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Joe Harris, CCIE No. 6200 (R&S, Security & SP) is a Systems Engineer with Cisco Systems® specializing in Security. In addition to authoring Cisco Network Security Little Black Book, Joe has also been a technical reviewer for several Cisco Press publications and written articles, white papers, and presentations on various security technologies. He also assists various Certification Partners by beta testing their newest CCIE certification workbooks and has been recognized by Cisco as an SE Wall of Fame award winner.

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Cisco License Manager

November 6th, 2007 • Related • Filed Under

Cisco License Manager is a secure client/server-based application to manage Cisco IOS Software activation and licenses. It automates the workflow associated with Cisco IOS Software activation through its wizard-based GUI and scales for large network deployments. It can support up to 10,000 devices. Cisco License Manager automatically discovers the network and builds an inventory of licensed features deployed in the network by securely communicating with the license agent embedded in Cisco IOS Software. Alternatively, Cisco License Manager can import the list of network devices in XML format or the user can manually add them.

Cisco License Manager enables customers to perform networkwide software activation in three simple steps: 

1. Customers can add the Product Activation Keys (PAKs) for the licensed software features they have purchased from Cisco in Cisco License Manager. It automatically obtains the feature SKUs authorized by the PAKs by securely interacting with the license server on the Cisco Website. 

2. Using the wizard-based GUI, Cisco License Manager guides the customer to securely obtain licenses for selected devices from the license server on the Cisco Website. 

3. Customer can deploy the obtained licenses through “One Click” interface or Wizard-based GUI to activate the software features. Cisco License Manager can obtain licenses even for pre-deployed or offline devices by simply adding those devices using their Unique Device Identifier (UDI) instead of their IP address.

Click the video below or visit the Cisco License Manager homepage further details regarding Cisco License Manager and it’s service offering.

 
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