Provides instructions for configuring and managing Smart Licensing on the Cisco NCS 1004. It explains how to register devices, monitor license consumption, and utilize different transport modes to ensure compliance across various line card configurations and network deployments.
Smart Licensing
Describes Smart Licensing, a cloud-based Cisco licensing approach that simplifies how you purchase, deploy, track, and renew Cisco software, and provides visibility into license ownership and consumption through a single interface.
Generic smart licensing
Describes the generic smart license that you can use across the 2-QDD-C card, 1.2T card, and OTN-XP card with any client data rate, with or without encryption, and lists the supported software entitlements.
Create a token
Describes how to create a new product instance registration token by using Cisco Smart Software Manager so that you can register Cisco NCS 1004 with smart licensing.
Configure smart licensing
Configure smart licensing on Cisco NCS 1004 by setting up the DNS server, CiscoTAC-1 Smart Call Home profile, an optional crypto trustpoint, and registering the device with a token.
Supported transport modes for Smart Licensing
Lists the supported transport modes for Smart Licensing, describing each mode's main characteristics and selection options.
Smart licensing for OTN-XP line card
Describes how smart licensing is calculated and charged for the Cisco NCS 1004 OTN-XP line card, including the licensed product ID and the per-100G client bandwidth licensing model.
Smart license model for QXP line card
Explains the smart licensing model for the Cisco NCS 1004 QXP line card, including license calculation, product ID, and sample configuration and verification outputs.