Cisco Crosswork Network Controller 7.2.x Administration Guide

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Cisco Crosswork Network Controller 7.2.x Administration Guide

Reserve Crosswork licenses offline

Updated: August 14, 2026

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Use Specific License Reservation to reserve Crosswork licenses when the deployment cannot communicate with Cisco Smart Software Manager regularly.

Use this task for disconnected or highly secure environments. Offline reservation uses a Reservation Request Code from Crosswork and an Authorization Code from Cisco Smart Software Manager (CSSM).

Before you begin

  • Create or identify the Smart Account and Virtual Account that contain the required Crosswork licenses.

  • Plan the Right-to-Use (RTU) and Right-to-Manage (RTM) licenses that the deployment needs.

Procedure

1.

Choose Administration > Smart Licenses.
2.

In the Smart Software Licensing information box, click Register.
3.

In the Smart Software Licensing Product Registration dialog box, select Register via Reserved License.
4.

Under Reservation code, click Generate, and then copy the Reservation Request Code.
5.

In CSSM, generate the Authorization Code.

  1. Log in to CSSM and select the appropriate Virtual Account.

  2. Choose Licenses > License Reservation.

  3. Paste the Reservation Request Code and click Next.

  4. On the Select Licenses page, select the RTU licenses and RTM licenses that the deployment uses or plans to use.

  5. On the Review and Confirm page, click Generate Authorization Code, and then copy the code.

Note

If the current Crosswork Smart Licenses page shows one RTU license and eight RTM licenses in use, select at least those licenses. If you plan to manage more devices than are currently onboarded, select the planned RTM count.
6.

Return to the Smart Software Licensing Product Registration dialog box in Crosswork.
7.

Select Paste authorization code, paste the Authorization Code, and click Register.

When reservation completes, the registration status changes to Registered and the license authorization status changes to Authorized.