Get a license in an offline environment
This section describes how to get a license in an offline environment.
You will:
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Set Cisco Cyber Vision Center license (ESSENTIALS or ADVANTAGE).
Set Cisco Cyber Vision Center license
Before starting with license registration, make sure that the license type set is relevant to the Center usage. You can choose between Essentials and Advantage. Note that changing this setting can cause additional costs.
To set the Cisco Cyber Vision Center's license:
Procedure
Step 1 |
Navigate to System Administration > License. |
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Click "edit the Software Subscription Licensing". |
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Step 3 |
Toggle the button to select the license type (Essentials or Advantage).
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Perform pre-registration checks
Procedure
Step 1 |
Check the License Reservation: The License Reservation feature is required to perform an offline licensing registration. Before proceeding with the following steps, check from the License menu in CSSM that the License reservation button is enabled. If it's not the case, open a case in cisco.com and provide a business justification. |
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Check the number of tokens available: A token equals a component in Cisco Cyber Vision. Before starting, take a moment to consider the number of tokens available in CSSM. This information will be useful in a later procedure to assign a number of token to the Center instance. Example: Herebelow, 14343/59000 tokens are in use. 44657 tokens are still available. |
Register the Center
This section describes how to register a Center for an offline reservation in Cisco Cyber Vision. During this procedure, you will generate a Reservation Request code which will later be used in CSSM.
Procedure
Step 1 |
In Cisco Cyber Vision, click the button Register. The Smart Software Licensing Product Registration window opens. |
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Click the "Start here" link. |
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If your Smart Account is authorized to generate tokens (i.e. the License Reservation button is active in CSSM), click Yes. |
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Click Generate Reservation Request code. Your Reservation Request code is shown. |
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Copy it and save it somewhere or click Save to file. |
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Close the window. The Cisco Cyber Vision License Reservation Request is in pending status and several new buttons are displayed that will allow you to perform the actions described in the following sections. These buttons will allow you to perform the following actions:
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Reserve a license
This section describes how to reserve a license in CSSM. To do so, you will use the Reservation Request code generated in Cisco Cyber Vision in order to reserve a license and assign it a number of tokens. As a result, you will get an authorization code to be entered in Cisco Cyber Vision in the following procedure.
Procedure
Step 1 |
Access and log in to CSSM. |
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Under License, click Smart Software Licensing. |
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Click Inventory > Licenses. |
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Click the License Reservation button. The Smart License Reservation wizard opens. |
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Paste or upload the Request Code previously retrieved from Cisco Cyber Vision and click Next. |
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Reserve the number of tokens (i.e. components) for the Center instance and click Next. |
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Review and confirm the reservation by clicking Generate Authorization Code. |
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Get your authorization code. The authorization code should be copied to clipboard or save into a file. In Inventory > Product Instances, you should see the instance you just created. |
Authorize the license
This section describes how to enter the authorization code retrieved from CSSM in Cisco Cyber Vision. At the end of this procedure the installation of the license will be complete.
To authorize the license:
Procedure
Step 1 |
In Cisco Cyber Vision, click the button Enter Reservation Authorized Code. The Enter Reservation Authorized Code window opens. |
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Paste the code or upload the file previously retrieved in CSSM. |
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Click Install Authorization Code/File. The Cisco Cyber Vision registration status switches to registered and the license authorization status to authorized. The installation of the license is complete and you can continue using Cisco Cyber Vision. |