Cisco Catalyst 9400 System Management Configuration Manual page 113

Smart Licensing Using Policy
• Report on change (days): In case of a change in license usage, a report must be sent within the duration
specified here.
If the value here is zero, no report is required on usage change.
If the value here is not zero, reporting is required after the change is made. All the scenarios listed below
count as changes in license usage on the product instance:
Note
If a product instance has never consumed a license, reporting is not required even if the policy has a non-zero
value for any of the reporting requirements (First report requirement, Reporting frequency, Report on change).
Understanding Policy Selection
CSSM determines the policy that is applied to a product instance. Only one policy is in use at a given point
in time. The policy and its values are based on a number of factors, including the licenses being used.
Cisco default
applied, the product instance applies this default policy. The table below
page 95) shows the
While you cannot configure a policy, you can request for a customized one, by contacting the Cisco Global
Licensing Operations team. Go to
Licensing. The licensing team will contact you to start the process or for any additional information. Customized
policies are also made available through your Smart account in CSSM.
Note To know which policy is applied (the policy in-use) and its reporting requirements, enter the show license
all command in privileged EXEC mode.
Table 8: Policy: Cisco default
Policy:
Export (Perpetual/Subscription)
Note
• Changing licenses consumed (includes changing to a different license, and, adding or removing a
license).
• Going from consuming zero licenses to consuming one or more licenses.
• Going from consuming one or more licenses to consuming zero licenses.
is the default policy that is always available in the product instance. If no other policy is
Cisco default
Support Case
Cisco default
Applied only to licenses with enforcement
type "Export-Controlled".
System Management Configuration Guide, Cisco IOS XE Bengaluru 17.4.x (Catalyst 9400 Switches)
policy values.
Manager. Click OPEN NEW CASE > Select Software
Default Policy Values
Reporting ACK required: Yes
First report requirement (days): 0
Reporting frequency (days): 0
Report on change (days): 0
Policy
(Table 8: Policy: Cisco default, on
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