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C9400-LIC= is an electronic software licence for the Cisco Catalyst 9400 series. It is a licence delivery part number rather than a specific feature tier, so the entitlement it carries depends on what it was ordered against — which is the first thing we would check before quoting it.

What we would need from you. Because this is a delivery part number rather than a named tier, the useful question is what you are trying to achieve on the 9400 — a DNA Essentials or Advantage subscription, a supervisor upgrade entitlement, or a licence being re-hosted onto replacement hardware. Each of those has its own current part number, and we would rather put the right one on a quote than ship an ambiguous one.

How it is delivered. These are Smart Licences, not a PAK or a paper certificate. The entitlement lands in a Cisco Smart Account and is managed through Cisco Smart Software Manager, so you need a Smart Account before the licence is of any use — if you do not have one we will tell you rather than let it become a surprise. One genuinely useful property: Smart Licences can be moved between devices of the same type, so replacing the hardware does not mean rebuying the entitlement.

The trailing equals sign marks this as a spare: a standalone orderable item rather than one configured with a switch at the point of sale. That is what you want when you are adding a subscription to kit you already own.

Note also that the Catalyst 9400 Supervisor-1 and 1XL went end-of-sale on 30 April 2025. The chassis and Supervisor-2 remain current.

Green Code Technologies supplies Cisco switching, wireless and the licensing that goes with it. Tell us the platform this is going on, and we will confirm this is the right part number before you order.