Separate CSM license required for "Dev" environment

[mmletzko]

We would like to setup a CSM Dev server - is it necessary to have a separate CSM license for this?

[Marvin Rhoads]

Anyone with a valid Cisco.com account can download Cisco Security Manager and use the software for up to 90 days in evaluation mode. Go to http://www.cisco.com/go/csmanager and access the “Download Software” link.

Use beyond 90 days requires a permanent license.

That said, there's not really a need to have separate CSM instances for dev and production per se unless there's a srict corporate policy enforced in that regard.

For more details on licensing please refer here (deployment planning guide) and here (product bulletin). The lowest entry level license is a 5-device CSM Standard (CSMST5-4.2-K9). If that's too costly for you, the option is to simply use the native GUI (like ASDM).

Hope this helps.

[mmletzko]

We already own a license for it, so it would just be to install CSM on an additional box purely for testing - it would not be used for production at all.  I didn't think there would be an issue from the software's perspective, but wanted to be sure.

Thanks the the reply!

[Marvin Rhoads]

Multiple CSM servers, whether for reasons of scalability or separation of security / policy / etc. zones require separate licenses per the license terms.