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Cisco Virtual Application Cloud Segmentation Services Installation and Upgrade Guide, Release 5.4STV3.0

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Cisco Virtual Application Cloud Segmentation Services Installation and Upgrade Guide, Release 5.4STV3.0

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Installing Licenses

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Updated:
June 16, 2016

Chapter: Installing Licenses

Installing Licenses

This chapter contains the following sections:

About Cisco VACS Licenses

To use Cisco VACS, you must obtain the Cisco VACS and the Cisco UCS Director licenses from your Cisco representative or download it from https:/​/​software.cisco.com . You must upload the Cisco VACS license file in Cisco UCS Director. After the license is installed, registered, and validated by Cisco UCS Director, you must apply the Cisco VACS patch to view the Cisco VACS menu in the UCS-Director UI.

  1. Before you install Cisco UCS Director, generate the license key and claim a certificate (Product Access Key).

  2. Register the Product Access Key (PAK) on the Cisco software license site, as described in Fulfilling the Product Access Key.

  3. After you install Cisco UCS Director, update the license in Cisco UCS Director as described in Updating the Cisco VACS License.

  4. After the license has been validated, you can upload the Cisco UCS Director-Cisco VACS license.


Tip

If you want to evaluate Cisco UCS Director, you must first obtain an evaluation license by contacting your Cisco representative.

Guidelines and Limitations for Cisco VACS License

Follow these guidelines and limitations while Installing a Cisco VACS License:

All Cisco UCS Director licenses should be of either the EVAL or the Production type.

You can use the following combinations to enable the Cisco VACS functionality:

  • EVAL Base + EVAL UCS Director Server + EVAL Cisco VACS

  • Production Base+Production Cisco UCS Director Server + Production Cisco VACS

The following combinations are not supported:

  • EVAL Base + EVAL UCSD Server + Production Cisco VACS

  • Production Base + Production UCSD server + EVAL Cisco VACS

While there is no limit to the number of Cisco VACS Production licenses that you can install, you can install only one Cisco VACS EVAL license file.

To upgrade Cisco VACS from EVAL to Production, you must first install the Cisco UCS Director Production licenses (Production Base+Production Server), and then install the Cisco VACS Production licenses.

Cisco VACS does not automatically upgrade your existing Cisco Nexus 1000V licenses to permanent licenses after moving from Cisco VACS EVAL licenses to Cisco VACS Production licenses. You must install a new Cisco Nexus 1000V to ensure that it is installed with permanent licenses.

Attention:

  1. From Cisco VACS Release 5.4STV2.1, the Cisco CSR license token UI is not present and the Cisco UCS Director itself behaves as the Licensing server.

  2. The Cisco ASAv license is not a part of the Cisco VACS license. You must purchase the Cisco ASAv license separately.

  3. To license Cisco ASAv, the Cisco ASAv license token must be entered via the Add ASAv license tab in the Cisco VACS UI.

Cisco VACS does not upgrade CSR 1000V licenses to Maximum throughput (10 Gig ). After installing Cisco VACS production licenses, only new CSR 1000Vs deployed as part of new container deployment, are licensed to have a throughput of 10 Gig.

Cisco PNSC does not need any licenses to work with Cisco VACS.

When you upgrade from Cisco VACS EVAL licenses to the Cisco VACS licenses, note the following points:

  1. After installing the Cisco UCS Director Production licenses, only the Cisco VACS Production licenses are accepted.

  2. After installing Cisco VACS Production Licenses, existing Cisco Nexus 1000V (installed with EVAL Cisco VACS Licenses) will not get perpetual/permanent Cisco Nexus 1000V licenses. In this case, you have to deploy a new Cisco Nexus1000V (after installing the Cisco VACS Production licenses ), so that new Cisco Nexus 1000V will have perpetual licenses.

  3. Cisco CSR 1000V deployed during the Cisco VACS EVAL licenses will come up with default licenses and a maximum throughput of 100 Kbps.

  4. Cisco ASAv deployed during the Cisco VACS EVAL licenses (or with no ASAv licenses) will come up with default licenses and a maximum throughput of 100 Kbps.

Fulfilling the Product Access Key

Before You Begin

You need the PAK number.

    Step 1   Navigate to the Cisco Software License website.
    Step 2   If you are directed to the Product License Registration page, you can take the training or click Continue to Product License Registration.
    Step 3   On the Product License Registration page, click Get New Licenses from a PAK or Token.
    Step 4   In the Enter a Single PAK or TOKEN to Fulfill field, enter the PAK number.
    Step 5   Click Fulfill Single PAK/TOKEN.
    Step 6   Complete the additional fields in License Information to register your PAK:
    Name Description

    Organization Name

    The organization name.

    Site Contact Name

    The site contact name.

