Cisco Buying Program Awareness Overview & Quick Reference Guide

1. The Customer has an active Buying Program Agreement OR purchases an Agreement and Hardware together.
2. There is a valid customer Smart Account.
3. The Hardware SKU is BPA eligible.

Please engage the CX Software Lifecycle Customer Success Manager to help answer these questions.

1. When and how is the customer going to use this hardware?
2. Does the customer have available licenses in their enterprise agreement?
3. When is the enterprise agreement's anniversary date?
4. Is this hardware supporting the same business that owns the enterprise agreement?

The step-by-step Quoting and Ordering process begins on page 17 of the Buying Program (BPA) Overview for EA, MSEA, and SPNA document.

Users have 2-options to purchase HW without embedded software and provision license(s) directly from EAWS:

*To select an Opt-Out PID, look for a PID that includes "OPTOUT" or "CNDL-DESELECT."

See the Buying Program Aware mapping guide for a complete list of eligible SKUs. 

To select an Opt-Out PID, look for a PID that includes "OPTOUT" or "CNDL-DESELECT."

*DNA Switches ship with mandatory embedded license

1. Customer has existing licenses available they would like to use
2. Customer will use licenses from the EA, which will be generated at the time they are needed
3. Customer has a business entity outside of the one allocated to the EA
4. Expressed desire to manage the licenses ALC (outside of the EA scope)
5. When ordering mandatory licenses separately (Disti use case)
6. Customer using alternate systems mgt. tool: UCSM, UCS Central, IMC Supervisor
7. The devices are being used as spares and without immediate need for licensing
8. Licenses are not included with the hardware purchase

To select an "opt-out" PID, choose the relevant PID that includes "OPTOUT" or "CNDL-DESELECT."

By selecting an "opt out" PID, the PID will not be co-termed and consumption will not be tracked as part of the EA.

• The distributor places a HW only order for inventory purposes
• The HW device(s) is purchased as a spare (i.e backup router) without the immediate need for licensing

• HW only refresh where customer previously purchased license (EA or ALC)
• To complete a HW refresh, leverage the license  migration capability in EAWS

• HW and SW sold on different transactions (i.e. different partners for HW/SW)
• Expressed desire to manage license via EAWS provisioning to align with device deployment

• Day 1 refers to a scenario where the EA is purchased at the same time as the HW
• HW may ship before or after the EA start date
• Because the EA virtual account is not yet active, user should create a temporary virtual account. Do not use the default virtual account.
• 1-Tier Partners can use the same Deal ID to purchase the EA + HW
• Distributor / 2-Tier Partners must use separate Deal IDs for EA and HW order(s)
• BPA does not apply for Distributor / 2-Tier Partners. Users must obtain an LOA and have a manual discount applied.

• Day 2 refers to a scenario where HW is purchased after the EA is active
• Users should validate the virtual account if the purchase is for net new HW or expansion HW
• User should reference the BPA opt-out scenarios (see section above) if purchase is for HW refresh
• Tier 1 Partners, Tier 2 Partners, and Distributors can follow the standard process for ordering Day 2 HW