If you need to use a certain feature on a Cisco router, you need to enable to the licence, fair enough.
However, i have witnessed licences expire, and nothing happens???
Before ….
Index 2 Feature: securityk9
Period left: 1 day 18 hours
Period Used: 8 weeks 2 days
License Type: EvalRightToUse
License State: Active, In Use
License Count: Non-Counted
License Priority: Low
After …
Index 2 Feature: securityk9
Period left: Life time
License Type: RightToUse
License State: Active, In Use
License Count: Non-Counted
License Priority: Low
So now i have a 'RightToUse' licence, i am led to believe that this honor based, i.e. use it until you pay for it ????
I was informed that after a reboot 'securityk9' will not work, but that turned out not to be true, its just the same after the reboot.
But that does not make sense, i thought Cisco were clamping down on this, to add to their billlions….
Best Answer
Unless something has changed very recently with Cisco's licensing model, the expiration of the eval license does not cause the featureset to stop working on the appliance. But the EULA you had to accept before enabling the RTU license says something to the effect that you won't try to use it past the 90-day mark.