Some customers have policies and restrictions on physically moving hosts or equipment out from isolated network domains. Cisco License Manager can then be moved back to the original isolated network domain to deploy previously obtained licenses to network devices.Ĭisco License Manager is a lightweight application and can even be installed on low-powered machines such as laptops if the number of managed devices is relatively small compared to the maximum supported number of 500,000 devices and there are no concurrent clients so that network operators can physically move between network domains easily. Once this is done, you can physically move Cisco License Manager to a network domain with Internet connectivity and fulfill licenses by securely communicating to the license server and obtaining and saving the licenses to its database. Cisco License Manager has connectivity to network devices and discovers Cisco devices with licensing capability and builds an inventory of licenses in the isolated network.
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Cisco License Manager resides at the customer premises and securely communicates with Cisco devices in the customer network to automatically build an inventory of software licenses in the customer network.Ĭisco License Manager supports a two-stage deployment model where it is installed on a host in the isolated network. It automates the licensing workflows associated with fulfillment and accelerates deployment of licenses in customer networks. Cisco License Manager is a lightweight, GUI-based application for managing Cisco IOS Software activation and licenses for Cisco devices such as Cisco Catalyst 3560-E and 3750-E Series Switches.