    Street Address

    The street address of the organization.

    City or Town

    The city or town.

    State or Province

    The state or province.

    Zip or Postal Code

    The zip code or postal code.

    Country

    The country name.

    Step 7   Click Issue Key.

    The features for your license appear, and you receive an email with the Digital License Agreement and a zipped license file.

    Updating the Cisco UCS Director License


    Tip

    If you want to evaluate Cisco UCS Director, you must first obtain an evaluation license by contacting your Cisco representative.

    Before You Begin

    If you received a zipped license file by email, extract and save the .lic file to your local machine.

      Step 1   Choose Administration > License.
      Step 2   Click the License Keys tab.
      Step 3   Click Update License.
      Step 4   In the Update License dialog box, do one of the following:
      • To upload a .lic file, click Browse, navigate to and choose the .lic file, and then click Submit.
      • For a license key, check the Enter License Text check box and then copy and paste the license key only into the License Text field. The license key is typically at the top of the file, after Key ->.

      You can also copy and paste the full text of a license file into the License Text field.

      Step 5   Click Submit.

      The license file is processed, and a message appears confirming the successful update.

      Note   

      A minimum of one UCS Director Base and Server license should be present before you install the Cisco VACS license. For information on how to obtain and install the Base and Server licenses, see the Cisco UCS Director Installation and Upgrade on VMware vSphere.

      Updating the Cisco VACS License


      Tip

      If you want to evaluate Cisco VACS, you must first obtain an evaluation license from the Cisco Sales Acceleration Center at sac-support@cisco.com.

      Before You Begin

      • Make sure that the Cisco UCS Director Base and Server licenses are installed before installing the Cisco VACS license.

      • If you received a zipped license file by email, extract and save the .lic file to your local machine.

        Step 1   Choose Administration > License.
        Step 2   Click the License Keys tab.
        Step 3   Click Update License.
        Step 4   In the Update License dialog box, do one of the following:
        • To upload a .lic file, click Browse, navigate to and select the .lic file, and then click Submit.
        • For a license key, check the Enter License Text check box and then copy and paste the license key only into the License Text field. The license key is typically at the top of the file, after Key ->.

        You can also copy and paste the full text of a license file into the License Text field.

        Step 5   Click Submit.

        The license file is processed, and a message appears confirming the successful update.

        Step 6   After the Cisco UCS Director–Cisco VACS license is validated, you must manually restart Cisco UCS Director to view the tasks that you can perform to use Cisco Virtual Application Cloud Segmentation (VACS) Services and ensure that all the services are running.

        To manually restart the UCS Director services, log in to the SSH application with shelladmin credentials, proceed to the Cisco UCS Director Shell Menu, and enter the following options in order from the Cisco UCS Director Shell menu:

        • 3—Stop Services

        • 4—Start Services

        • 2—Display Services Status

        Installing the Cisco ASAv License

        When you purchase one or more licenses for the ASAv, you manage them in the Cisco Smart Software Manager at https:/​/​software.cisco.com .

        The Smart Software Manager lets you create a master account for your organization.

        By default, your licenses are assigned to the Default Virtual Account under your master account. As the account administrator, you can optionally create additional virtual accounts; for example, you can create accounts for regions, departments, or subsidiaries. Multiple virtual accounts let you more easily manage large numbers of licenses and devices.


        Note

        • You cannot use PAK-based licensing with the ASAv. Only Smart Software Licensing is supported.

        • The delegated license model that is used for Cisco CSR 1000V is not supported for ASAv.

        • The Help link provides you access to the corresponding online help.

        Before You Begin

        • You must check if the Cisco ASAv licenses are present in the smart licensing account.

        • Ensure Internet access or HTTP proxy access from the ASAv, so the ASAv can contact the Licensing Authority. Offline licensing is not supported.

          Step 1   From the Cisco UCS Director menu bar, choose Solutions > VACS Container. The Cisco VACS management task icons appear.
          Step 2   Click Add ASAv License. The Add ASAv License dialog box appears.
          Figure 1. Add ASAv License

          Step 3   In the Add ASAv License dialog box complete the following fields:

          Name

          Description

          ASAv License Token field

          The ASAv license token that you have obtained.

          This is a mandatory field.

          DNS Server IP field

          The DNS server IP address.

          This is a mandatory field.

          ASAv License Proxy Server IP field (Optional)

          The proxy server IP address. The proxy server IP address is used by the ASAv management IP address to reach the Cisco Smart licensing server for obtaining licenses.

          ASAv License Proxy Server Port field (Optional)

          The port number used for connecting to the proxy server.

          Step 4   Click Submit.
          Step 5   (Optional) Click Add ASAv License to verify the token. The token ID and the DNS server IP address is visible in the corresponding fields.

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