Requesting a Cisco Smart Account

A Cisco Smart Account is an account where smart licensing-enabled products are available. A Cisco smart account allows you to manage and activate your licenses to devices, monitor license use, and track Cisco license purchases. Through transparent access, you have a real-time view into your smart licensing products. IT administrators can manage licenses and account users within the organization's smart account through Cisco Software Central. To create a Cisco Smart Account, perform the following steps:

Procedure


Step 1

Visit the following URL:

https://software.cisco.com

Step 2

Log in using your credentials, and click Request a Smart Account in the Administration area.

The Smart Account Request window appears.

Step 3

Under Create Account, select one of the following options:

  • Yes, I have authority to represent my company and want to create the Smart Account. If you select this option, you agree to authorize to create and manage product and service entitlements, users, and roles, on behalf of the organization.

  • No, the person specified below will create the account. If you select this option, you must enter the email address of the person who creates the smart account.

Step 4

Under Account Information,

  1. Click Edit beside Account Domain Identifier.

  2. In the Edit Account Identifier dialog box, enter the domain, and click OK. By default, the domain is based on the email address of the person creating the account, and must belong to the company that will own this account.

  3. Enter the Account Name (typically, the company name).

Step 5

Click Continue.

The Smart Account request will be in pending status until it is approved by the Account Domain Identifier. After the approval, you will receive an email confirmation with instructions for completing the setup process.