EOS EOL Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center for Virtual

[davparker]

We just renewed our Cisco contracts. Come to find out our Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center for Virtual expires on April 30, 2025. This was not flagged during the renewal process. We are licensed via a Smart Account. Apparently our license still falls under a "Classic license"?

EOS EOL announcement:
https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/collateral/security/firesight-management-center/secure-firewall-mgmt-center-virtual-classic-license-eol.html

The replacement part is listed as:

SF-FMC-VMW-10-K9  Cisco Firepower Management Center, (VMWare) for 10 devices

I don't believe there is an actually difference in the software running on the FMC. It seems this is just a licensing change. Am I safe to assume I can acquire the new product license and place it in the proper Smart Account, then re-register the license in the FMC?

Thanks,
David

[balaji.bandi]

that should be the way to work, if not we keep paying all money to cisco, that is advantage of virtual and smart License right.

some guide lines : (not sure that help)

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/collateral/security/secure-firewall/guide-c07-737902.html