Cisco Cisco 5520 Wireless Controller Guía De Información
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Wireless Access Point
Smart Licensing for Cisco
5520, 8540, and Virtual
Wireless Controllers
Wireless Access Point Smart Licensing for Cisco 5520, 8540, and Virtual Wireless Controllers
Q&A
Cisco Public
Q
Do all wireless controllers support smart
licensing? If not, are there any plans to have it
available on all wireless controllers?
A
No. Smart licensing support is available only on the Cisco 5520
and 8540 Wireless Controllers and the Cisco Virtual Wireless
Controller (vWLC) with AireOS Release 8.2 or later. It is also
planned for converged access controllers in upcoming 16.x
releases. There are no plans to enable smart licensing on other
existing controllers (the Cisco 2504, 5508, and 8510 Wireless
Controllers; the Cisco Flex® 7510 Wireless Controller; and the
Cisco Wireless Services Module 2 [WiSM2]).
Q
Does the customer need to buy different SKUs to
use smart licensing?
A
No. The customer can continue to buy existing SKUs for the
5520 and 8540 and the vWLC.
1. Overview, Platform Support, and Setup
Q
What is smart licensing, and what are the benefits
of using it?
A
Smart licensing
is a simplified license management system in
which all customers’ licenses (for products that are smart license
enabled) are managed through a central Cisco® smart license
cloud portal. The cloud portal maintains an account of what the
customer has bought and what they are using. The portal alerts the
customer if they go out of compliance. Smart licensing is a Cisco
wide initiative. Detailed information regarding smart licensing and
. This
Q&A covers smart licensing only as it relates to wireless controllers.