY Training Champions for Christ since 1971 From: Samuel Clements [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Sunday, March 6, 2016 11:42 AM Subject: Re: Cisco One Full disclosure, I work for a VAR that sells Cisco gear. Having said that, Jake is spot on. If you're doing an Apples to Oranges cost comparison (WLC AP licenses vs Cisco One), the numbers don't work out. If you use (or are planning to use) Prime Infrastructure, MSE, WLC, and ISE, the cost between buying all of these things a la carte vs Cisco One is basically a wash. The return on your investment is when you buy your next WLC, you pay for the hardware only and it becomes very attractive at that point. Your VAR should be able to help you navigate those different costing comparisons. HTH! -Sam On Sun, Mar 6, 2016 at 10:22 AM, Jake Snyder <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: There are cost savings to be had. There is currently a promo when moving to new 5520 or 8540 hardware that is very compelling. That said, brownfield where you are just migrating from standard licensing to C1 on the existing hardware doesn't make a lot of sense unless you want to add features. ISE, MSE/CMX, Prime Assurance... Ultimately it's going to depend on where you are in the lifecycle process. You should totally ping your Cisco Partner and have them run the numbers for you, so you can see what the right thing to do is. Thanks Jake Snyder Sent from my iPhone On Mar 6, 2016, at 8:00 AM, Tom Klimek <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: I've recently been asked if we could benefit from Cisco One for wireless licensing. I am not very familiar with the product so I thought I would ask the Educause community for any input and see if it is very widely used and valued. One scenario I was presented with is that perpetual licensing would save us from re-purchasing Access Point licensing when we upgrade to newer (hardware) controllers. When we upgraded from 5508's to 8510's we managed to negotiate a transfer of our existing licenses at no cost but that is not a guarantee for the next upgrade. Appreciate any feedback. ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/. ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/. ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/. ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/.
