Cisco Smart Licensing is a new licensing model introduced by Cisco to simplify the customer experience and provide greater insight into software license ownership and consumption. It offers a flexible licensing approach that streamlines the activation and management of software licenses.
Key Features:
- License Management: It provides a centralized platform called a Cisco Smart Account, which allows you to organize and activate product licenses, monitor license usage, and track Cisco license purchases.
- Efficiency: With a Smart Account, you can access all your Cisco software licenses and entitlements across your organization, eliminating the need to depend on providers for license distribution.
- Visibility and Insight: You gain visibility into your deployed devices and software as well as automatic license activation.
- License Flexibility: You can organize licenses by departments, locations, or license types using up to 200 Virtual Accounts.
- Reduced Order Lead Times: The time required for order fulfillment is significantly reduced compared to traditional licensing methods.
- Self-Registration for Smart License-Enabled Products: Products with Smart Licenses will self-register by simply entering one company token during product configuration, removing the need to enter PAKs.
- Security: For highly secure environments, Cisco offers the Permanent License Reservation (PLR), which eliminates the need for frequent access to the License Authority
