CISCO Smart Software Mana
Fa'amatalaga
- Ituaiga Laisene: Laisene Atamai
- Fa'ata'ita'iga o Laisene: Fa'atatau ile server
- Meafaigaluega Pulega: Cisco Smart Software Manager
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Puleaina o Laisene
Cisco Smart licensing simplifies the procurement, deployment, and management of licenses in your environment. Smart licenses are server-based, allowing you to manage licenses for servers instead of domains.
Ua uma Laisene Atamaiview
Smart Licensing uses Virtual Accounts, Product Instances, and Registration Tokens to procure, deploy, and manage licenses.
Fa'amatalaga Fa'amatalaga:
All new licenses and product instances are placed in a virtual account. You can transfer licenses between virtual accounts if needed.
Fa'ata'ita'iga o oloa
A Cisco UCS Central product instance has a unique device identifier (UDI) registered using a product instance registration token. Each product instance can have one or more licenses in the same virtual account.
Mauaina o Laisene:
- Ia mautinoa ua mafai Smart Call Home.
- Avanoa i le System Configuration icon ma filifili Laisene.
- Click on “Enable Smart Software Licensing” to activate smart licensing.
Ua umaview
Cisco Smart licensing is simple, flexible, and a smart way of procuring, deploying, and managing licenses in your environment. For more information on smart licensing, see http://www.cisco.com/web/ordering/smart-software-licensing/index.ht.ml.
Laisene Atamai
- Dynamic licensing. Licenses are associated with products and transferable within the virtual account.
- No license installation is necessary. The device initiates an HTTPS call home session and requests the licenses that it is configured to use.
- License pools are account-specific. Any device in your company can use them.
- Licenses can be transferred between product instances without any software installation. You can transfer unused licenses from one virtual account to another.
Laisene Atamai
Smart licenses are server-based licenses. You will purchase, deploy, and track licenses for servers instead of domains. Instead of registering individual products with license files or PAKs, Smart Licensing provides the option to create a pool of licenses that can be used across your company’s portfolio.
Smart licensing uses Virtual Accounts, Product Instances, and Registration Tokens to procure, deploy, own,n, and manage licenses in your environment.
Fa'amatalaga Fa'amatalaga
Virtual accounts are collections of licenses and product instances. You can create virtual accounts in Cisco Smart Software Manager to organize the licenses for your company into logical entities. You can use virtual accounts to organize licenses by business unit, product type, IT group, or whatever makes sense for your organization. For example, afai e te fa'amavae lau kamupani i vaega fa'afanua eseese, e mafai ona e fatuina se tala fa'akomepiuta mo itulagi ta'itasi e umia ai laisene ma fa'atau oloa mo lena itulagi.
All new licenses and product instances are placed in a virtual account. You choose the virtual account when you register a product instance. You can transfer existing licenses or product instances from one virtual account to another.
For more information on creating virtual accounts in Cisco Smart Software Manager, see http://www.cisco.com/web/ordering/smart-software-manager/docs/smart-software-manager-user-guide.pdf.
Fa'ata'ita'iga o oloa
A Cisco UCS Central product instance has a unique device identifier (UDI) that is registered using a product instance registration token. You can register several instances of a product with a single registration token. Each product instance can have one or more licenses that reside in the same virtual account.
Registration Tokens
Registration tokens are stored in the Product Instance Registration Token Table that is associated with your smart account. After you enable Smart Licensing in Cisco UCS Central, you can generate a new token in a virtual account on the Smart Software Licensing portal to register in Cisco UCS Central.
For more information on creating virtual accounts in Cisco Smart Software Manager, see http://www.cisco.com/web/ordering/smart-software-manager/docs/smart-software-manager-user-guide.pdf.
Obtaining Licenses
To obtain licenses using smart licensing, you will have to do the following:
- Generate tokens in Cisco Smart Software Manager virtual accounts.
- Register licenses for product instances in Cisco UCS Central.
Fa'ataga le Laisene Atamai
Ae e te le'i amataina
Ia mautinoa ua e fa'aogaina le Smart Call Home ae le'i fa'aogaina le Laisene Atamai. O le fa'amalosia o le Smart Call Home e aofia ai mea nei:
- Specify a DNS server.
- Seti Smart Call Home.
