08-07-2018 01:48 PM - edited 03-01-2019 05:36 AM
I see that licensing is introduced in release 3.2(1l). I also found a following note: "If the APIC is unregistered, the APIC functionality is not affected." Not sure what is the purpose? I'd like to get rid of that annoying alert caused by not licensing my newly upgraded ACI environment but I can't find any instruction on what license do I need.
08-07-2018 04:28 PM
Smart Licensing does not affect features - yet. There's no way to get rid of the fault though if you do not register. Registering with Smart Licensing provides you with an easy portal with all your licensing information to help keep you compliant. All Cisco products will eventually include Smart Licensing, so its nice to have a single pane of glass to manage them from.
If you upgrade from pre-3.2, then you can initiate a device-lead conversion which will auto-generate all licenses in use, and deposit them directly into your smart account.
Though we don't enforce feature functionality with Licensing today, that could change in the future. You're best to register and get things settled now, rather than put it off until that time comes.
Read this - refer to the Device Lead Conversion for instructions on the process: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/switches/datacenter/aci/apic/sw/3-x/smart_licensing/b_Smart_Licensing.html
Robert
11-18-2018 09:03 PM
We are trying to do the registration on the smart license through proxy. But there are no options to input the proxy credentials which cause on the big problem in terms of the company policy. Any way to overcome this issue?
Thanks!
09-16-2019 10:48 AM
Same problem here as of September 16th 2019. Authenticated proxy doesn't seem to be supported.
The last reference I have is this TechNote regarding version 3.x:
This document was last updated on September 7th 2018.
I guess there aren't any changes in version 4.2.
09-04-2019 08:45 AM
Is there any option now (like a permanent license) that would allow a customer that does not want to manage a satellite server in their isolated environment still operate?
09-04-2019 09:18 AM
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