I've been trying to understand what is actually required in terms of licensing for a 'plain Layer 2 switch'. No special features, just access switching. A number of 9200's were added to the environment, and are currently in eval mode.
As far as I can tell, there exists Network Essentials, Network Advantage, and DNA licenses. With the move to smart licensing, I figure the switch would require at a minimum the Network Essentials license. The following blog post doesn't really clarify, it just states that a device will return to eval mode if it doesn't call home at the required interval: https://blogs.cisco.com/enterprise/cisco-smart-software-licensing
Can anyone confirm based on the output below if these will continue to run without issue? (Meaning both operationally and being within licensing agreements.)
#show license all
Smart Licensing Status
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Smart Licensing is ENABLED
Registration:
Status: UNREGISTERED
Export-Controlled Functionality: Not Allowed
License Authorization:
Status: EVAL MODE
Evaluation Period Remaining: 46 days, 7 hours, 17 minutes, 24 seconds
License Usage
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(C9200L-DNA-E-48):
Description:
Count: 4
Version: 1.0
Status: EVAL MODE
Export status: NOT RESTRICTED
(C9200L-NW-E-48):
Description:
Count: 4
Version: 1.0
Status: EVAL MODE
Export status: NOT RESTRICTED
Reservation Info
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License reservation: DISABLED