Explains how to plan, register, reserve, update, and monitor Crosswork Network Controller licenses.
This section contains the following topics:
Smart Licensing in Crosswork Network Controller
Explains how Crosswork Network Controller uses Cisco Smart Licensing, reports license usage, and handles evaluation, registration, reservation, and compliance states.
Plan Crosswork licenses
Identify the Crosswork licenses that must be available in the Smart Account or Virtual Account before online registration or offline reservation.
View license usage and device license types
Use the Smart Licenses page and device details to review Crosswork license usage and the license type for an onboarded device.
Prepare license entitlements for an upgrade
Check license entitlements before an upgrade so that Crosswork can report the target-release licenses without out-of-compliance status.
Configure Smart Licensing transport settings
Configure the transport mode that Crosswork uses for online licensing communication with Cisco Smart Software Manager, Cisco Smart Software Manager On-Prem, or a proxy.
Register Crosswork online
Register Crosswork Network Controller with Cisco Smart Software Manager by using a product instance registration token.
Manage online license registration and authorization
Use online licensing actions to renew authorization, renew registration, re-register, or de-register Crosswork Network Controller.
Reserve Crosswork licenses offline
Use Specific License Reservation to reserve Crosswork licenses when the deployment cannot communicate with Cisco Smart Software Manager regularly.
Update an offline license reservation
Update the offline reservation when Crosswork needs to consume more licenses or when a required license was omitted from the original reservation.
Disable an offline license reservation
Return reserved licenses to the license pool when you move licenses, replace a cluster, or switch from offline reservation to online licensing.
License authorization status
Provides the registration and license authorization statuses that Crosswork displays and the action taken for out-of-compliance and evaluation-expired states.