On Friday 16 November 2007 18:51, Ernest - (AfriNIC) wrote: > Not necesarily - you can buy on gadget along with a > smartnet contract, and skip it for the others.
Yes, you can; but when it comes to updating IOS for those routers, you are only *legally* allowed to update the code for the unit under SMARTnet. *Legally*, you may NOT update the code for the non-SMARTnet'ed units. Technically, well... Similarly, if you call Cisco TAC for support for one of the units, they will only provide support for the unit that is under SMARTnet contract. They are neither legally nor technically obligated to support units without SMARTnet contracts. > This is because (as you mentioned somewhere below), there > is no enforcement as to what software you can download > with a single smartnet contract, What I meant is there is no technical enforcement. However, it does not mean that you are legally allowed to run code for which you have not been licensed. All this applies to being legal. If an organization would like to operate within the legal requirements of Cisco, they cannot run code in production if it is not licensed. Cheers, Mark.
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