Cisco Catalyst 9500

Canceling a Device's Registration in CSSM
When your device is taken off the inventory, shipped elsewhere for redeployment, or returned to Cisco for
replacement using the return merchandise authorization (RMA) process, you can use the deregister command
to cancel the registration of your device.
To cancel device registration, follow this procedure:
Before you begin
Layer 3 connection to CSSM must be available to successfully deregister the device.
Procedure
PurposeCommand or Action
Enables privileged EXEC mode.enable
Step 1
Example:
Enter your password, if prompted.
Device> enable
Cancels the device's registration, and sends the
device into evaluation mode. All smart licensing
license smart deregister
Example:
Step 2
entitlements and certificates on the
Device# license smart deregister
corresponding platform are removed. The
device product instance stored on CSSM is also
removed.
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Configuring Smart Licensing
Canceling a Device's Registration in CSSM