Licensing

This appendix provides licensing information for Cisco Unified Provisioning Manager (Provisioning Manager). It contains the following sections:

Licensing Overview

Provisioning Manager features software-based product registration and license key technologies. Licensing ensures that you possess a licensed copy of Provisioning Manager 1.0.

Note Licensing uses node-locking technology. The license file can only be used with the MAC address that you supply.

Verifying Provisioning Manager License Status

Step 1

Select System Administration > License Information. The Licensing Status Information page appears, displaying the following information:

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Unavailable features—Any features in Provisioning Manager that you do not have access to, because you do not have the appropriate license or because you have reached the limit for the use of the feature.

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Features in overdraft state—Any features that you are using that have exceeded their allowable use limit.

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All valid features—List of features and their corresponding use limit (Available), overuse allowed (Overdraft), current use (Used) and date of expiration (Expiry).

Licenses that Can Be Purchased

The license that you purchase determines the number of phones that Provisioning Manager can provision.

Note Licenses are cumulative. Meaning you can combine licenses to increase the number of phones you can support.

Licensing Scenarios

Table A-1 describes what to do in different scenarios if you do not have a licensed, registered copy of Provisioning Manager or if you want to increase phone support.

Table A-1 How to Obtain and Register a License
Scenario	What to Do
Installing with a purchased license.	1. Before installing, obtain a license file. See Licensing Process. Note You can install Provisioning Manager without the license file. You can upgrade your license after installation. See Registering a License File with Provisioning Manager. 2. During installation, select License File Location, and provide the location of your license file.
Installing with an evaluation license. Note The evaluation license is limited to monitoring 100 phones, 5 Call Processors, and 2 Unified Message Processors.	During installation, select the option to evaluate the product. Evaluation versions are active for 90 days before you are required to purchase a license. If you want to upgrade to a purchased license after installation, obtain a PAK and license file for the installed version of Provisioning Manager. For information on the licensing process, see Licensing Process.
Getting a license for additional devices (either upgrading from an evaluation license, or increasing the number of supported devices).	See Licensing Process.
Moving Provisioning Manager to another server.	Call the Cisco TAC for assistance.

Licensing Process

The Provisioning Manager license file includes support for at least 1,000 phones. You can purchase incremental licenses for additional phone support and register up to 30,000 phones with a single Provisioning Manager. For each incremental license that you purchase, you will receive a Product Authorization Key (PAK), and you must use that PAK to obtain a license file.

Obtain a PAK—The PAK is used to register Provisioning Manager, and any additional device support that you might purchase for Provisioning Manager, on Cisco.com, and it contains resource limitations. See Obtaining a PAK.

Obtain a license file—A license file is sent to you after you register the PAK on Cisco.com. See Obtaining a License File.

Copy the license file to the server where Provisioning Manager is to be installed. If Provisioning Manager is already installed and you are upgrading your license file, you must register the license file with Provisioning Manager. See Registering a License File with Provisioning Manager.

Obtaining a PAK

The PAK is located on the software claim certificate that is shipped with the Provisioning Manager product CD.

Obtaining a License File

Step 1

Register the PAK and the MAC address of the system where Provisioning Manager is installed with Cisco.com at http://www.cisco.com/go/license. You will be asked to log in. You must be a registered user of Cisco.com to log in.

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The MAC address is required because licensing uses node-locking technology. The license file can only be used with the MAC address that you supply.

The license file will be emailed to you. After you obtain a license file, register the license with the Provisioning Manager server.

Registering a License File with Provisioning Manager

Step 1

Copy the license file to the Provisioning Manager server, in the folder <Install Directory>\license.

The system validates the license file and updates the license. The updated licensing information appears on the Licensing Status Information page.

Step 2

The license should automatically take effect in a few minutes. If it does not, select System Administration > License Information.

Step 3

Click PERFORM AUDIT. You will see the phones that you are licensed to update.

Step 4

If you purchased more than one license, repeat Step 1 to install each additional license.

Licensing Warnings

Provisioning Manager provides a licensing warning mechanism. A licensing warning icon (

) appears in the top right corner of the Provisioning Manager page when one of the following occur:

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One or more features have reached or exceeded the limit specified in the licensing file.

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Entries for one or more features do not exist in the license file (This occurs only when the license file is not generated correctly or if the file is manually edited).

Evaluation Version: Before Expiry

If you have installed the evaluation version of Provisioning Manager, you must obtain the license file from Cisco.com if you want to continue to use the product after the 90-day evaluation period. For details, see Licensing Process.

If you go past the 90-day evaluation period, you will see a licensing warning icon (

) in the top right corner of Provisioning Manager. You can view the expiry date on the Licensing Information page.

Purchased Version: Phone Limit Exceeded

If you have a restricted license, Provisioning Manager displays the information on which of the phones have exceeded the limit on the Licensing Information page (see Verifying Provisioning Manager License Status). You will not be able to add more phones.

If you go past the phone phone limit for your license, you will see a licensing warning icon (

) in the top right corner of Provisioning Manager.

Table Of Contents

Licensing

Licensing Overview

Verifying Provisioning Manager License Status

Licenses that Can Be Purchased

Licensing Scenarios

Licensing Process

Obtaining a PAK

Obtaining a License File

Registering a License File with Provisioning Manager

Licensing Warnings

Evaluation Version: Before Expiry

Purchased Version: Phone Limit Exceeded