We bought ours right around the time they were switching from the  
Perfigo licenses to the FlexLM licenses, so we started with one or  
two old licenses, then added FlexLM licenses on top, and it worked  
for us.  With the reinstall we just did, we moved completely to  
FlexLM licenses and didn't have any major issues.  If anything, our  
problems stemmed from Cisco licensing trying to be too helpful, I had  
two separate people emailing me licenses, so I ended up with some  
overlapping ones, and because we switched our CAMs around early on,  
we had some outdated ones that I neglected to delete with the wrong  
MAC address in them :(  Make sure you rename the licenses or use a  
doc to keep track of which license is for which feature (CAM, CAS,  
etc.) as it's a lot easier than opening up all the license files  
individually.

Also, I don't see any mention in our license files of user caps, just  
things like "1 Server, OOB, Failover" (paraphrased).

Michael Grinnell
Network Security Administrator
The American University


On Feb 15, 2006, at 4:04 PM, King, Michael wrote:

> BTW,
>
> We just converted our Perfigo License to FlexLM, cause we just changed
> the hardware on the CAM.  Also, we purchased two new servers (Our
> network expanded) and they are only sold with FlexLM.
>
> Took less than 3 hours to get the updated license.  Really was quite
> painless.  (I was expecting more trouble)
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Perfigo SecureSmart and CleanMachines Discussion List
>> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Ryan Dorman
>> Sent: Wednesday, February 15, 2006 2:38 PM
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Licensing
>>
>> Hi everyone...
>>
>>
>> Has anyone gone down the road yet of talking to Cisco about
>> conversions of old-style Perfigo License keys to new FlexLM
>> licensees.  I wasn't worried about this particular issue
>> until I read this
>>
>> http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps6128/prod_bulletin0900ae
>> cd803be8a7.htm
>> l
>>
>> Which indicates first that there will be hard caps in for the
>> max number of users in the new licensing (whereas before it
>> was.. If it works.. Keep
>> adding) and also that OOB support is now "free."
>>
>> Any thoughts/experiences?
>> --
>> Ryan Dorman, CCNP
>> Network Engineering Specialist
>> Millersville University
>> 717.871.5883
>>