Registration of a Firepower Management Center to a Smart License Satellite Server

Introduction

This document describes step by step instructions to register a Firepower Management Center (FMC) to a Smart License Satellite.

Contributed by Foster Lipkey, Nazmul Rajib, John Long, Cisco TAC Engineers.

Prerequisites

Requirements

Cisco recommends that you have knowledge of these topics:

• Cisco Firepower Management Center
• Smart licensing

Components used

The information in this document is based on this hardware /software versions:

• Cisco Firepower Management Center 6.2.2.2
• Smart License account

Background Information

The cloud-based Cisco Smart Software Manager allows you to view the installed base via the Internet. Although the Internet connection is secured, encrypted, and protected by password, some organizations may not want to manage their installed base with a direct Internet connection. To address this security concern, Cisco Smart Licensing model offers the Smart Software Manager satellite software. You can deploy the software, in a virtual machine, in your premise.

Cisco Firepower Management Center registers and reports license consumption to the Smart Software Manager satellite as if it were connected to the Cisco Smart Software Manager directly.

Procedure

Once you have your smart account, follow these steps to register it on the FMC.

 Step 1. Log in to the Smart Satellite Server to get the Smart Call Home Destination URL.

Step 2. On the FMC, navigate to System > Integration > Smart Software Sattelite. Select the Connect to Cisco Smart Sattelite Server and enter the URL gathered in Step 1.

 Step 3. Add the SSL Certificate, select the plus icon.

Step 4. Enter a name of the SSL Certificate

Step 5. Navigate to http://www.cisco.com/security/pki/certs/clrca.cer and copy the entire body of the certificate from -----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----  to -----END CERTIFICATE-----, and paste the certificate into the body of the form. Select Save.

Step 6. Select Apply to save the changes.

Registration

Step1. Navigate to System > Licenses > Smart Licenses and select Register.

 Step 2. Select New Token to create on from Smart Satellite Server.

Step 3. Enter description, expiration time and select Create Token.

Step 4. Copy the token to clipboard.

Step 5. Paste the token into the form on the FMC.

Step 6. Select Apply ChangesB.

 Verify

The license status can be confirmed when you navigate to System > Licenses > Smart Licenses as shown in the image.

Related Information

• Smart Software Licensing Overview
• Cisco Firepower System Feature Licenses