Cisco Smart Software Manager Satellite. Development Licensing Office Mar, 2015

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1 Smart Manager Satellite Development Licensing Office Mar, 2015

2 Smart Licensing Simplifies The Customer Experience 1 Customer or Partner 2 Places Order (9 tools) Customer Enters PAK for each License 3 Customer Receives or Downloads and Installs (2 of 5 tools) Customer System Routers Switches Video Unified Comms 4 Customer stores records of devices, software, licenses (no tool) 5 Customer uses software Today s Experience 6 Customer Manages (10 tools) 1 Customer or Partner Places Order in CCW System Automated Entitlement License Service Tomorrow s Experience 2 Customer Activates and Uses 3 Customer Manages licenses Automated Usage Report Customer System Routers Switches Video Unified Comms

3 What is Smart Licensing? Smart Licensing is not just a new licensing tool. It transforms how you think about and the Lifecycle Management. Limited View Customers do not know what they own. PAK Registration Manually register each device. Unlock with license key. Device Specific Licenses specific to only one device. Locked You cannot use more than you paid for. Complete View, services, devices in one easy to use portal. Easy Registration No PAKs. Easy activation. Device is ready to use. Company Specific Flexible licensing, use across devices. Unlocked Add users and licenses as needed.

4 Mediated Deployment Direct Deployment What Is Smart Manager satellite? Smart Manager satellite is an on-prem deployment of Smart Licensing Works in conjunction with Smart Manager (CSSM) to provide near real-time visibility of product license entitlement and usage Router Commerce Workspace 1 Place Order 2 Activate and Use Switch Firewall Smart Manager Entitlement Annuity Platform Usage Unified Communications Proxy or SCH Transport Gateway Distribution Router Switch Firewall Smart Manager satellite Smart Manager Usage Device Name Usage Router How many I am using How many I own Video Switch Firewall Unified Communications Smart Manager satellite 3 Manage Licenses Video UCM

5 Security Policy Ease of use Two Options with satellite Options Direct cloud access product sends usage information directly over the internet. No additional components are needed. Direct cloud access through an HTTPs proxy Products send usage information over the internet via a Proxy Server Smart Call Home Transport Gateway (Free VM Download) or off-the-shelf Proxy (such as Apache). Mediated access through an on-premises collector connected Products send usage information to a local connected collector, which acts as a local license authority. Periodically, an exchange of information will be performed to keep the databases in sync. Mediated access through an on-premises collector disconnected Products send usage information to a local disconnected collector, which acts as a local license authority. Once a month, an exchange of human readable information will be performed to keep the databases in sync. Product Product HTTPs Transport Gateway or HTTPs Proxy Smart HTTPs Product Manager satellite File Transfer Product HTTPs Smart Manager satellite.com.com.com.com Your Usage Your Usage Your Usage Your Usage

6 Smart Manager satellite Benefits Secure on-premise single source of truth of license consumption Near real-time license entitlement based on synchronization schedules with backend install base Smart Licensing Benefits Licenses are not node-locked to devices which simplifies the RMA (Return-Merchandise-Authorization) process Licenses can be pooled across the entire company, enabling them to be re-used across organizational boundaries Save money by knowing what are being used vs. entitlement Save time with ability to transfer licenses across the company and to simplify RMAs

7 Smart Manager satellite Features Register product instances Create a token from the Smart Manager satellite to enable the product to register View the list of virtual accounts View information in virtual accounts created from CSSM portal Set up synchronization schedules Synchronize to the latest copy on what licenses are being used vs. what has been purchased Network Synchronization On-demand or scheduled synchronization to CSSM portal Manual Synchronization Data is transferred through a file download and upload in a disconnected mode Run reports against your virtual accounts Run a report to show usage vs. consumption and export it to CSV or an Excel file Manage Users As an administrator, you can create or delete users

8 Smart Manager satellite Installation The installation package is available as an OVA. It is installable on ESXi server. OVA Smart Manager satellite JeOS Smart Call Home Transport Gateway Minimum System Requirements (Customer provided): 200GB hard disk 8GB Memory 4CPU ESXi 5.0 and above

9 Smart Manager satellite Registration After installation, Smart Manager satellite must be registered to establish identity Router Smart Manager satellite VM Air Gap Smart Manager Unified Communications Switch Firewall Video SCH Transport 1.43 Gateway JeOS Smart Licensing Portal - Lite Registration request file Authorization response file Source of Truth Database

10 Satellite Registration UI

11 Platform Communication to Satellite The products communicate with Smart Manager satellite the same way they communicate with Smart Manager The satellite UI is consistent with CSSM Smart Manager satellite VM ASR SL Messages SCH Transport Gateway JeOS Smart Manager satellite

12 Network-sync with Smart Manager Synchronization between Smart Manager satellite and Smart Manager for the latest license entitlement and usage Automatic Network synchronization connected mode, sync-now or scheduled

13 Manual-sync with Smart Manager Manual Synchronization disconnected mode with sync file upload/download Router Smart Manager satellite VM Air Gap Smart Manager Switch Firewall Video SCH Transport 1.43 Gateway Smart Licensing Portal - Lite Sync request file Sync Response file Unified Communications JeOS Source of Truth Database

14 Other Satellite Functions View Virtual Accounts Run Reports Manage Users

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