Licensing - CUCM SME

[Steven Duncan]

There is limited information available about SME from the collab 10.x SRND, and all of the documentation indicates that SME is free of charge with an existing CUCM infrastructure. I was viewing the San Francisco Cisco Live session: BRKUCC-2450, where Tony indicated (based on a question from a member of the audience) that there is a per-session license fee.

So, I looked up the top level SKU (SME-SESSION-LIC ) from https://apps.cisco.com/Commerce/home (quote builder tool), and discovered that sub-items (LIC-SME-SESSION  and CON-ECMU-SMESESS) have an MSRP price of $50/10 respectively.

What's the deal with licensing the SME? Can someone run this down for me? I'm having difficulty getting assistance from both my Cisco preferred vendor and my Cisco rep.

Thanks,

-Steve

[Jaime Valencia]

I don't deal with licensing, but AFAIK, SME can simply be attached to your PLM that handles CUCM, and that would be it, or there should be a standalone license, if you wish to use the co-res PLM from your SME, that only gives you a few phones so that it doesn't complain about licensing, but it would be the same as asking for 5 user licenses for a regular CUCM on which you will register phone. I have no idea how many users come with the license, just said 5 as an example.

http://docwiki.cisco.com/wiki/CUCM_FAQ#How_do_I_license_my_SME.3F.3F