Cisco CCNA Routing and Switching ICND2 200-101 Official Cert Guide

Right-to-Use Licenses

Although a software licensing model may work well in some cases for legitimate Cisco customers, it might not work well in other cases. For instance, when a legitimate Cisco customer wants to test a router feature before they decide to purchase licenses for all their routers, Cisco does not want the mechanics of licensing to get in the way of making that sale. So, Cisco makes the licensing flexible enough to allow use of the licensing without purchasing a PAK.

Cisco has made a few changes over these last few years about how they allow customers to use features without paying for a license. Today, the customer can simply enable most features, without paying for a PAK, for a 60-day evaluation period. After that? The feature ...