Smart Licensing: A Usage report acknowledgement will be required in...

[Marian Hercek]

There is no way to avoid this message "Next ACK ..." in situation where switch has no internet connection?
Do I need to install Cisco Smart Software Manager satellite on premises in order to prevent doing ACK manually?

C9200L, IOS-XE 17.14.1, DNA-E subscription, first ACK was performed offline (according to documentation Workflow for Topology: No Connectivity to CSSM and No CSLU)

[Rich R]

Seriously consider setting up direct access to CSSM via proxy or firewall because CSLU/satellite server can lag behind CSSM by up to 6 months when it comes to supporting new features in IOS and comes with a whole set of maintenance problems of its own.  We were forced to go for direct (firewalled and strictly controlled and logged) access because of this.