Overview Of Cssm; Connecting To Cssm - Cisco Catalyst 9500 Manual

Overview of CSSM

• Unified Management: My Cisco Entitlements (MCE) provides a complete view into all of your Cisco
• License Flexibility: Your software is not node-locked to your hardware, so you can easily use and transfer
To use Smart Licensing, you must first set up a Smart Account on Cisco Software Central (software.cisco.com).
For a more detailed overview on Cisco Licensing, go to cisco.com/go/licensingguide.
Overview of CSSM
Cisco Smart Software Manager (CSSM) enables you to manage all your Cisco smart software licenses from
one centralized portal. With CSSM, you can organize and view your licenses in groups called virtual accounts
(collections of licenses and product instances).
You can access the CSSM on https://software.cisco.com/#, by clicking the Smart Software Licensing link
under the License tab.
Note
Use the CSSM to do the following tasks:
• Create, manage, or view virtual accounts.
• Create and manage Product Instance Registration Tokens.
• Transfer licenses between virtual accounts or view licenses.
• Transfer, remove, or view product instances.
• Run reports against your virtual accounts.
• Modify your email notification settings.
• View overall account information.
CSSM Help describes the procedures for carrying out these tasks.

Connecting to CSSM

The following illustration shows the various options available to connect to CSSM:
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products and services in an easy-to-use portal, so you always know what you have and what you are
using.
licenses as needed.
Use a Chrome 32.0, Firefox 25.0, or Safari 6.0.5 web browser to access CSSM. Also, ensure that Javascript
1.5 or a later version is enabled in your browser.
Configuring Smart Licensing