Cisco Catalyst Center Administrator Guide, Release 3.2.x

Visualize license use and expiration

Updated: May 5, 2026

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Overview

Information about viewing the license use and expiration data.

Catalyst Center can display graphical representations of your purchased licenses, how many of them are in use (that is, assigned to devices), and their duration.

Procedure

	1.	From the main menu, choose Tools > License Manager.
	2.	In the Overview tab, Catalyst Center displays the name of the active Smart Account. From the Virtual Account drop-down list, choose a virtual account to display the license details.
	3.	Click a device category button to view the corresponding license usage details: Switches, Routers, WLC, or ISE. The license usage pie charts display the aggregate number of purchased licenses and the number of licenses currently in use for the selected device category. The charts also indicate the proportion of Essentials and Advantage licenses within each total. The number of purchased licenses is obtained from the Cisco Smart Software Manager (CSSM). The number of used licenses is sourced from the devices managed by Catalyst Center. The license usage table shows the subtotals for used and available licenses, listed alphabetically by product family name.
	4.	To see details for a particular product family, click the name of the product family under the Device Series column. Catalyst Center displays details about the product family that you selected.
	5.	To see a graphical representation of license duration, scroll down to the Cisco License Timeline section. The timeline graph for each product family visually shows the expiration dates for the licenses in the configured Smart Account. Note This section isn’t available for the ISE device category.

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