Introduction

About Release Notes

Cisco Prime License Manager provides simplified, enterprise-wide management of user-based licensing, including license fulfillment. Cisco Prime License Manager handles licensing fulfillment, supports allocation and reconciliation of licenses across supported products, and provides enterprise-level reporting of usage and entitlement.

For more information about Cisco Prime License Manager, see http:/​/​www.cisco.com/​en/​US/​partner/​products/​ps13081/​products_​user_​guide_​list.html.

Upgrades

For a standalone Enterprise License Manager deployment, use the Prime License Manager ISO:

  • To upgrade to Cisco Prime License Manager Release 10.0(1), use the following ISO file: CiscoPrimeLM_64bitLnx_10.0.1.XXXXX-XX.sgn.iso.

Where: X represents the specific branch and build number.

For a co-resident Enterprise License Manager deployment, Enterprise License Manager is upgraded to Cisco Prime License Manager along with your Unified Communications product upgrade.

You can upgrade a standalone Enterprise License Manager Release 9.1(2) deployment to a standalone Cisco Prime License Manager Release 10.x deployment.

For co-resident deployments, you can upgrade Enterprise License Manager Release 9.1 to Cisco Prime License Manager Release 10.x with Release 10.x of a Unified Communications application (Cisco Unity Connection or Cisco Unified Communications Manager) upgrade.

New and Changed

Cisco Prime License Manager is a new and improved version of the Enterprise License Manager 9.X product released with the Cisco Unified Communications product.

Cisco Prime License Manager 10.x New Distribution Model

Cisco Prime License Manager, formally Enterprise License Manger, has a new distribution model for co-resident and standalone deployments.

UC Deployment (Co-Resident Prime LM)

  • Application + Cisco Prime LM deployment
  • Distribution under top-level product SKU with CUCM, CUC, BE6K

Standalone Deployment

  • Ordered under top-level product SKU
  • Cisco Prime Standalone = (Cisco Prime LM + UC OS)

New features in this release include:

  • Enterprise License Manager becomes Cisco Prime License Manager
  • Electronic fulfillment supports license feature and version upgrades
  • License usage and compliance history reporting
  • Manual updates for the license definition file
  • Manual security updates
  • Availability of product grade period expiration at Cisco Prime License Manager
  • On-demand retrieval of fulfilled licenses
  • Inclusion of supported manual migration for CUCM and UC CUWL
  • Additional browser support
  • Additional language support