- Make sure your Smart Call Home URL e sa'o. O le URL e fa'aoga e le faiga e fa'afeso'ota'i i le server laisene atamai.
Manatua
Although you must enable Smart Call Home, a Smart Call Home contract ID is not required to use Smart Licensing.
Taualumaga
Laasaga 1
Laasaga 2
- Click the System Configuration icon and choose Licenses.
- Kiliki Enable Smart Software Licensing.
- The system enables smart licensing, and information related to traditional licensing is replaced with smart licensing-related information.
Le resitalaina o le UCS Central i le faʻaaogaina o se Laisene Token
- Ae e te le'i amataina
- Make sure Smart Licensing is enabled.
Taualumaga
Laasaga
- Click the System Configuration icon and choose Licenses.
- Click the Smart Software Manager link to go to the Smart Software Manager portal. In the Smart Software Manager portal:
- a) Select a Cisco UCS Central virtual account.
- b) Click New Token in the Product Instance Registration Tokens panel and select Copy.
- In the Cisco UCS Central Smart Software Licensing panel, click Register Smart Software Licensing.
- In the Register Smart Licensing dialog box, paste the new token you generated in the Product Instance Registration Token text box.
- Kiliki Resitala.
- You will receive notifications on registration in progress, successful registration, or failure to register. If there are problems with your Smart Call Home settings, a failed message will appear with a link to the Call Home Configuration.
Fa'afouina Fa'atagaga
License authorization is used to show if you have enough licenses for your system or if you are out of compliance. Authorization is renewed automatically by the Smart Licensing agent every 30 days, provided the network is up and Cisco UCS Central can reach the Smart License server.
Afai e le toe faafou le faatagaga mo le 90 aso, o le a muta le faatagaga.
Taualumaga
Laasaga
- Click the System Configuration icon and choose Licenses.
- In the Cisco UCS Central Smart Software Licensing panel,
- click the Tools menu. Select Renew Authorization Now.
Fa'afou Resitala
E otometi lava ona toe faafou e le sooupu le tusipasi resitalaina o Laisene Polokalama Smart po o le ID ID i le ono masina. E tasi le tausaga le tusipasi. Afai e le mafai e Cisco UCS Central ona fesoʻotaʻi ma le Smart License Server, e ono le mafai ona faʻafouina le tusi faamaonia. Afai e tupu lenei mea, o le a toe fo'i le tusipasi i le tulaga o iloiloga pe a uma le tausaga e tasi.
Taualumaga
- Step 1: Click the System Configuration icon and choose Licenses.
- Step 2: In the Cisco UCS Central Smart Software Licensing panel, click the Tools menu.
- Step 3: Select Renew Registration Now.
Fa'ate'aina le Laiseneina o Polokalama Atamai
A e fa'ate'aina se fa'ata'ita'iga o oloa mai le Smart Software Licensing, o le a le feso'ota'i le oloa ma le laisene. O le a aveesea le oloa mai le lisi o oloa resitalaina mo le tala fa'akomepiuta feso'ota'i. E mafai ona e fa'aogaina le laisene e lesitala ai se isi oloa, pe toe fa'aigoaina se oloa ua fa'ate'aina.
Taualumaga
- Step :1 Click the System Configuration icon and choose Licenses.
- Step 2: In the Cisco UCS Central Smart Software Licensing panel, click the Tools menu.
- Step e: p 3 Select Deregister to remove Cisco UCS Central from Smart Software Manager.
Fa'agata le Laisene Polokalama Atamai
Afai e te faʻamalo le Laisene Polokalama Smart, e otometi lava ona toe foʻi Cisco UCS Central i le faiga Laisene masani.
- Fa'aaliga: Only one licensing mode is supported at a time.
Taualumaga
- Step 1: Click the System Configuration icon and choose License
- Step 2tep:2: In the Cisco UCS Central Smart Software Licensing panel, click the Action menu.
- Step 3: Select Disable Smart Software Licensing.
Laisene
FAQs
Q: O le a le Laisene Atamai?
A: Smart Licensing is a server-based licensing model that simplifies license management by using Virtual Accounts and Registration Tokens.
F: E fa'afefea ona fesiita'i laisene i le va o tala fa'akomepiuta?
A: You can transfer licenses by accessing the Cisco Smart Software Manager and following the provided instructions for creating virtual accounts.
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