The outcome of the downgrade depends on whether a Trust Code was installed while you were still operating
in the Smart Licensing Using Policy environment, and further action may be required depending on the release
you downgrade to. See Table 11: Outcome and Action for Upgrade to Smart Licensing Using Policy and then
Downgrade to Smart Licensing, on page 109.
Table 11: Outcome and Action for Upgrade to Smart Licensing Using Policy and then Downgrade to Smart Licensing
Outcome and Further ActionDowngrade to..In the Smart Licensing Using Policy
Environment
No further action is required.
The system recognizes the trust
code and converts it back to a
registered ID token, and this reverts
the license to an AUTHORIZED
and REGISTERED state.
Cisco IOS XE Amsterdam 17.3.1
OR
Cisco IOS XE Gibraltar 16.12.4
and later releases in Cisco IOS XE
Gibraltar 16.12.x
OR
Cisco IOS XE Fuji 16.9.6 and later
releases in Cisco IOS XE Fuji
16.9.x
Standalone product instance,
connected directly to CSSM, and
trust established.
Action is required: You must
reregister the product instance.
Generate an ID token in the CSSM
Web UI and on the product
instance, configure the license
smart register idtokenidtoken
command in global configuration
mode.
Any other release (other than the
ones mentioned in the row above)
that supports Smart Licensing
Action is required: You must
reregister the product instance.
Generate an ID token in the CSSM
Web UI and on the product
instance, configure the license
smart register idtoken idtoken all
command in global configuration
mode.
Any release that supports Smart
Licensing
High Availability set-up, connected
directly to CSSM, and trust
established.
Action is required.
Restore licenses to a registered and
authorized state by following the
procedures that are applicable in
the Smart Licensing environment.
Any release that supports Smart
Licensing.
Any other topology (Connected to
CSSM Through CSLU, CSLU
Disconnected from CSSM, No
Connectivity to CSSM and No
CSLU)
Licenses that were in an evaluation or expired state in the Smart Licensing environment, revert to that same
state after downgrade.
Note
System Management Configuration Guide, Cisco IOS XE Bengaluru 17.4.x (Catalyst 9400 Switches)
109
Smart Licensing Using Policy
Downgrades