Sunday, November 25, 2018

Cisco 3850 WS-C3850-48P-E Switch with Wrong License Level Lanbase

I received a couple of refurbished 3850 PoE Enterprise switches. One switch was perfectly fine, with IP services enabled permanently.

The other:


Slot#  License name   Type     Count   Period left
----------------------------------------------------------
1      lanbase      permanent     N/A   Lifetime

License Level on Reboot: lanbase



I issued a request for an RMA - however, the switch was labeled correctly on the case: WS-C3850-48P-E.

On a whim, I ran this command:


license right-to-use activate ipservices



I rebooted as instructed from the switch, and now I have:

Switch#show license right-to-use
 Slot#  License name   Type     Count   Period left
----------------------------------------------------------
 1      ipservices   permanent     N/A   Lifetime
 1      lanbase      permanent     N/A   Lifetime

License Level on Reboot: ipservices


So, yay - no need for an RMA.


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