License Status Change for Evaluation and Expired Evaluation Licenses

To ensure audit compliance for all your licenses, starting with Cisco IOS XE Gibraltar 16.12.6, a device that is not connected to CSSM will see a change in the license status field, only for evaluation and expired evaluation licenses.

This change does not alter any Specific License Reservation (SLR) functionality.

The following sections clarify the various aspects of this change:

Change Details and Sample Output

Example 1: EVAL MODE → IN-USE

Sample outputs of the show license summary command on a Catalyst 3850 switch displays the following:

  • What was displayed as EVAL MODE (evaluation license) prior to Cisco IOS XE Gibraltar 16.12.6, is displayed as IN-USE starting from Cisco IOS XE Gibraltar 16.12.6.

  • The accompanying notification relating to the remaining evaluation period is no longer displayed.

  • The registration status remains unchanged.

Example 2: EVAL EXPIRED → IN-USE

Sample outputs of the show license summary command on a Catalyst 3850 switch displays the following:

  • What was displayed as EVAL EXPIRED (expired evaluation license) prior to Cisco IOS XE Gibraltar 16.12.6, is displayed as IN-USE starting from Cisco IOS XE Gibraltar 16.12.6.

  • The registration status remains unchanged.

This change is also displayed in all other show commands where license status information is included in the output. See the System Management Commands section of the Command Reference:

Command Reference, Cisco IOS XE Gibraltar 16.12.x (Catalyst 3650 Switches)

Command Reference, Cisco IOS XE Gibraltar 16.12.x (Catalyst 3850 Switches)

Conditions

This change is effective only under the following conditions:

  • The device was using an evaluation license or an expired evaluation license prior to Cisco IOS XE Gibraltar 16.12.6.

  • The device is not connected to CSSM.

  • The device is now running Cisco IOS XE Gibraltar 16.12.6 or a later release.


Note

If a device is not connected to CSSM, but is registered with an SLR authorization code, there will be no change in the license status field for an evaluation or expired evaluation license.

Applicable Devices

Only Cisco Catalyst 3650 Series Switches and Cisco Catalyst 3850 Series Switches.