Cisco Cisco 5520 Wireless Controller 정보 가이드

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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.