How to Register a Device with a Smart Account (Cloud Connect)

Introduction

This article describes the process of registering a device with a Smart account via Cloud Connect.

Prerequisites

Requirements

Before you start, ensure that you have the following:

• Active Cisco.com account
• Smart account user, or Smart account administrator, or Virtual account user, or Virtual account administrator role (To request access to a Smart account or Virtual account, refer to How to Request Access to an Existing Smart Account.)
• Access to the device

Components Used

The information in this document was created from Catalyst 9300 with IOS version 16.12.05b in a specific lab environment. If your network is live, ensure that you understand the potential impact of any command.

Registering a Device with a Smart Account (Cloud Connect)

Step 1: 

Go to Cisco Software Central and log in with your Cisco.com account.

Step 2:

In theSmart Software Managersection, clickManage licenses.

Step 3:

On theInventorytab, select your Virtual account, and then on the General tabclick the New Token button.

Step result: The system displays the Create Registration Token dialog box.

Step 4:

In the Create Registration Token dialog box, in the Expire After field, enter the amount of days after which the registration token expires. Click Create Token.

Step result: The system displays a notification message which confirms that you successfully created a token for your Virtual account.

Step 5:

On the General tab, in the Product Instance Registration Token table, locate the token that you want to manage. Left-click the North East arrow icon next to the token. The system displays the Token dialog box. Press Ctrl + C to copy the selected text to clipboard, and then close the dialog box.

Step 6:

Log in to the internetwork operating system (IOS) of the device with the login and password by using one of the clients or console.

Step result: You enter the user EXEC mode of the IOS.

Step 7:

In the user EXEC mode, enter theenablecommand, and then type the password to access the privileged EXEC mode.

Step result: You enter the privileged EXEC mode.

Step 8:

In the privileged EXEC mode, enter theshow license summarycommand.

Step result: The system displays the registration status as unregistered.

Step 9:

Still in the privileged EXEC mode, enter the license smart register idtoken {token that you copied to clipboard in Step 5} command.

Step result: The system initiates the registration process.

Step 10:

In the privileged EXEC mode, enter the show license summarycommand.

Step result: The system now displays the registration status as registered.

Verify

Use this section to confirm that you successfully registered your device with a Smart account.

Verification Step: On theInventorytab, select your Virtual account, clickProduct Instances, search by device or product type, and then pressEnter.

Step result: The system displays the product instance of the device you registered.

Troubleshooting

If you experience an issue during the process of registering your device with a Smart account, open a case inSupport Case Manager (SCM).

Related Information

How to Remove a Product Instance (Cloud Connect)