Cisco part numbers with =

[Dieselboy]

I need to order a SEC license for a router. I have a part number of: SL-1100-4P-SEC= and there is also the same part number but without the '='  SL-1100-4P-SEC.

I searched around the web to find what are the differences between the = and without the = and what I found was a cisco support forum post from someone who said the one with = is for spare parts and can be ordered separately.

Tried to make an order and the supplier said the opposite.

Does anyone know where the official info is located for this? The supplier is unable to provide it and I can't locate it either.

[wintermute000]

Just run with whatever the distie says - is there a price difference?

[SimonV]

I searched around the web to find what are the differences between the = and without the = and what I found was a cisco support forum post from someone who said the one with = is for spare parts and can be ordered separately.

That's correct: https://community.cisco.com/t5/application-networking/what-is-quot-quot-in-cisco-part-number/td-p/700991

The actual items will be exactly the same though.

[DesertFox]

I searched around the web to find what are the differences between the = and without the = and what I found was a cisco support forum post from someone who said the one with = is for spare parts and can be ordered separately.

This is correct, but I don't have official info. Probably is written somewhere in CCW (or could be viewed in the item notes there), hopefully.

[Dieselboy]

Thanks all!

[Otanx]

Yep, the = is a part ordered as a spare, or not associated with a higher level part. It is the same as the part without the = sign. This is very common to see on orders for licenses, and optics. The GLC-LH-MMD and GLC-LH-MMD= are the same part. In the case of optics the = sign will not show on the part, I don't think it shows on any of the other stuff either, but can't confirm it right now.

There is also a "++" ending which is used for TAA compliant items. Some TAA parts don't have the ++, but all items with a ++ will be TAA. I think the difference is if the part is always TAA it will not have a ++, but if it can be ordered both TAA and non-TAA there will be a ++. You can also find ++= which is a TAA compliant spare part.

I spend way too much time ordering Cisco gear.

-Otanx

[deanwebb]

Yep, the = is a part ordered as a spare, or not associated with a higher level part. It is the same as the part without the = sign. This is very common to see on orders for licenses, and optics. The GLC-LH-MMD and GLC-LH-MMD= are the same part. In the case of optics the = sign will not show on the part, I don't think it shows on any of the other stuff either, but can't confirm it right now.

There is also a "++" ending which is used for TAA compliant items. Some TAA parts don't have the ++, but all items with a ++ will be TAA. I think the difference is if the part is always TAA it will not have a ++, but if it can be ordered both TAA and non-TAA there will be a ++. You can also find ++= which is a TAA compliant spare part.

I spend way too much time ordering Cisco gear.

-Otanx

For the TIL material, you get a helpful point!

[Dieselboy]

How to give points?

Thanks Otanx. very helpful.

The next issue I had was installing the license. I had to enter "show license udi" to get the UDI and then copy that value into the cisco site to get the license file. After getting the license file, I couldnt install it because of IOS-XE error "xml parsing failed"...
Google search showed that the UDI I entered was incorrect.... I emailed licensing@cisco and they reverted and said the udi was incorrect and they sent me a new license file which worked first time.

This is the output of that command:

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Router#  show license udi
SlotID   PID                    SN                      UDI
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
*        C1111-4P              FGL22xxxxR9     C1111-4P:FGL22xxxxR9

So I copied "C1111-4P:FGL22xxxxR9" and pasted that in the cisco license page because that is the value in the UDI column.

What did I do wrong? 🙈

[Otanx]

That should be right. The only thing I can think of is if you had a leading or trailing character in the copy and paste. The licensing registration stuff is not the most reliable. I don't know for sure, but I think the site just creates a hash of what was entered, and does not check for any validity. So "C1111-4P:FGL22xxxxR9" and "C1111-4P:FGL22xxxxR9 " are different. Luckily the licensing support guys are pretty good at getting stuff fixed.

-Otanx

[Dieselboy]

The licensing support guys are A*. I was expecting a response within a few hours or maybe overnight and I'd pick it up in the morning. So I sent the email explaining the situation and left site and they had replied before I arrived home.

Yes I'm also wondering if I had a leading or trailing character but I was sure to highlight just the text in putty but maybe there was something I missed. Ah well Thanks for confirming this to me.