Cisco Catalyst 3850 Switch Right-To-Use Licensing Model; Rtu License Types; Permanent Rtu License - Cisco Catalyst 3850 Deployment Manual

Cisco Catalyst 3850 Switch Right-to-Use Licensing Model

The Cisco Catalyst 3850 Switch right-to-use (RTU) is a trust-based licensing model designed to give customers the
flexibility to upgrade, downgrade, or move the license for RMA purposes by using simple EXEC commands. The
RTU licensing model allows customers to specify the desired image-based licensing level (LAN Base, IP Base, and
IP Services) and AP-Count on the switch or switch stack through EXEC commands.
About the Cisco Catalyst 3850 Switch RTU license:
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The RTU license is purchased along with the Cisco Catalyst 3850 Switch (or separately) and is NOT tied to
the unique device identifier (product ID + serial number) of a switch.
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When you purchase a switch, the license you specified in the purchase order is preinstalled.
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To upgrade the license, you can order an upgrade license and receive an electronic or printed license. After
accepting the end-user license agreement (EULA), you enable the upgrade by using a simple CLI
command.
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To transfer RTU licenses from one switch to another, deactivate the license on one switch and activate it on
another.

RTU License Types

There are two main categories of Cisco Catalyst 3850 Switch RTU license: a permanent RTU license and a 90-day
evaluation RTU license.

Permanent RTU License

This is a paid license that does not expire. You can activate permanent RTU licenses after you accept the EULA.
The EULA assumes you have purchased the permanent license. There are two types of permanent RTU licenses:
● Image-based (or feature set) license
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Adder AP-Count license
Image-based license: This license is activated by Cisco before the switch is shipped and requires no customer
configuration to enable it. Supported license levels include LAN Base, IP Base, and IP Services.
You can upgrade, disable, or move image-based licenses by using the license right-to-use command, either for
individual switches or for all switches in a stack. Reload the switch or stack to activate the highest level license. For
example, if you upgrade the license level from IP Base to IP Services, then the IP services license is activated by
reloading the switch.
This command enables the ipservices license and accepts the EULA on all switches in the stack:
Switch# license right-to-use activate ipservices all acceptEULA
% switch-1:stack-mgr:Reboot the switch to invoke the highest activated License
level
Switch#
*Feb 25 23:54:40.909: %SMN_HBL_LICENSE-6-LIC_ACT: 1 stack-mgr:
license is activated successfully on switch 1
*Feb 25 23:54:40.909: %SMN_HBL_LICENSE-6-LIC_CHANGE: 1 stack-mgr:
reboot license level changed from lanbase to ipservices. Reboot the switch to
invoke the new license level.
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