Overview of Smart Licensing
Cisco Smart Licensing is a flexible licensing model that provides you with an easier, faster, and more consistent way to purchase and manage software across the Cisco portfolio and across your organization. And it’s secure – you control what users can access. With Smart Licensing you get:
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Easy Activation: Smart Licensing establishes a pool of software licenses that can be used across the entire organization—no more PAKs (Product Activation Keys).
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Unified Management: My Cisco Entitlements (MCE) provides a complete view into all of your Cisco products and services in an easy-to-use portal, so you always know what you have and what you are using.
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License Flexibility: Your software is not node-locked to your hardware, so you can easily use and transfer licenses as needed.
To use Smart Licensing, you must first set up a Smart Account on Cisco Software Central (http://software.cisco.com/).
For a more detailed overview on Cisco Licensing, go to https://cisco.com/go/licensingguide.
You, your chosen partners, and Cisco personnel can view your hardware, software entitlements, and eventually services by using the Cisco Smart Software Manager interface. The following lists certain key operations that you can perform using the CSSM portal:
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Create, manage or view virtual accounts.
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Create and manage Product Instance Registration Tokens.
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Transfer licenses between virtual accounts or view licenses.
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Transfer, remove or view product instances.
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Run reports against your virtual accounts.
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Modify your email notification settings.
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View overall account information.