Welcome to the Cisco License Hub, your source for Cisco software licensing resources. Learn how to maximize your Cisco technology investments, from initial purchase to consumption management and optimized renewals.
License consumption and Cisco Smart Software Manager
Link software usage to its original source, mapping licenses to transactions for improved control and renewal term alignment.
Find My License
Find My License is a search tool that locates Cisco licenses across Smart and Virtual Accounts, showing licenses available for use, in use, or ready for conversion.
Cisco Smart Licensing overview
Smart Licensing simplifies license activation and management, enabling license sharing across devices and centralized management through the Cisco Smart Software Manager (CSSM).
Learn and buy
Smart Licensing
This downloadable guide provides the basics and the benefits of Smart Licensing, so you can make the right transactions quickly to achieve your desired outcomes.
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Step-by-step guides, demos, and video tutorials, designed for customers and partners. Find the content you need, based on where you are in the license activation or management process.
Essential guides for using and maintaining your Smart Licenses.
Cisco License Deployment Options
Identify deployment options for Smart Licensing and recognize the methods for securely communicating with Cisco.
Cisco Smart Accounts
Learn how to leverage Smart Accounts to securely maintain a centralized inventory of your installed base of licenses.
License activation resources
Create Smart, Virtual, and Holding Accounts, request access to existing Smart Accounts, and administer Smart Accounts in a pending status. Create tokens and register a Product Activation Key (PAK) on the License Registration Portal.
Software Licenses are managed using Smart and Virtual Accounts. Learn the types, benefits, best practices, and how to request and manage a Smart Account.
Optimization with user groups
As teams within your enterprise change, you need the flexibility to quickly update user permissions to ensure the right people have access to your Smart Account hierarchy.
Cisco licensing tools
Review our most frequently asked questions for license, device and asset transfers, license conversions, and optimized management with custom tags and alerts.
