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Revised: May 13, 2015
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We prepared this material with specific expectations of you. |
Note This material pertains to multiple releases of Cisco DMS.
Features of Cisco DMS are licensed and activated separately. Until you obtain and install license keys, their corresponding features are hidden from all users — including you, the administrator.
Note Even then, some features remain hidden from users whose privilege levels are low.
Step 1 Compose an email message that includes or identifies all of the following.
Step 2 Send the email message to dms-softwarekeys@cisco.com.
Step 3 After you receive a license key file from Cisco, save a local copy of it.
Step 4 Stop. You have completed this procedure.
Step 2 Choose Licensing > Install/Upgrade Licensing.
Step 3 Click Browse or Choose File, depending on your installed browser.
Step 4 Find and click the license file where you saved it.
Step 7 Repeat these steps until all of your licenses are installed.
Features that you licensed are now activated.
Step 8 Stop. You have completed this procedure.
Step 2 Choose Licensing > View Licensing.
Step 3 Stop. You have completed this procedure.
Tip The License Features gauge on the DMS-Admin dashboard summarizes this information.
Step 2 Choose Administration > Dashboard.
Step 3 Check the License Features gauge.
Step 4 Stop. You have completed this procedure.
We include a base license at no additional cost with the purchase of any Cisco DMS appliance or endpoint. These licenses are unit-specific and perpetual. We do not impose any non-support fees and do not obligate you to purchase other licenses.
With a DMM appliance base license, you can:
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With a Show and Share appliance base license (and a DMM appliance), you can set up a Show and Share site. |
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With a DMP endpoint base license, you can set up the DMP itself2 from its embedded device manager, DMPDM. |
Note To obtain and activate any license for any component of Cisco DMS, you must have a DMM appliance.
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Author licenses are cumulative. For example, the base license for Show and Share includes 5 authors — so, if you purchase and install a 10-author pack, your Show and Share will support as many as 15 authors. |
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Activates Show and Share abilities to host and produce managed, live webcasts — including audience polling, moderated Q&A, audio, video, and synchronized slides. |
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Activates support for SNMP interaction with network monitoring applications. Also activates support for event notifications and alerts. |
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Activates DMM baseline features to centrally manage and operate a digital signage network with Cisco DMPs. |
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Activates DMM abilities to deliver on-demand video and live broadcast TV channels over IP networks to DMPs and their attached presentation systems. |
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To centrally manage DMPs from DMM, you must combine a Digital Signs Module license with at least one DMP feature license. DMP feature licenses are cumulative. If you are already licensed to manage 500 DMPs before you install an additional 50-unit license, your DMM installation will support managing as many as 550 DMPs. |
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3.During your initial order, use part numbers that omit the = character. Only later, when you want to extend what you ordered initially, should you use part numbers that end with =. |