Using Export Controlled Licenses

1) If the Product Instance is registered against Satellite and wants to consume restricted licenses, the following occurs:

• Product Instance sends an authorization request for the restricted license(s) to Cisco Smart Software Manager Satellite
• Cisco Smart Software Manager Satellite requests the export authorization directly from CSSM through synchronization and passes the authorization request to CSSM regardless of whether it has available restricted licenses or not
• During synchronization, CSSM checks whether or not the requested restricted license(s) exist and is available in sufficient quantity for use in the Virtual Account and apply to the product being registered
  • If yes, CSSM returns success to Satellite and Cisco Smart Software Manager Satellite locks the restricted licenses to the product instance when it connects back to the Satellite
  • If no, CSSM will fail the request and return an Export Authorization failure along with the reason to the Cisco Smart Software Manager Satellite

2) To return restricted license(s) against Satellite from the Product Instance, either de-configure the restricted functionality on the Product Instance or de-register the Product Instance.