The Firewall Management Center Virtual license is a platform license, rather than a feature license. The version of virtual license you purchase determines the number of devices you can manage via the Firewall Management Center. For example, you can purchase licenses that enable you to manage two devices, 10 devices, 25 devices, or 300 devices.

You can license a variety of features to create an optimal System deployment for your organization. The Firewall Management Center allows you to manage these feature licenses and assign them to your devices.

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The Firewall Management Center manages feature licenses for your devices, but you do not need a feature license to use the Firewall Management Center.

Firewall Management Center feature licenses depend on your device type:

• Smart Licenses are available for the Firewall Threat Defense and Firewall Threat Defense Virtual devices.

• Classic Licenses are available for 7000 and 8000 Series, ASA FirePOWER, and NGIPSv devices.

Devices that use Classic Licenses are sometimes referred to as Classic devices. A single Firewall Management Center can manage both Classic and Smart Licenses.

In addition to "right-to-use" feature licenses, many features require a service subscription. Right-to-use licenses do not expire, but service subscriptions require periodic renewal.

For detailed information about licenses platform, see Licenses in the Secure Firewall Management Center Administration Guide.

For answers to common questions about Smart Licensing, Classic licensing, right-to-use licenses, and service subscriptions, see Secure Firewall Management Center Feature Licenses.